It’s not quite 3D, but it’s close.
Tom’s Hardware Verdict
The EufyMake E1 is the latest piece of industrial high-tech to trickle down to the consumer market, with a hefty cost in ink and AI microtransactions. While it could be a new “must have” tool for makers, the current software still needs refinement.
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Pros
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True full color printing
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Unique texture printing
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Prints on a variety of surfaces
Cons
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Costly
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Proprietary ink
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AI microtransactions
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UV ink smell
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The EufyMake E1 UV printer is not quite a 3D printer, but it’s close enough to raise interest from the crafty side of 3D printing. Imagine if a 2D photo printer had a baby with a resin 3D printer, and you might get an idea of the possibilities.
Like a paper printer, the E1 needs a surface to print on. Unlike a paper printer, that surface can be nearly anything that fits inside the chamber: paper, wood, metal, acrylic, most plastic, leather, or fabric.
Note: Fabrics require a special flexible ink that I didn’t get to test. It can also print on a special sticker material that will let you apply prints to items too large or odd-shaped to fit into the machine.
Its most exciting feature is the ability to “paint” images on flat surfaces, creating three-dimensional brush strokes, raised lettering, or raised portions of an image. This is rather like 3D printing, where dimensionality comes from stacking up many layers of material. Fortunately, it uses white ink or clear gloss (depending on the method you choose) to build that height, and it only needs a single layer of color. The color layer is mixed from four cartridges – Cyan, Magenta, Yellow, and Black. Ink is a bit spendy at $43 each for a non-refillable 100ml cartridge, or $300 for a full kit with cleaning fluid. I’ll get more in-depth on ink costs later in the review.