I had high expectation for this, but found that it is hardly transparent. It is nice and white, but very dark when putting a light behind it.
Thanks for the feedback! Lithophane brightness depends heavily on the maximum thickness setting used when generating the lithophane as well as the strength of the backlight. If the max thickness is set too high, the print can appear darker when backlit even with lithophane-optimized filament.
For best results we typically recommend keeping the maximum thickness around ~2.6–2.8 mm or lower, and using a strong, even backlight source. This allows more light to pass through while still maintaining good contrast in the image.
If you’d like, feel free to share the settings you used and we’d be happy to help optimize them!
All our best,
The AF Team
I have created several lithophanes and they look awesome.
Thank you for sharing kind words AND pictures! These look phenomenal!
I've used most of the AF Lithophane filaments now, They are all excellent. Just decide which hue you want and run the calibration utility for an excellent Lithophane.
I print quite a few lithophanes and many of the filaments are too transparent to get a good contrast without going too thick. This works great!
I have finally been able to use my lithophane filament. I love it. The color is perfect for a lithophane. Everything printed as it should and turned out great.
All good
I like this filament
I use AF Classic lithophane white for all my lithophanes. I like the color. Other makes have bluish tint or yellow tint.
Overall the filament has been great to print with. Only issue is at least 25% of the vacuum pack bags of a large order had the seal broken when they arrived. This is a concern living in a very humid climate and longer term storage of the filament.
Love this filmanet
I haven't had success with printing with this. I sent a note to support and haven't heard anything yet. At this point either we figure this out or we should return the two spools. Love to have some follow up here.
Mark,
We replied to your support email, but haven't received a reply back from you. Please email us at sales@americanfilament.us!
Made great looking lithophanes. I have made seven so far.
I am sorry I am sending back the 3 I currently have. They creating vertical bands that my other filaments don't do
Amazing
I have been doing lithophones for a couple of years now. They would always turn out, but not the best quality or image. Couldn't seem to get them dialed in. Tried American Filaments lithophane material, adjusted my settings as they recommended, and getting far better results. Now I'm not saying changing materials was the sole difference. All I know is I'm getting far better results with their lithophnae selections.
Spool was not wound in a way to allow the filament to freely be unwound. Tangles and kinks throughout the roll.
Best filament iv'e found for lithophanes...
It’s a great product I usually order from Amazon but I saw that none were in stock so I decided to order straight from the source and plan to order more in the future
Makes lithophane images pop! This filament creates better contrast than other white filament I’ve used to make lithophane. Highly recommended.
Everything I printed so far has came out flawless, I will buy more.
I was excited to get started with my new filaments. My first lithophane was great. It looked very good and printed nicely. Today was another story. This is the second lithophane I attempted with this new spool. Tonight I heard some clicking, so I checked and discovered that the filament wasn't printing well at all. It was skipping every few lines and looks awful. It reminds me of the old days when the filament would clog or get too close to the bed and have trouble extruding. Now I'm on the second layer and it's going down smoothly, like one would expect, but it's not going to work out well because about half the lines in the first layer were too thin. I doubt this print can be saved. It's like there are clogs, but clogs would be random, instead of a few good lines, then a few bad ones. This is being printed on my Bambu Labs A1 with a .2 nozzle. I'm going to wait a while and see how the final result looks. Let's hope it gets better.
First it's very brittle and breaks very easy. My Bambu A1 was still printing even though no filament was coming out. Very disappointed! Used your desktop lithophane creator to slice on my Bambu Lab floating objects detected for sphere lithophane. Did not use very much filament either. Filament would not go through extruder . Used heating temps according to filament spec's! Very disappointed!!
Light came through well and consistently. I had trouble with print adhesion but was able to tweak setting to get everything to print well and the print results were very high quality. Highly recommend
Worked slightly better but 35$ plus shipping for one roll is high
My lithopanes never looked better using this filament. It's perfect for lithos!
Great quality and fast shipping!
Filaments print great and perform as advertised
Works great for lithophane
Not sure yet just got the printer and filament waiting for further instructions on what's next