How to Run a Test Print on the EufyMake E1 (and What to Look For)

If you're not sure whether your EufyMake E1 is printing correctly - especially the white ink - running a test print is the first thing you should do.

It takes about four to six minutes and tells you exactly what's working and what isn't with your UV printer. This tutorial will walk you through the complete test print process.

When to Run a Test Print on the EufyMake E1

Run a test print any time you come out of maintenance mode before you start printing on real materials. The EufyMake E1 goes into maintenance mode automatically after about 3 days without printing. When you bring it back out and do the ink injection, the white ink often stops printing correctly - and you won't know unless you check first.

You'll also want to run a test print any time your prints don't look right, your white seems weak, or you're having to use more white layers than usual to get a good result.

How to run a test print in EufyMake Studio

In EufyMake Studio, click the device settings tab at the top of the screen. You'll see the option to run a test print on the right panel. Before you click it, place a piece of regular printer paper on your flatbed - the mini flatbed works fine for this and is faster than the standard one.

Click test print and follow the prompts. The test takes about four to six minutes to complete. You can't specify which colors to test - it runs all of them.

What a Correct EufyMake E1 Test Print Looks Like

When the test print is done, look at the black rectangle section. There should be a grid of small white dashes printed on top of the black. Those white dashes should be clearly white - bright, obvious, and visible without tilting the paper at an angle.

If the white dashes look gray, faint, or nearly invisible - your white ink is not printing correctly. If you can barely see them or have to tilt the paper to find them, that's a problem.

I have a full video showing exactly what a correct test print looks like vs. an incorrect one - including the side by side comparison:

What to Do After the Test Print

The software will ask if the print results look correct. If everything looks good, select yes and you're ready to print.

If the white looks wrong, select no and identify white as the problem color. The software will automatically run a standard print head cleaning and then prompt you to run another test print.

If that second test print still shows a problem, you need to move on to a deeper fix - a manual deep clean combined with shaking the white ink cartridge. I walk through that complete process here:

Two Layers of White Should be Enough

One more thing worth knowing - when your EufyMake E1 white ink is printing correctly, two layers of white is all you should really need on a dark or clear surface.

If you find yourself stacking five or six layers trying to build up the white - that's not a technique issue, that's a sign your white ink isn't printing right and a test print will confirm it.

For the complete white ink troubleshooting process from start to finish, check out this post: EufyMake E1 white ink not printing - how to fix it.

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