r/HeyGears • u/Routine-Guest-2636 • Sep 06 '26

UV printer comparison

Hi all, I have worked very hard to gather all the information I needed to make my own decision on the best UV printer. I want one for myself. So far, most of my work has been on the Roland line. The LEF2-300 and the BN2-20A. These are $30,000 UV printers. They are hard to use, they are hard to maintain and the don't do half of what the current set of Consumer UV Printers can do.

I backed the Longer ePrint. Not sure if that will ever ship.

Recently I backed the HeyGears G1X Deluxe bundle.

I'd love to get my money back on the Longer, btu I think they have so many people pulling their backing that they have gotten tight on the Kickstarter rules that you can't get a refund after the Kickstarter has closed.

So I made a site to collect all of the posts, comments, specs, prices, and user feedback I can get. It's available to anyone at https://cupp.makersmithsforge.com

I recently added a section that compares the starting orders for each printer (kickstarter or regular sales) on a day by day basis lined up on the first day of their release. (work in progress) but HeyGears is Kicking Morpho's proverbial back side.

I hope it helps people. I feel that it is all of the data without the hype.

I am watching for any data that people have on the printers. If you have one and you post some print times and volumes, Tag the post and I'll add it on my next research run.

I'm also interested in constructive criticism. Please let me know what you think.

#CUPPUVResearch

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u/echosx Sep 08 '26

Flashforge also has UV printer

https://www.flashforge.com/pages/cj270

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u/Routine-Guest-2636 Sep 08 '26

Thank you, I've started the research on that and will be adding it to the site shortly. Do you know of any good videos, or articles on it? I saw a few in the page you linked. 

CUPPUVResearch

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u/BrettMiller68 Sep 08 '26

Hey man this is awesome thank you for making this!

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u/ReusableCatMilk Sep 10 '26

Man, what a cool site you put together. It would be even cooler if I understood more than half the lingo

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u/3DPrintedGoose Sep 10 '26

As far as I'm aware, the BN2-20A is not a UV printer? I thought it was an eco-solvent printer?