Opportunities of Criminalistic Studies of Items Manufactured with the Use of 3D Printing Devices

The article gives the concept and classifi cation of devices implementing the principle of 3D printing. The types of traces that can remain on mass-produced products manufactured using devices implementing the principle of 3D printing are determined, and the possibilities of studying these traces within the framework of forensic tracological examination are described. Groups of features are described, with the help of which it is possible to determine the species of devices implementing the principle of 3D printing.