The Verge: Falling somewhere between a 3D printer and the inkjet you use to churn out color photos, Anker’s eufyMake brand has announced what it’s calling the “industry’s first 3D-texture UV Printer designed for personal use.” The UV Printer E1 is closer in size to a 3D printer than an inkjet, but is designed to produce 2D images on various surfaces – such as paper or glass – with a subtle raised texture that can simulate the feel and appearance of materials like wood or even crocodile skin.
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As a scenic designer, this is absolutely calling out to me with my love of model making. I didn’t know we could get closer to merging normal printers and 3D printers together, but being able to create specific textures sounds absolutely wonderful. My biggest issue with using 3D printed elements in my models is really just the visual texture you tend to get with 3D printed objects. I just can’t stand all of those little lines most of the time, and the amount of effort it takes to be able to sand it all off and give it a good paint treatment isn’t often worth it to me. This would absolutely change things though. I’m curious how you would go about creating the actual file that you’d end up sending to the printer, how that might be different from a normal 3D printing file. I really hope that I’ll be able to try one of these kinds of printers out someday, it looks like a fantastic tool.
I do not know about the company eufymake but nineteen hundred dollars seems pretty on the edge of consumer machinery. There could be plenty of people who might what one but it still seems geared towards smaller companies which this could give them access to greater utility in their products rather than a household electronic item. Even the author agrees in that point. For scenery the application does not meet the size requirements for the square feet that it might take to full up a stage but maybe for props in an applique on smaller pieces. As with most printers the cartridges trend towards the limiting factor in use because of their high cost but hopefully with this kickstarter they can utilize the technology from 3d printing in cheaper plastics to create that texture. Three hundred for 6 I'm cartridges definitely feels like a high run cost for a 1900 dollar printer
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