Anycubic is well known from its affordable LCD and DLP resin 3D-printers. Not even one year after it entered the DLP 3D-printer market with the Anycubic Photon Ultra printer. Anycubic already released its successor the Anycubic Photon D2. It looks like Anycubic has made some improvements. These improvements are a slightly larger build volume. Which puts the printer more in line with other entry-level resin 3D-printers in the market. The D2 also has higher precision. The Photon D2 has a 2K projecto. This means it has a pixel resolution of 2560 x 1440 pixels. It is not completely known if Anycubic is actually using a 2K projector (as these are not market standard in any industry). Or just uses its “old” and affordable 720P projector from the Anycubic Photon Ultra with an XRP actuator on top, read more about that technology here. With these specs, Anycubic says the printer can keep up with 8K LCD 3D printers. This despite a maximum XY size of 51-microns. While 8K machines like the Sonic Mini 8K have a significantly better 22-micron pixel size. After testing several resins on this printer we can say that the accuracy is good. But it is difficult to beat the extremely small pixel size of the smaller 8K, 12K or even 14K printers. Find Liqcreate resin 3D-printing parameters for Anycubic Photon D2 in the link. In this article you can find scaling and off-set parameters needed to print the most accurate dental parts and more. Contact us if you have any questions on printing with Liqcreate resins on the Anycubic Photon D2 or other resin based 3D-printer.
Accurate dental & engineering resin 3D-printed models with the Anycubic Photon D2 resin 3D-printer.
Below you can find shrinkage and offset values for the tested Liqcreate resins. Tested on the Anycubic Photon D2 resin 3D-printer to print accurate engineering and dental models.
Anycubic Photon D2 vs Photon Ultra.
| | Anycubic Photon D2 | Anycubic Photon Ultra |
| Print size | 5.9″ | 4.6″ |
| Screen resolution | 2560 x 1440 pixels | 1280 x 720 pixels |
| Pixel size | 0,051 mm (51 µm) | 0,080 mm (80 µm) |
| Screen resolution | 498ppi | 319ppi |
| Build Volume (XYZ) | 130,56 x 73,44 x 165 mm | 102,4 x 57,6 x 165 mm |
Anycubic Photon D2 (DLP) resin 3D-printer specifications.
The Anycubic Photon D2 is an open 405nm DLP 3D printer. Developed in collaboration with Texas Instruments to bring digital light processing (DLP) technology to the desktop 3D printer industry. With a build voume of 131 x 73 x 165 mm. A DLP printer has an optical projector that emits concentrated beams of light only where the resin needs to cure. Delivering incredibly sharp results with almost no light leakage or blurred edges. The DLP projector can project a beam with higher uniformity. The light uniformity on the surface is more than 90%. In an LCD printer, a single large UV light exposes through a screen that has open or closed pixels. However, the light source is always on, resulting in light leakage even with dark pixels.
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- – Build Volume: 131 x 73 x 165 mm
- – Layer Height: 10 microns
- – XY Resolution: 2,560 x 1,440 pixels
- – XY Pixel size 50 microns
- – Z positioning accuracy: 0.1 mm
- – Printing Speed: < 50 mm/h
- – Bed Leveling: Manual
- – Display: 2.8-inch touchscreen
- – Third-Party Materials: Yes
- – Materials: 405 nm UV resin
Contact us if you have any questions or when you need help with settings for the Anycubic Photon D2 (DLP) or other resin based 3D-printers.
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