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Like all 3D printers, the Anycubic Photon Mono X2 requires calibration before its first print. Leveling the build plate is fairly straightforward and only takes a piece of paper and an Allen wrench. Unfortunately, there’s no good way to tell if you’ve succeeded in leveling until you start printing. The Photon Mono M5s has 12K resolution (11,520 x 5120) on a 10.1 inch monochrome LCD screen. This overwhelming number of pixels achieves a 19 micron accuracy on the X axis, which is incredibly crisp, especially when you consider that a human hair averages 70 microns. Make sure the room you use your resin printer in is well-ventilated to avoid inhaling fumes. Spilled or dripped resin should be immediately cleaned with 99% isopropyl alcohol. After printing, make sure to wipe down your printer and bottles to remove smudges of uncured resin. Always keep your resin tightly sealed and safely stored out of reach of pets and children. Assembling the Anycubic Photon Mono M5s The speed of this printer is quite an improvement in the world of consumer level resin. I love that the M5s gives us choices – we can use off the shelf resin for excellent detail while trimming a few hours, or buy specialty resin for mind-boggling speed.
There aren't too many unique features outside of size and resolution to mention. The printer comes with a yellow acrylic hood that provides both UV protection to prevent the tank of liquid resin from curing in sunlight (our review images are taken in a sunroom with UV filters), as well as preventing most of the toxic fumes from escaping during the printing process. The Anycubic Photon Mono 2 requires the same safety precautions as other resin printers. Uncured resin is dangerous, and the solvents used to clean your prints can be irritating to the skin. Use gloves and safety glasses when pouring resin and handling uncured prints.
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The feeling of strength runs all through the Mono SE, and that solidness helps create some excellent detail in the prints.
The scratch-resistant screen protector prevents scratches and other unforeseen "accidents" when the resin leaks. With a light transmission of up to 95%, the screen protector not only protects the display but also ensures outstanding printing accuracy at the same time. The first print in the test had to be a fast one, so I loaded the vat with Anycubic’s High Speed resin. The resin is very thin, like skim milk, and only needs a brief exposure time of 1.4 seconds a layer. The default profile is curious, as it uses a .1mm layer. The results were a superfast print that looks ok at arm's length, but is probably best used for prototyping. It comes with an extra large screen protector for the LED glass, which covers the glass and the slight gap around it. This makes keeping the printer clean super easy.Supports should also be cured before being thrown away. Sample Prints on the Anycubic Photon Mono X2 The Photon Mono 2 uses a 6.6-inch monochrome 4K+ LCD screen with a resolution of 4096 x 2560 pixels. With better resolution, even highly detailed prints can become the norm! Unlike other resin printers, the Photon Mono M5s doesn’t require manual calibration. It has a mechanical sensor on the arm holding a plate that detects how well the plate and glass are fitting together. It can make adjustments on its own – the glass actually floats on stiff springs – to assure perfect prints. All you need to do is screw the plate into the arm and press print. The new version of the slicer has been completed and optimised with some improved and updated features. Not only is the new user interface much easier to use - the slicing process has also been made a whole lot easier.
As mentioned, the print bed is a generous 9.6 x 7.8 x 4.8 in. / 24.5 x 19.7 x 12.2 cm, which is slightly larger than the standard Anycubic Photon Mono X which topped out at 24.5 x 19.2 x 12.0 cm The Photon Mono 4K has a print resolution of 3840 x 2400, 35 µm XY pixels and 7% light transmission, which guarantees highly detailed prints. The printing speed reaches up to 50 mm / h and the curing time of a single layer is only 1.5 seconds.The Anycubic Photon Mono M5s is an astounding machine with a remarkable level of detail and generous build volume. At 19 microns of resolution, we’re approaching a level of crispy detail that’s difficult to distinguish with the naked eye. Smart features like auto leveling, resin detection and the ability to stop when a major fail is sensed are something we’ve all been waiting for. The Anycubic Photon Mono 2 is a money-saving resin printer with excellent 4K print quality. Its smaller size makes it easy to find space for, and its light weight makes it easy to move in and out of storage. The printer could use feet with more grip to prevent it from sliding around, so I would suggest putting it on a non-skid mat. We always suggest using a mask and some disposable gloves with operating a resin-based printer, and thankfully these are provided in the box alongside the Anycubic Photon Mono X 6K, as well as a few other useful tools such as a metal scraper to remove prints from the built plate. Photon Mono 4K has a solid Z-axis rail structure as well as a stable stepper motor, which enables the production of parts with high precision and dimensional accuracy. The Photon Mono X2 is a 4K printer with Anycubic’s smooth “LighTurbo” system. Because the X2 is a bigger printer, its light source is stretched across a bit more area, resulting in a slightly lesser resolution of 48 microns. This is still incredibly crisp, especially when you consider that a human hair averages 70 microns.
A nice feature included in the printer box was a screen protector, much like those seen used on mobile phones. It's a little frustrating to apply, but then, so are the ones you apply to phones, and it's absolutely worth doing. While the screens on resin printers have a shelf life, this can be cut short if liquid resin is spilled and then cured directly onto the display, so this offers an additional layer of protection. Anycubic’s Photon Mono M5s is breaking ground on two fronts – it is both a high speed printer and a high resolution printer. It can print at 105mm/s while using optimized parameters and has an unheard of 12k resolution. The Photon Mono 4K has both high power for fast printing and low power for longer printer life. The resin printer supports 30-100% UV power settings and can be adapted to resin printing with different UV energy requirements to meet your personalised printing needs.To level the machine, remove the vat and then place the piece of paper provided by Anycubic on the LCD screen. Loosen the four adjustment screws on the sides of the build plate. The build plate should wiggle freely. The LighTurbo matrix has been optimised to make the parallel light source even more stable and uniform. This effectively reduces layer lines on the one hand and completely eliminates grid lines on the other. Nothing stands in the way of vivid details and fine, smooth surfaces! The resin vat itself had a few surprises that caught me off guard, but were welcome changes from the typical featureless rectangular vat that I was expecting. For one, the vat has a graduated volume legend embossed directly onto the walls which lets you determine the rough amount of resin in the container with just a glance. It also has a pour spout (and a lip) on one corner, which means that the process of pouring resin out is a much cleaner operation than with a hard edge which liquid will spill over and get onto the bottom of the FEP film. By including their Photon Workshop software with the Photon Mono, Anycubic has clearly put work into the out-of-the-box experience for new users. However, I did find the software somewhat limiting, and I preferred using the Chitubox software that runs natively with the Elegoo Mars 2 Pro. As with all Anycubic resin printers, the Mono X 6K will only be officially compatible with Anycubic’s own Photon Workshop slicer software, though there are some workarounds if you prefer to work in Lychee, but we couldn't find a way to use this printer with other Slicing applications such as Chitubox or Chitubox Pro.
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