Hypothetically... can't you just print a 2D document directly on a 3D printer?
[1] https://epson.ca/For-Home/Printers/Photo/Expression-Photo-XP...
Of course, that's just the positioning. If you're 2D printing on a 3D printer by mounting a pen to the end, you're also limited by the thickness of the pen tip.
In any case, you could certainly draw text, but you'd only want to use a font that relies on thin lines, nothing thick. Filled in spaces would be difficult, and of course, photos are just completely out of the question.
As mentioned in a sibling comment, really you'd have just reinvented plotters which have existed for decades.
Unless you do a lithographic print but they need a light source to be seen.
Also you can print pixels. You convert to G code so it is made up of lines.