HeyGears opens reservations for full-color 3D and UV printer

HeyGears has opened reservations for a machine that tries to collapse two familiar maker workflows into one box. The G1 Series is pitched as a desktop full-color 3D and UV printer, not a conventional resin printer, with the company aiming its launch at creators and small businesses that want finished color output without a separate painting stage.

The reservation push comes with a $50 refundable deposit and a planned Kickstarter launch in July 2026. HeyGears said reservation customers who back the campaign will get a $300 price-difference refund plus their $50 deposit back 14 days after the campaign ends, though processing can take up to 30 days. The company also tied launch perks to the reservation list, including VIP pricing and a free 300 ml bottle of white UV ink for the first 48 hours of launch orders.

What makes the G1 interesting is the hardware stack behind the pitch. HeyGears says the G1X supports more than 10 million colors, micron-level precision, and ultra-fine 3.9 pL droplets. It uses an Epson i3200 printhead with 3,200 high-density nozzles and an 8-channel ink system, while the lower-cost G1 Starter uses an F1080 printhead and a 6-channel ink system. The company also says the platform supports more than 400 substrates, with workflows for flatbed printing, rotary cylindrical jobs on mugs and similar objects, and roll-to-film graphics.

For hobby creators, the real test is not the launch page. It is whether the machine actually reduces the usual mess of color production, from filament swaps and purge waste to painting, masking, drying, and repeat touchups. HeyGears is positioning the G1 for tabletop miniatures, cosplay accents, signage, personalized gifts, and small-batch branded products, all of which benefit if a part comes off the machine already finished instead of needing a second workstation.

The software side matters just as much. HeyGears says the stack includes HeyVerse and Blueprint Studio, and that Blueprint Studio uses line-scan imaging to identify an object’s position, shape, and edges for alignment. That is the kind of detail that can make or break a desktop color system, especially when the promise is to print both textured surfaces and graphics on flat or curved objects without turning the process into a calibration chore.

The company is not new to consumer hardware either. HeyGears launched its first consumer desktop printer, the UltraCraft Reflex, on June 2, 2023, and followed with the Reflex 2 Series on October 24, 2025. That history gives the G1 a different weight than a one-off crowdfunding concept, but it also raises the bar. With the G1 Series dimensions listed at 580 mm by 660 mm by 510 mm, a 6 kg supported printing load, and a 420 mm by 330 mm by 150 mm print area on the G1X Full-3D Pack, this is being sold as a serious production tool, not a novelty. The question now is whether desktop full-color printing is finally useful enough to leave the demo table and earn space in a real hobby shop.