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eufyMake E1 shrinks industrial UV printing to a desktop maker machine
Anker's eufyMake E1 is the first personal 3D-texture UV printer — 90% smaller than industrial machines — adding raised full-colour prints to 300+ materials.
Anker Innovations (eufyMake)
What it had to solve
Industrial UV printers are large, expensive machines owned by factories. eufyMake, the personal creative-tool brand from Anker Innovations, set out to build the first personal 3D-texture UV printer — about 90% smaller than traditional industrial machines — so makers and small businesses could personalise everyday objects with professional results.
How it works
UV printers give objects raised, durable, full-colour decoration, but they have always been industrial equipment. eufyMake, Anker Innovations' personal creative-tool brand, set out to build the first personal 3D-texture UV printer, roughly 90% smaller than traditional industrial machines.
The E1 prints textures up to 5mm tall at 1,400 DPI across a 400x300mm bed, with full-colour raised effects on materials from metal and glass to acrylic and wood. A rotary attachment prints cylindrical objects like mugs, a UV DTF mode makes stickers, and a self-cleaning system keeps the machine ready between jobs.
An app supplies templates and AI-assisted design tools so the printer works like a creative tool rather than a piece of industrial machinery. The package was aimed at hobbyists personalising their own goods and at small businesses offering customised products.
Why it lands
- Shrinking the machine changed who could use the technology: at desktop scale, UV printing moves from factory service to a personal creative tool.
- Raised texture rather than flat print made customisation feel physical and premium, closer to real material than to a sticker.
- Modular modes (flatbed, rotary, lamination) let one machine cover personalisation, mug printing and sticker making, giving small businesses a reason to buy.
What it did
The E1 was crowdfunded on Kickstarter before the first units shipped, won an iF Design Award 2025, and TIME's Best Inventions of 2025 list featured it under the headline 'Printing Textures at Home' as the first personal 3D-texture UV printer.
What you can take
Industrial capability becomes a product idea when it is shrunk to a personal scale: once the machine is small and simple enough, making things at home can become a category of its own.
Since then
The E1 won an iF Design Award 2025 and was named to TIME's Best Inventions of 2025 under 'Printing Textures at Home,' with TIME describing it as the first at-home UV printer. Its Kickstarter campaign drew enough backing to fund first shipments, and eufyMake positioned the printer as a way to personalise everyday items or launch side ventures.
Sources
- Anker eufyMake E1 3D-texture UV printer now crowdfunding
- eufyMake E1 Named to TIME's Best Inventions 2025
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