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.

 

[bpp]

Looks good for a hobbyist but not for making money. Attached are some screenshots from a review video

 

[crashaffinity]

i saw the video, my local makerspace is buying one, though from what i gathered from the video it is going to require a lot of constant purchases to keep running. There was one part if i remember correctly as soon as you turn off the machine it flushes the head of ink. This machine is going to be low barrier to entry but very high cost of running i think.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

In talks with a Chinese maker to bring in a few 24"x36" 3-head (XP600) flatbeds in and cost on those is only like $4K, though freight is added as well as tarriffs. The little 12" flatbeds are around $2k with a single printhead. Main thing is going to be how well they implement software. Though, most Chinese printers can run in Flexi and Onyx these days as well.

 

[CanuckSigns]

i saw the video, my local makerspace is buying one, though from what i gathered from the video it is going to require a lot of constant purchases to keep running. There was one part if i remember correctly as soon as you turn off the machine it flushes the head of ink. This machine is going to be low barrier to entry but very high cost of running i think.

They are treating this like a desktop printer, give the machine away at a loss, charge a fortune for the consumables.

 

[dreko]

In talks with a Chinese maker to bring in a few 24"x36" 3-head (XP600) flatbeds in and cost on those is only like $4K, though freight is added as well as tarriffs. The little 12" flatbeds are around $2k with a single printhead. Main thing is going to be how well they implement software. Though, most Chinese printers can run in Flexi and Onyx these days as well.

If those 24x36 flatbed's can do thick uv textural printing, and allow thick materials to be printed on... I'd be very interested. Especially if it's a CMYKWG setup.

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

2" thick, but no rotary. Though, those tend to be dog slow and janky. CMYKLcLm plus White & Clear. Pretty typical flatbed.

 

[dreko]

How much clearance between the print plane and print head? If I put a 2" thick board on the printer, and want to print 5mm of ink thickness, possible?

 

[Smoke_Jaguar]

5mm of ink would be a crazy amount of ink, doable, but shrinkage with UV inks at that thickness becomes a thing. Can compensate by making layered artwork though. Gantry gap is 50mm + 7-8mm head gap.

 

[dreko]

Yes, wouldn't be full coverage, just some areas of the depth map might be quite high. 7-8mm of clearance is good