Testing out a New UV Printer

 We ordered a Eufy Make UV printer last year and got it earlier this year. Right after we finally got brave enough to open the box and learn how to use it, we got our first order for some colored door hangers and got thrown in at the deep end.

UV Printing is different from anything we've done before. Here are some things we learned along the way.

The order we got was for these door hangers. We started out by cutting the shapes out of wood on our XTool laser and then used a jig to place the wood to be printed on. It was tricky and used a ton of UV ink--which btw is pricey.

                  

After fulfilling this order, we tried some door hangers of our own, but we made them less ink heavy. The door hanger order needed multiple layers of white ink below the colors and we ended up using two ink cartridges on 25 of them. The Eufy Make cartridges are about $40 a piece.

For our own test, we cut three door hangers out on the laser and then used the rest of the wood for a jig.

We learned quickly that using a rubber mat under projects helps with overspray issues on the Eufy Make mat that comes with the machine. We also used painters tape to secure the jig because it ended up slipping on us when we didn't.

Finally, we printed our three designs. It took two tries since we didn't realize we needed to do an ink test every time we installed a new cartridge. Well, you do.

The colors turned out vibrant. Overall, we are pretty happy with our Eufy Make purchase. We will probably keep making mistakes as we learn how to use it. Tutorials from product testers have been very helpful. If you're trying this for the first time, good luck!

You can see our doorhanger listings at https://bisonandbobcatstudio.etsy.com/listing/4391057623 in our Etsy shop.