Professional full-color 3D printing still comes with a steep entry price. Current systems start at roughly $40,000 to $50,000, with higher-end machines reaching $60,000 to well over $100,000. The new HeyGears G1X starts at $3,299 on Kickstarter.
The G1 Series campaign has raised more than $15 million from over 3,500 backers against a $100,000 goal, and runs through September 11.
The broader market context is worth noting. The Wohlers Report 2026, published February 17, valued global additive manufacturing at $24.2 billion in 2025, up 10.9% year over year. A separate Wohlers Associates study from July 2025 found that some sub-$10,000 3D printers are already closing the gap with industrial equipment on print quality and part strength. The G1X sits squarely in that trend line.
On the hardware side, the G1X uses an Epson I3200-U1HD printhead with a maximum 3D build volume of 420 × 330 × 130 mm. HeyGears says it can produce full-color and transparent elements in the same continuous build. Water-soluble supports handle models with cavities or internal structures where conventional supports would be difficult to remove cleanly.
The UV system covers more than 400 listed materials, including acrylic, wood, leather, glass, ceramics, and metal. It supports flat graphics and raised textures at up to 1,440 × 2,400 DPI, with HeyGears claiming more than 10 million reproducible colors across its 2D and 3D-texture modes.
Where this gets interesting is in the production scenarios it opens up. A studio making merchandise for museums or visitor attractions could produce a full-color miniature, print raised artwork onto an acrylic souvenir, and handle a short run of branded apparel from the same system. A customization shop working on corporate gifts could move between prototypes, personalized objects, and packaging samples without outsourcing each step to a different supplier.
Textile work runs on a separate water-based ink system supporting DTF and DTG output. HeyGears also lists rotary, flatbed, roll-to-film, and resin stations as expansion options. Its current product materials do not specify whether all of those modules ship with the $3,299 Kickstarter configuration or are sold separately.
Day-to-day upkeep is partly automated. The G1X uses white-ink agitation, printhead heating, automatic cleaning cycles, and a sealed moisturizing enclosure around the printhead. The printer supports multiple levels of cleaning, from routine nozzle checks and automatic maintenance during longer print jobs to a deeper process that uses cleaning fluid when switching modes or restarting after shutdown.
HeyGears recommends leaving the machine powered on during regular use so automatic maintenance continues in the background. If the printer will sit unused for more than a month, the company recommends powering it off and running a Deep Cleaning cycle after restart.
Alignment relies on a line-scan camera, a top-mounted camera, and LiDAR to detect the position, height, and surface level of objects on the print bed. On the software side, HeyVerse AI and Blueprint Studio can generate models from text or images and convert 2D artwork into 3D-texture files.
The G1X currently starts at $3,299 on Kickstarter, with the G1X Full-3D Pack at $3,599. The campaign closes September 11 at 9:00 AM PDT.
One note: TechWalls has not independently tested a production G1X. The print-speed and color-performance figures, maintenance claims, and long-term reliability data referenced throughout this piece are manufacturer specifications. They remain unverified until shipping units can be evaluated outside HeyGears’ own testing environment.
