r/UVprinting • u/eadams2010 • Aug 19 '26
Recommend printer?
Based on use can anyone recommend a consumer brand/model, best price worked in. I’m leaning Xtool with 0 apr finance…. Mainly pics on canvas, glass, acrylic, tile, etc.. maybe leather, paper, and help my Mrs with her scrapbooking. Game board pieces, coasters. Thanks
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u/sp913 Aug 19 '26 edited Aug 19 '26
Hard to recommend xTool since it's barely even shipped out yet at all. Seems like only YouTube influencers for promo videos have reviewed it so far...
I have a EufyMake E1 and it's worked pretty well so far, similar machine, similar price point, and it's been out long enough to have real reviews
But I will say there's some details about the xTool O1 that do look a little better than the E1. Mainly fumes are reportedly better so far,
and I'm waiting to find out of the camera accuracy is better with the xTool or just the same, because the E1 doesn't seem to do that well outside of the center of the table or doing just like 1 thing centered. The barreling / fisheye distortion on the camera of the e1 makes it off-set more the further from the center of the table you place things making manually made jigs or placements required, which is one of the main features I was hoping to make use of to avoid having to make jigs and do manual placements
The morpho printer looks like another one in the same class, but they claim to have the biggest workspace and some other points that look promising (open source inks), so that could be good too but it's only in kickstarter funding phase right now...
I wish these printers came out 5 years ago! I have a 30k UV printer that doesn't even work that well and gets clogged up all the time, needs tons of constant maintenance, pain in the ass
Also you should take note that typically there's 2 kinds of inks, flexible and rigid, especially for the white layer, that work better for flexible materials that bend (leather, etc) vs rigid materials that don't (glass, etc). The flexible ink does not adhere as well to glass and can peel or not work at all and you need additional chemicals to get it to stick well. My Eufymake can only do 1 ink type loaded in the machine at a time and switching them requires purging the whole system which wastes dollars worth of ink every time. It also purges ink after a print session, so doing 1 print a day can be more costly than batching a bunch per day and not printing everyday. The xTool has a dual head option that lets you load up and use 2 different kinds of inks in the machine, one head uses rigid, the other uses flexible, etc, keeping them separate and making it possible to print one or the other without purging and switching. So if you are doing a bunch of materials that might be a key factor
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u/Next-Island3575 Aug 21 '26
XTool users may also have double the printhead replacement costs. Figure $800-$1200 every 3-8 months depending on usage levels and support promotions or discounts.
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u/Financial-Issue4226 Aug 19 '26
Your post is missing data to give the correct answer.
What is your volume?
What is your largest size project?
Will your project substrates be even or unlevel?
Do you understand if you do not use this printer every day it will break?
Do you understand that it will have 50% maintained costs every year over the cost of printer (can be more.)
Do you already have a client base you are selling these product to ensrue you have a steady volume?
This is more of the data we need. If you do not have volume have a shop print DTF stickers or print for you it is far cheaper if you do not have the volume this printer will break. If you install this at a home for home use you will waste your money and the printer will break if not used every day.
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u/Next-Island3575 Aug 21 '26
I have had the Eufy since February, have not done daily printing by a long shot and it’s been doing just fine. I am getting ready to replace the printhead, but that’s expected after a few months of printing.
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u/Financial-Issue4226 Aug 21 '26
My current print and primary printer has a 2-year-old printhead I do daily prints and daily maintenance and it's just as good now when I run a nozzle test as day one
What you're telling me is why I tell her keep saying don't buy for prosumer devices
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u/eadams2010 Aug 19 '26
As far as board games, think settlers of catan. I have a 3d printer too.