WASHINGTON — High-tech companies are cashing in on President Obama’s decision to sit for the first-ever 3-D portrait of a chief executive, hoping to use the buzz to create a mini-boom in personal printing and scanning.

Obama sat for the 3-D portrait in June at the White House Maker Faire, where technicians created a replica of his famous face and turned it into a presidential bust for the Smithsonian.

Now, the Artec Group is looking to benefit. The company is installing its scanning equipment in stores across England, and has a scanning booth in a Dayton, Ohio mall. It hopes American consumers will create their own “mini-me” statues.

“A lot of people can now go — not just President Obama — anyone can come to a supermarket where there is a 3-D scanning booth that takes only 12 seconds,” Artec President Artyom Yukhin told The Post.