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It's different kinds of printers. That's a resin printer - pretty high-end one. I'm not getting that result on my Bambu P1S.

by arjie 4mo ago

stavros 4mo ago
But how does resin do colors?
- shitloadofbooks 4mo ago
  One approach is to just print CMYK resin like an inkjet printer (and then cure it with UV). Do that hundreds or thousands of times and you eventually get Z height. Look up the EufyMake E1 for a consumer/prosumer version.
  - Gigachad 4mo ago
    The EufiMake isn't really a 3D printer though. It's more a normal printer that can do an embossed/textured print.
    - fartcoin67 4mo ago
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- jawngee 4mo ago
  UV Inkjet. HeyGears is releasing a prosumer full color UV inkjet resin printer this year for < $2K: https://store.heygears.com/products/heygears-g1-direct https://store.heygears.com/products/heygears-g1-direct
  - wincy 4mo ago
    Well, to actually 3D print looks like it’s $3300, but still that’s really incredible! Seems substantially less messy than the resin printers I played around with a few years ago.
  - RobotToaster 4mo ago
    Heygears don't seem to have the best track record https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1bu3mv1/avoid_the_heygears_ultracraft_reflex_what_a_huge/ https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1bu3mv1/avoid_t...
Karliss 4mo ago
Calling it a resin printer is like calling a FDM printer and injection molding machines in the same category, both can melt ABS but the way they work and capabilities are completely different. Same thing here hardly anything common with hobbyist resin printers beside using some kind of UV curable resin. And as with other 3d printing technologies Stratasys is decade ahead in terms of research and commercialization sitting on all the relevant patents and selling expensive machines (sometimes as a result of acquisition). Once the patents ran out maybe there will be more advancements and general availability. Although I expect much longer delay compared to FDM and SLA/DLP 3d printers. Inkjet printing on paper is already complicated and finicky enough, It's not something a hobbyist can make from scratch in a garage. Add a resin which will by design solidify when exposed to light potential destroying the inkjet nozzles, and doesn't necessarily behave as regular ink when attempting to spray it through inkjet head and you get the need for some serious investment to recreate the technology even with patents expired. The recent hobbyist 2d UV printers are step in this direction, but commercial/industrial UV printers have existed for quite a while. To me this suggests there is additional gap in patents/technological challenges between textured 2d UV printers, and full 3d UV inkjet printing.

It's different kinds of printers. That's a resin printer - pretty high-end one. I'm not getting that result on my Bambu P1S.

by arjie 4mo ago

It's different kinds of printers. That's a resin printer - pretty high-end one. I'm not getting that result on my Bambu P1S.

stavros 4mo ago

But how does resin do colors?

shitloadofbooks 4mo ago
One approach is to just print CMYK resin like an inkjet printer (and then cure it with UV). Do that hundreds or thousands of times and you eventually get Z height. Look up the EufyMake E1 for a consumer/prosumer version.
- Gigachad 4mo ago
  The EufiMake isn't really a 3D printer though. It's more a normal printer that can do an embossed/textured print.
  - fartcoin67 4mo ago
    [dead]
jawngee 4mo ago
UV Inkjet. HeyGears is releasing a prosumer full color UV inkjet resin printer this year for < $2K: https://store.heygears.com/products/heygears-g1-direct https://store.heygears.com/products/heygears-g1-direct
- wincy 4mo ago
  Well, to actually 3D print looks like it’s $3300, but still that’s really incredible! Seems substantially less messy than the resin printers I played around with a few years ago.
- RobotToaster 4mo ago
  Heygears don't seem to have the best track record https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1bu3mv1/avoid_the_heygears_ultracraft_reflex_what_a_huge/ https://www.reddit.com/r/3Dprinting/comments/1bu3mv1/avoid_t...

Karliss 4mo ago

Calling it a resin printer is like calling a FDM printer and injection molding machines in the same category, both can melt ABS but the way they work and capabilities are completely different. Same thing here hardly anything common with hobbyist resin printers beside using some kind of UV curable resin. And as with other 3d printing technologies Stratasys is decade ahead in terms of research and commercialization sitting on all the relevant patents and selling expensive machines (sometimes as a result of acquisition). Once the patents ran out maybe there will be more advancements and general availability. Although I expect much longer delay compared to FDM and SLA/DLP 3d printers. Inkjet printing on paper is already complicated and finicky enough, It's not something a hobbyist can make from scratch in a garage. Add a resin which will by design solidify when exposed to light potential destroying the inkjet nozzles, and doesn't necessarily behave as regular ink when attempting to spray it through inkjet head and you get the need for some serious investment to recreate the technology even with patents expired. The recent hobbyist 2d UV printers are step in this direction, but commercial/industrial UV printers have existed for quite a while. To me this suggests there is additional gap in patents/technological challenges between textured 2d UV printers, and full 3d UV inkjet printing.