New Product Eufy E1 desktop UV printer

[dreko]

Just throwing this out there in case some members haven't seen or heard about this printer being shipping in about 45 days.

eufyMake UV Printer E1

eufyMake E1 is an affordable A3 UV printer with rotary and laminator attachments, precision camera, and modular design—built for small businesses and home creators.

www.eufymake.com

I just put my deposit in today... I figured for a inexpensive little desktop printer, why not.
I'm only interested in the 2.5D textural printing capabilities of it.... up to 5mm thick....

It's a kickstarter, so hopefully I just didn't lose $$$ lol

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

Been talking to someone with a review unit, interested to see what head they put in it. Wondering if they went with something like an XP600 or if they went with something obscure. Also taking a look at the ink DRM, $430/liter is obscene.

 

[dreko]

They told me it's a proprietary head module (uv light, inkjet head, fan, etc) all as a drop in/pull out module. Easy to install/deinstall, however, if 1 component goes bad.. you have to replace the entire module.
$599 for the module
Ink prices are high right now... they are saying a CIS is coming, and lower priced inks... as well as soft flexible UV inks.
I'm looking at it as a novelty printer, mainly for the 2.5D (up to 5mm think of ink) results. Very specialized jobs only....

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

Will be interesting if Anker does a decent job of supporting it. They're more of a gadget company than anything, so would be interesting to see how that plays out. Odds are the head is off the shelf, as a custom one would be insanely expensive.

 

[tulsagraphics]

Pretty cool concept for a prosumer device. I wouldn't mind having one, simply because I don't have a flatbed printer -- but the ink costs are too high IMO. 100ml cartridge for $43. Folks here with a flatbed can chime in... but isn't that 3-4x the cost of what UV ink normally runs?

 

[tulsagraphics]

They told me it's a proprietary head module (uv light, inkjet head, fan, etc) all as a drop in/pull out module. Easy to install/deinstall, however, if 1 component goes bad.. you have to replace the entire module.
$599 for the module
Ink prices are high right now... they are saying a CIS is coming, and lower priced inks... as well as soft flexible UV inks.
I'm looking at it as a novelty printer, mainly for the 2.5D (up to 5mm think of ink) results. Very specialized jobs only....

Yeah, I'd be interested to see if it could pull off an ADA compliant sign.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

I pay $60-ish per liter for UV ink, even OEM inks rarely top $250.

 

[dreko]

For my Roland: 500 ml just at $200 per cartridge
So the Eufy is at that same price point...

Both are expensive compared to other UV inks

 

[tulsagraphics]

Will be interesting if Anker does a decent job of supporting it. They're more of a gadget company than anything, so would be interesting to see how that plays out. Odds are the head is off the shelf, as a custom one would be insanely expensive.

Oh, I didn't realize it was an Anker startup. According to the bots, Anker is worth over 7BB, and they've been around for about 15 years. That's a lot better than what most Kickstarters bring to the table.

 

[tulsagraphics]

I pay $60-ish per liter for UV ink, even OEM inks rarely top $250.

$60 per liter? Dang. I'm picturing the seedy underbelly of the sign making world where wide format-inspired rebel bikers (conveniently) find pallets of ink falling off trucks. That's so cheap! lol
(also, I have a nice old school Harley if they're recruiting members)

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

LUS-120 from STS for their aftermarket ink is about $78 retail and we buy in bulk to resell to local shops and use ourselves.