Additive manufacturing which is commonly referred as 3 D printing is getting popular due to its marvellous concept of creating physical objects from geometrical representation by, layer by layer fabrication of additive materialand turn blueprints on computer into physical objectsby the help of CAD(Computer aided design) model. This innovation has widely used in the field of healthcare, agriculture, automotive, food and aerospace industries.This revolutionary printing technology has already entered in pharmaceutical research world, and holds the power to print drugs, tissues, organs and bones. This technology is offering customized medicines, by production of a variety of dosage forms in different shapes and size, use ofmany active pharmaceutical ingredients and controlled release profiles.