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PolyDye Unit

Please note images are for illustrative purposes only. Product may differ slightly

Please Note

  • Don't power the unit from a PC or laptop, use the recommended Raspberry Pi 5.1V power supply.

  • When mounting the cartridge holder, make sure it does not hit any bed clips or parts of the printer.

  • Make sure your cables don't get tangled or pulled.

  • THIS IS A BETA UNIT, DO NOT LEAVE IT UNATTENDED.

  • Use in a well-ventilated area.

  • We are not affiliated with any cartridge manufacturer and have no relations with them.

  • Don't get ink on your hands or any part inside or outside of your body.

  • There are only limited mounts in the github repo so you might have to model your own hotend mount

  • PolyDye is for advanced users

  • PolyDye Beta Kits require additional items that we don't supply to be purchased

FAQs

  • PolyDye is a ESP32 based 3D printer mod that applies a color layer using a 2D printer inkjet cartridge in between each layer of white filament to produce full color 3D printed models

  • PolyDye consists of a mainboard and an assembly that is attached to the toolhead of a 3D printer combined with a web interface to control the unit.

  • PolyDye is compatible with most Marlin based 3D printers that have a USB port using a FT23x, CH34X serial chipset although has only been officially testing using a Creality CR6-SE printer.

  • Instructions and videos are provided on git://github, youtube.com/level9000, https://level9000.co.za

  • The STL files for the printed parts are located on our github at git://github

  • You will need to model or obtain only the toolhead mount externally. Unfortunately we can only provide mounts for the CR6-SE currently

  • Cartridges can be purchased directly from us or through one of our resellers.

  • No, PolyDye only works with specific cartridges.

  • No, PolyDye requires a watertight(manifold) model with a texture in full color.

  • No, most printers do not have publicly available CAD files therefore the need for the actual printer. We plan to make more mounts available in the future.

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  • Currently we only ship to certain countries.