Procolored’s X One Folds a UV Printer, a Laser Cutter, and a Sticker Maker Into One Box
Procolored is offering up a heady mix of functions and features in the X One, including the notoriously dirt-generating laser cutting and engraving alongside the notoriously dirt-sensitive UV printing. It’s a bold combination, and one you should think twice before backing.
Up for backing now on Kickstarter, the Procolored X One is a function-bending machine that is, effectively, cramming three creative-tech processes into one enclosure: a full-color UV printer, a laser engraver and cutter (a 20W blue diode head, with an optional 2W IR module), and a roll-to-roll UV-DTF sticker maker. As ever with such multifunctional machines, the justification is convenience – Procolored thinks all of these processes in one machine tops having discrete devices for each, saving you from shuttling a workpiece between a laser bed and a print bed; just engrave and print it in place.
Pledges start at $3,799 for a backer reward of the basic bundle, which includes the X One machine itself, ink, an accessory kit, the A5 and A3 build platforms, plus an exhaust hose. The various pledge levels all indicate an MSRP of $7,999.
To us, the obvious question that comes to mind for the X One is: “How do the UV printheads not get cacked up with soot and schmutz from the laser engraving?” Desktop UV resin jetting is a notoriously finicky technology, with printer hygiene, particularly if the machine sits unused, a top priority for anyone expecting to continue printing beyond a few weeks usage. is a notoriously finicky technology, with printer hygiene typically a top priority for anyone expecting to continue printing beyond a few weeks usage. Putting that tech in close proximity to other work processes that generate soot, smokes and sticky residues (laser engraving) is inviting trouble. To their credit, Procolored does appear to have factored this in, addressing concerns head on with a two-fold explanation that, firstly, the dual-track X-axis parks the UV printheads out of the way during laser cutting, and that it is “completely sealed away.” No more specifics are given than this.
Two stock work volumes are described: A5, for smaller jobs like UV printing onto smartphone cases, and with an expanded work carriage, up to A3 size, putting the maximum printing width at 330 mm. Procolored describes the printheads as type XH6 – we can find no reference to this being an existing part in the Procolored UV printhead ecosystem, so take it to be an all-new unit just for the X One.
Taking Procolored’s word that the UV process is sufficiently protected, the company does reason why combining such features into one machine could make sense: a seamless workflow for jobs that use more than one of the functions.
Multifunctional Making
Giving the example of UV printing a design and then laser cutting around the outline to free the piece, it does make some kind of sense. Early coverage pegs a full A3 print at around ten minutes – a reminder that these are low-volume devices, whatever the “small-business production” framing suggests. Compound that fact with the machine only performing one function at a time, and the core selling point really does sharpen to the benchtop space-saving aspect.
The X One uses open, refillable 250 ml tanks, with circulation and mixing features integrated to maintain the performance of heavy-pigment inks like white. It’s reported that printhead cleaning is automated, using less ink to do so than “other” systems, says the company.
It’s certainly an intriguing machine that combines some of the allure of UV relief printing, a process catapulted into the stratosphere by EufyMake’s wildly popular E1 campaign, with the practicality of a laser cutter. But from what we know, there are a couple of cautionary notes to keep in the back of your mind before backing: this is the same Procolored that, for roughly six months in 2024–25, inadvertently shipped computer viruses in official software downloads before sustained attention forced their removal. Procolored addressed the issue, but it was an unusually severe slip up that justifiably rocks trust in the files that ship with devices. Add to that disgruntled backers in the comments on Procolored’s previous campaign for the K-series DTF printers, and you have to be banking on the company having its act together for the X One, undeniably Procolored’s most ambitious machine yet.
The Procolored X One is currently available to back on Kickstarter. Pledges with rewards start at $3,799.
Editor's Note – This article highlights a Kickstarter crowdfunding campaign. Kickstarter is not a shop; campaigns are under no legal obligation to deliver on crowdfunding promises, nor offer refunds on unfulfilled campaign rewards. For more insight, read our article 8 Things to Watch for When Backing a 3D Printing Kickstarter.
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