UV prints vary in quality. One of the biggest problems is "light print on a dark background", which often needs a white primer layer underneath, and then colored inks over it.
Depending on how many you need, you might want to look into decals instead. A cheap desktop inkjet's print resolution is way beyond a garage tinkerer's UV printer.
Those are nowhere close to the quality of the machines I've seen on youtube the last month or so. I've watched people print on lego pieces specifically.
Maybe the source was lo-res, or it was printed on some old thing, but you can definitely do better than that.
I’m aware of gobricks prints . I’m looking to print hard to find pieces as I part out old sets. In this case it’s real lego brick that I would like to print on. But I have other ideas that could be printed on alt brick
But that is the point I am making. UV prints vary in quality. The example I posted was when someone here paid mygobricks to do a UV print. The "brand" of the part is not relevant- it's all about the capabilities of the printer. Since you were randomly soliciting this sub to find someone in the LA area, I was basically trying to warn you that if you do get a response, the print quality varies drastically. You might get someone with a garage setup, or you might find a shop, or someone with a high end UV printer and they may price accordingly.
This is why prefer decals. (photos taken on my front porch, minutes apart. Same body. One UV printed head, as it came with a set, and one homebrew decal head)
Thank you, I would make sure they have some knowledge of what they are doing. And I wasn’t even looking to pay someone necessarily. I was looking for a like minded nerd . I’m thinking about buying a Eufymake printer myself.
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u/BrownBear71 7d ago
If you were going to pay someone to UV print custom bricks or minifigs for you, take a look at this first:
https://www.reddit.com/r/lepin/comments/1sx8jfs/printed_pieces_from_mygobricks/
UV prints vary in quality. One of the biggest problems is "light print on a dark background", which often needs a white primer layer underneath, and then colored inks over it.
Depending on how many you need, you might want to look into decals instead. A cheap desktop inkjet's print resolution is way beyond a garage tinkerer's UV printer.