xTool's O1 Omni is here: UK pricing, the three editions, and whether one box really replaces four printers.

xTool, normally a laser company, has opened pre-orders for the O1 Omni - its first desktop UV printer, and a direct shot at the eufyMake E1 that has had the desktop UV category more or less to itself (and that several of our own free tools are built around). The pitch is consolidation: do UV, UV-DTF, DTG and DTF from one machine instead of buying four. There's now firm UK pricing and a full spec, so here's what it does, what it costs, and where to keep your guard up.

What it is

The O1 Omni is an A3+ flatbed (330 x 420mm) with at least 150mm of height clearance, so it'll print straight onto thick, rigid objects, not just flat stock. It uses a dual-printhead design: one head is always UV, and the second is what you choose at checkout. Between them the editions cover UV direct printing onto acrylic, wood, glass, metal and leather, UV-DTF stickers and labels, and - on the fabric version - DTG onto garments and DTF transfers.

The three editions, and the UK pricing

Single UV Edition (from £1,399) is the entry point: one UV head doing UV direct printing and UV-DTF. Dual UV Edition (from £2,199) adds a second UV head for faster printing plus soft and rigid white ink and fluorescent yellow and red for neon effects. UV + DT Fabric Edition (from £2,349) swaps that second head for a fabric (DT) head, adding DTG and DTF for clothing. The choice matters up front, because the second head defines what the machine can do - you're picking 'more UV speed and white' or 'add garments', not getting both.

These are launch pre-order prices, reserved with a £50 deposit that's fully refundable and applied to the final payment; the deposit also unlocks a bundle (a BatchFlow alignment jig, ink discount coupons and Atomm software credits) that xTool values at £382. Final payment is taken from 15 July and machines ship from early August. Finance is offered from £78 a month over 18 months on the entry edition.

The white-ink question

The feature that should matter most is SmartCycle 2.0: automatic white-ink stirring, circulation and a hydration system that xTool says keeps the printer ready to go after sitting idle for up to 14 days. White ink settles and clogs if a UV printer is left alone, and that single problem causes more grief on desktop machines than any figure on the spec sheet, so if this works as claimed it's the headline, not a footnote.

Lining prints up, and the software

Placement is handled by a Pixel-Scan vision system - line-laser height sensing plus a CIS scanner that reads where your object actually sits on the bed, so you can drop an item down and print onto it without building a jig. An optional rotary attachment handles tumblers and other cylinders. The software, xTool Studio, ships with a texture library xTool quotes at 2,000-plus designs for up to 7mm of 3D relief, plus lenticular generation, and the inks carry GREENGUARD and OEKO-TEX certification.

What it costs to run

Running costs come down to ink, and the UK prices are sensible. UV ink in CMYK and white is £12.99 a 125ml bottle (£17.99 once the launch deal ends), UV varnish is £14.99, fluorescent yellow and red are £18.99, and white comes in a larger 290ml bottle at £22.99. On the fabric side, DT colour ink is £11.99 and DT white £20.99. None of that is dear for the work it does. The figure xTool hasn't published is printhead life and replacement cost, and on any UV printer that's what really decides the cost per print - so pin it down before you price up custom jobs.

What it means for you

For a UK small business weighing a desktop UV printer for personalised products, this turns a one-horse race into a genuine choice, and that's good for both prices and features. The O1's case is breadth - it'll do garments, which the E1 doesn't chase - plus xTool's established software and UK support. The E1's case is a year of real-world use and a workflow people already trust.

The honest caveats: this is a launch, not a hands-on, so there are no independent verdicts yet on print quality, white-ink reliability or day-to-day throughput. It's a pre-order, and while the deposit is refundable you're committing to a machine that ships in August. The edition you pick locks in what the second head can do. And DTF curing on the fabric version still wants proper ventilation. Promising, and priced sensibly for what's in the box - but there's no harm in letting the first wave of buyers shake out the teething problems.

Our own free UV tools output for any UV printer, so they suit the O1 Omni just as they do the E1: the Depth Map Maker turns a photo into a textured 2.5D relief, and the Lenticular Maker builds flip, morph and 3D prints with a printed clear-ink lens.

We've put a pre-order down ourselves, so we'll be running one in the studio. As soon as it's on the bench we'll update our UV Printer Jig Maker - the perforated printer mats and the peg-hole jigs - to add O1 Omni bed presets alongside the eufyMake E1 ones.