Maker Guides

Z Height Range and Printing on Spheres: two free UV printer test files from Samcraft, with a cross-section of the ten-step test block showing the usable two millimeter print window below the focus plane

Two Free UV Printer Tests: Z Height Range and P...

Two free test files. One tells you how much Z height variation your printer can handle before quality drops. The other tells you how large a design fits on a...

Two Free UV Printer Tests: Z Height Range and P...

Two free test files. One tells you how much Z height variation your printer can handle before quality drops. The other tells you how large a design fits on a...

Samcraft UV Printer Test Kit guide cover, showing the Overall and Nozzle Check test cards

UV Printer Test Kit: Free Files and How to Read...

Seven free tests, all 85mm square so they print on the scrap already sitting next to your machine. Nozzle check, color, detail, white, gloss and registration, plus what a bad...

UV Printer Test Kit: Free Files and How to Read...

Seven free tests, all 85mm square so they print on the scrap already sitting next to your machine. Nozzle check, color, detail, white, gloss and registration, plus what a bad...

The xTool O1 Omni desktop UV printer — Samcraft's guide to picking the right print method: UV, UV DTF, DTG, or DTF

UV DTF vs DTG vs DTF: Which Print Method for Wh...

Two of these names are nearly identical and do completely different jobs. One rule sorts every order: let the object pick the method.

UV DTF vs DTG vs DTF: Which Print Method for Wh...

Two of these names are nearly identical and do completely different jobs. One rule sorts every order: let the object pick the method.

xTool O1 Omni vs HeyGears G1: UV Printers Compared

xTool O1 Omni vs HeyGears G1: UV Printers Compared

Same bed, same $50 deposit, two very different bets. The O1 prints every surface; the G1X prints full-color 3D objects — and only one of them is shipping.

xTool O1 Omni vs HeyGears G1: UV Printers Compared

Same bed, same $50 deposit, two very different bets. The O1 prints every surface; the G1X prints full-color 3D objects — and only one of them is shipping.

The xTool O1 Omni desktop UV printer — Samcraft's guide to O1 Omni maintenance, explained

xTool O1 Omni Maintenance: What You Actually Ha...

What the O1 Omni's Smart Cycle 2.0 automates, what's still on you, and the two-week vacation claim I'm putting to the test.

xTool O1 Omni Maintenance: What You Actually Ha...

What the O1 Omni's Smart Cycle 2.0 automates, what's still on you, and the two-week vacation claim I'm putting to the test.

Side-by-side comparison of the eufyMake E1 and xTool O1 Omni desktop UV printers, from Samcraft's independent head-to-head guide.

eufyMake E1 vs xTool O1 Omni: UV Printer Head-t...

Same print bed, very different machines. An E1 vs O1 Omni breakdown from a maker who builds accessories for both.

eufyMake E1 vs xTool O1 Omni: UV Printer Head-t...

Same print bed, very different machines. An E1 vs O1 Omni breakdown from a maker who builds accessories for both.