Abstract: A printer for printing a 3D object based on a computer model, the printer comprising a tool for extruding or solidifying material, a stage supporting layers of the object; motion structure defining the shape of the layers, and a controller configured to make a path to be followed for making the object. To increase at least one of the speed and the precision by which the object is made, the controller is configured to define the path by defining a plurality of line segments and by defining transition segment for insertion between the line segments. The controller is further configured to only demand material deposition along the line segments and not along the transition segments.