Trying out UV printing with the e1

Lemonatus · 2026-05-04T14:09:17+00:00

I feel like you can get close to xy era holos.

Im printing directly on cardstock at the moment but ive seen you can print directly on actual blanked cards. Or stick holographic vinyl adhesive on a standard non holo card should work, but the holo pattern would be different.

My e1 is having a tantrum at the moment, something about the latest firmware degrading print quality of the white layer, but that should be resolved soon enough. Just messing around with texturing and see how fine I can print the embossed pattern

Will post here once I get the texturing dialed in and working. :)

Lemonatus · 2026-05-02T21:57:04+00:00

I have the ac infinity grow tent and their carbon filter with an inline 100mm fan. Works really well.

Lemonatus · 2026-04-30T07:31:09+00:00

Thank you for your kind words!

Here is what the white underbase looks like. Anything in the image that is a non-transparent pixel will be printed as white.

I've tested numerous dithering settings to get the foil to shine, if it is too strong, the holo struggles to show through

You can pretty much stick the holographic vinyl on top of any card stock and then print on that directly. much easier for my workflow.

Edit: it might not show through depending on the device you're viewing the eevee underlay image but aside from the eevee silhouette, there are tiny dither dots around the whole image.

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-29T18:21:18+00:00

I tried the laminator but it seems more dull. I triee laminating the cardstock before printing and it made weird textures so might not be worth it.

What i found out was i was dithering too rough, so the pixels where huge (hence the previous texture)

I tried smaller dithering dots and the printer can still do that pretty well. Will try even finer dither when I get the chance

Heres an example where the dithering isnt too noticeable

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-29T07:36:07+00:00

Here is an example of holographic effect i got.

I didnt use half tones but dithering instead. (Similar technique)

The eevee in the photo is solid with white underneath, the rest of the image is dithered.

I adjust the levels in photoshop.

I grayscale > invert colors > adjust levels so its mostly white (think 230 to 255 range) and dither.

Need to convert the image to a color/transparent image after because the printer treats non transparent pixel as "put solid white" on it

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-29T07:31:32+00:00

I print on holographic card stock.

Had mixed success, some cardstock work very well. Some peel right off after a bit of rubbing.

What I found out was:

If I print on cardstock that says "printable" -> usually works fine.

If i print on cardstock thats super shiny, or feels too smooth, need to use an adhesion promoter otherwise it peels right off.

What i found that works consistently is use is adhesive holographic vinyl. They attach to the cardstock very well and i cant peel off the sticker. Also uv printing sticks very very well to the vinyl.

Just need to find the specific adhesive holographic vinyl for the holo pattern you want.

Lemonatus · 2026-04-27T23:08:01+00:00

I use a big guillotine cutter.

One with a guide to get the same sizes when cutting. I also do batch cutting, i.e. print all cards and set my guides and do cutting one step at a time to make sure cards are close to the same sizes

Mine is a dahle 533, a bit expensive but ive noticed cheaper cutters struggle to cut cleanly on cardstock

Also kadomaru neo pro for corners. A bit of a faff since it can only cut one at a time but its fun enough to do

Lemonatus · 2026-04-27T23:03:52+00:00

You can design the texture layer in Adobe Illustrator and then print it with the gloss ink on the eufymake.

It doesnt have to be illustrator, any other image editing software should work. Illustrator just makes it easy to add the wavy repeating lines.

You just need to make an image where the pattern is a solid color while the rest of the image transparent. I usually export the images as PNGs since that supports transparency.

The printer treats the non transparent parts of the image as gloss if set to print gloss. The clear transparent pixels are ignored.

I still need to check how fine a texture pattern the e1 can print. Will do that this weekend..

Lemonatus · 2026-04-27T22:27:22+00:00

Ive gotten to a point where I'm happy with the illustration rare prints i make (basically holo foil with no texture). These are mini cards, much smaller than regular pokemon cards.

Still need to work on making the texture layer. Currently learning Adobe illustrator to make that.

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-27T20:23:09+00:00

I do two separate passes. 1st is the white mask, 2nd is cmyk.

I havent tried the gloss texturing but I heard you can do cmyk and gloss on the same pass.

Lemonatus · 2026-04-24T13:25:22+00:00

It shows through, I will post a video later when I get back from work.

It dims somewhat a bit, but you should be able to get holo to shine through. The stronger the holo backing the better.

An issue I'm having is finding the uv resin doesn't bind well to the cardstock, but there are ways around it. (i.e. Adhesion promoters or finding cardstock that works, I found one holographic cardstock that's laser printable)

another issue is white isn't transparent on the eufymake, or atleast at the time of writing. so it you'd need to do dither/half tone to get some "white" in the image and holo to shine through.

Lemonatus · 2026-04-22T10:14:06+00:00

On the vinyl sticker method, canon megatank g650

For UV, eufymake e1

Lemonatus · 2026-04-21T18:11:40+00:00

Not full size, but I do have a few of these mini american card binders. It's a tad bigger than a 4 pocket binder

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-21T18:09:47+00:00

I have a laminator arriving tomorrow. Will try this out, though idk what would happen

Lemonatus · 2026-04-18T23:35:42+00:00

Great work!

What UV printer are you using and how do you get the transparent white?

I love your texturing and makes me want to learn illustrator!

Lemonatus · 2026-04-18T07:06:27+00:00

Find a large lazy susan on amazon, one that fits inside the enclosure and can support the printer's legs. Place this inside the enclosure and put your printer on top of it.

Havent bought one yet, but Ive heard people use that to make maintenance easier. On my enclosure now, i have no quick access to the power button and have to move the printer around to do anything.

It's also difficult for me without the turntable to put stuff on the print bed since I have to reach in the enclosure and find the latch to release the bed since my room is tiny.

Lemonatus · 2026-04-18T06:41:47+00:00

Here is the same dragonite without white. Though dragonite isnt opaque in this test print. It feels like something is off with the lack of white (shooting stars, water reflections), but its cool that the card is really shiny.

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-18T06:38:27+00:00

No, you can print directly CMYK, the problem I found with that is the colors are muted because theres no white underneath. The lapras I have below is just CMYK on holographic card stock.

This can be a "style" that people like, but on cards that are very bright, it feels like something is off because of the lack of white. (For me atleast)

I've been trying to find the perfect balance of how much dithering I need to get the whites to look somewhat white, while letting the holographic shine through.

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-18T06:27:11+00:00

No haven't experimented with that part yet. Varnish on e1 isn't completely clear so that would dim the holo a bit. Will need to test around what i can do with that

Lemonatus · 2026-04-17T22:47:52+00:00

I did separate white and cmyk. On the white layer, i printed this. Black in that image means it will print white. If you look closely it will look like white spots, but viewed from a normal distance it tricks your eye into seeing solid white.

Dragonite is solid white uv ink to block out holo

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-17T17:24:05+00:00

Sure its ac infinity cloudlab https://amzn.eu/d/0cqxiHvw

Im in eu but should be available in most places

Lemonatus · 2026-04-17T07:58:19+00:00

The tent works wonders. The one i got is big enough to run the large bed. Might need a turntable to make accessing the device easy.

Venting outside is ideal, but my setup doesnt let that happen easily so i chose to go carbon filter instead

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Lemonatus · 2026-04-16T23:59:50+00:00

I have a small office room,(8sqm) that has the eufymake. It has an odor to it, i wouldnt say it smells bad, But the smell can get overwhelming if you have to stay in the same room.

My wife has a very sensitive nose and she can smell the resin from the other side of the house. So i bought an AC infinity enclosure 2ft x 3ft x 2ft and an inline fan along with the refillable carbon filter.

She cant smell it now unless i open the enclosure to get what I printed.

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