3D printing is becoming more and more popular even in industries such as advertising. The production of advertising signs and large letters using modern high-tech equipment is a great way to save time and money. What are good 3D printers for advertising, and which equipment copes better with the tasks, learn in this article.
3D printing and advertising
In addition to conventional printing, which is used to create advertising (flyers, catalogs, banners), 3D printing is also used for the production of advertising structures. This technology is often used to create outdoor advertising – three-dimensional letters, signs, indexes and logos, as well as souvenirs.
The possibilities of 3D printing allow the creation of objects with complex geometry, which can be placed on the street or indoors. Large selection of materials and colors provides freedom in the realization of any ideas.
Different printers are used for the production of advertising, from desktop printers to professional printers. Desktop ones are suitable for printing souvenirs and small branded products. Professional units with a large area printing are designed to create large products – letters and signs.
Unlike traditional production, 3D printing offers reduced production time as well as a wide range of material shades. With a 3D printer, you can quickly produce the frame of the letter in the color you want, without wasting time gluing, processing and coloring.
Features of 3D advertising printers
Professional advertising equipment is large-format FDM devices that print with special materials that are resistant to UV and temperature fluctuations.
Professional advertising printing equipment has a large build area on the X and Y axes, which allows you to create large letters and even whole words. Since a large thickness of printed elements most often is not required, the height of the Z-axis is limited to 100-150 mm.
Budget 3D printers for advertising have an open body, a heated platform to improve adhesion and simple setup. All printing parameters can be set in the software. The capabilities of the software allow the production of complex parts – inclined and with bends, as well as to provide holes for wires or fasteners.
Creatwit Industrial Led Letter 3D Printer K6
Specially designed 3D printer for printing promotional signs, letters and words. The device allows you to create, including advertising for the installation of LED lighting.
This budget-friendly 3D printer for advertising has a printing area of 600x600x85 mm, a heated work table and easy operation. The ability to print two kinds of plastic allows you to achieve interesting effects when installing internal illumination, as well as to perform almost any design project.
Creatwit Industrial Led Letter 3D Printer K6 can work with translucent PETG plastic, which has fairly high strength, moderate flexibility and resistance to most alkalis and acids. This material is ideal for creating signage due to its good translucency.
K6 has a fairly high accuracy of 0.02 mm in the X,Y axis, as well as the ability to adjust the layer height from 0.1 to 0.6 mm. Convenient data transfer via USB or SD card allows you to quickly go to print. Print examples can be seen below:
Specifications:
Printing technology: FDM / FFF
Print material: Plastic Filament
Printer body: Open
Filament Diameter: 1.75mm
No. of printing nozzles: 1 pc.
Extruder temperature: 220°C
Table temperature: 65 ° C
Printing area: 600х600х85 mm
Calibration: Automatic
Layer thickness: 0.1 – 0.6 mm
XY axis accuracy: 0.02 mm
Number of colors: 2 colors
Heated table: Yes
Forced chamber heating: No
Nozzle: 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2mm
Supported materials: PETG
Supported file formats: STL, SVG, NC, BMP, JPG, STEP, DXF
Creatwit Industrial Led Letter 3D Printer K8
The eldest model in the Creatwit lineup. This 3D printer has a larger build area of 800x800x85mm so it is suitable for creating large format ads.
The industrial printer has excellent features and flexible settings for any task. Full metal open body provides printing stability, and heated work platform allows to hold object reliably in the process of printing.
The K8 has automatic calibration as well as convenient touch screen operation. The equipment comes with proprietary software that has a wide range of tools for operation. The capabilities of the software allow you to set personalized settings to create bright and memorable designs.
Industrial Led Letter 3D Printer K8 prints with translucent PETG material and has the ability to work in 2 colors. These are the kinds of signs you can make with the K8:
Specifications:
Printing technology: FDM / FFF
Printing material: Plastic filament
Printer body: Open
Filament Diameter: 1.75mm
No. of printing nozzles: 1 pc.
Extruder temperature: 220°C
Table temperature: 65 ° C
Printing area: 800x800x85 mm
Calibration: Automatic
Layer thickness: 0.1 – 0.6 mm
XY axis accuracy: 0.02 mm
Number of colors: 2 colors
Heated table: Yes
Forced chamber heating: No
Nozzle: 0.6/0.8/1.0/1.2mm
Supported materials: PETG
Supported file formats: STL, SVG, NC, BMP, JPG, STEP, DXF
FlashForge AD1 Channel Letter
Professional equipment from the industry leader in China. AD1 Channel Letter, unlike other two models presented in our review, can print not only PETG, but also ABS, PLA and Flex plastic. This means that the printer can be used to create both outdoor and indoor advertising, as well as to implement the creative ideas of the designer.
The printer has a large build area of 600x600x70 mm, heated up to 100 ° C table. The equipment has the ability to print two materials alternately thanks to two channels of filament feed.
The main advantage of the AD1 Channel Letter is the user-friendly FlashAD software with its intelligent functions. You don’t need to download any additional software to get started – all the tools you need are in FlashAD.
Users can enter text in the application, and then the program will automatically create a file for printing. But this does not cancel the possibility of using third-party image preparation software, such as CorelDraw.
Like other FlashForge equipment, the AD1 Channel Letter has access to FlashCloud, a proprietary cloud-based service that allows quick sharing of print files and device management. Print sample:
Specifications:
Printing technology: FDM / FFF
Print material: Plastic Filament
Printer body: Open
Filament Diameter: 1.75mm
No. of printing nozzles: 1 pc.
Extruder temperature: 260°C
Temperature of table: 100 °C
Printing area: 600x600x70 mm
Printing / growing speed: 40 – 200 mm/s
Layer thickness: 0.05 – 0.4 mm
XY axis accuracy: 0.5 mm
Number of colors: 2 colors
Heated table: Yes
Plastic presence control: Yes
Resume system: Yes
Nozzle: 0.6 mm
Supported materials: ABS, PLA, PETG, Flex
Supported file formats: CDR, STL
