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Prints on almost any surface in premium quality. Easy to configure and print with little prior knowledge.

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Requires a dedicated space with ventilation. Maintenance and ink costs add up and need extra planning.

The eufyMake E1 from Anker is fundamentally different from the home printers I usually test. Many people use their traditional laser or ink printers for return labels, work notes, and sometimes full-page photos. While Anker describes the E1 as a “personal” printer, it calls upon special ink and intense UV light to print 3D textures onto a variety of surfaces, like ceramic, metal, or wood. It's not a full-on 3D printer, but it does offers features you won't find in a standard machine for your home office—like the ability to print directly onto a mug.

While the E1's ability to print 3D textures is undoubtedly rad, it's still more than $2,000 just to get started—and that's without the hefty maintenance and upkeep costs. Like a collection of power tools or a big pickup truck, the EufyMake E1 is probably something you'd prefer to find in your helpful neighbor’s garage. If you’re that neighbor, the E1 is easy to get rolling (perhaps after a bit of trial and error for design newbies) and prints onto almost anything in quality indistinguishable or better than store-bought. You probably won't use it to print your return labels, but the machine could help you kick-start a new side hustle.

How It Works

Photograph: Brad Bourque

After a quick setup calibration, the E1 is ready to print, and the process is super straightforward. The different plates and adapters all clip onto the central unit, and you just plop what you'd like printed onto an adhesive mat that sticks to the bed and holds objects in place. While the mats are only a few bucks a piece and are meant to be replaced, it’s worth taping around the edges of your pieces to catch the overspray. Once you situate your item on the sticky bed, the EufyMake app will use the printer's camera to find the top of your item, which I usually verify with my own measurements. From there, you'll line up your design in the EufyMake Studio software with the app-captured photo to ensure the finished print will land where you want.

I’m mostly pleased with the EufyMake Studio software. If you aren’t already comfortable working in Photoshop or other image-editing software, you’ll want to spend a bit of time getting to know how layers and transparency work, as well as brushing up on dots per inch (dpi) and image types, assuming you’re going to print custom items. There’s a bit of trial and error involved in getting factors correct each time you change materials, but the presets for each are a good starting point. If you, like me, do have familiarity with editing software, you'll find the interface intuitive. I haven’t run into any issues selecting and modifying multiple layers, adjusting opacity and print settings, or uploading my own imagery.

Photograph: Brad Bourque

If you’re not working from your own custom images, you can print straight from the shared content section of the app, which is divided into two sections: Projects and Designs. In the Projects tab, other E1 users upload photos of the items they’ve created, including custom keyboard keycaps, photo displays, keychains, and jewelry. It’s easy to grab a design from this tab and customize it with your own photos and graphics. Every time I scroll this tab, I see ways to use the E1 that I'd never considered. The Designs tab has some useful templates, but it's also kind of clogged with random AI-generated junk. For instance, whenever I tried to find a background pattern or text banner here, I'd find renderings of three popular video game characters trapped inside of plastic bags, prominently displayed on the front page. Also, the designs aren’t always practical or customizable.

E1 creations are impressive, given the machine's small footprint at 23 x 10 x 16 inches. You'd never know the mug or coaster you’re holding comes from someone’s basement and not a factory. The printer works best when using clean, punchy graphics. For the sake of testing, I designed a logo for a nonexistent company and printed it on a coaster. Even though the image was just some circles and text on a transparent PNG file, the resulting print, complete with clean borders and raised text, felt like something you'd get from a store, not my own office. The extra layers provide a proper depth and smooth touch that results in polished-feeling products.

Photos came out super detailed and crisp too, thanks to the 1,440 dpi and strong color blending. Although, combining textures and your own photos will require a bit of massaging in the app settings or tinkering with masks.

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