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How to Create 3D Printed Nightlights that you Can Sell on teleport

  • Writer: Slant Concepts
    Slant Concepts
  • Jul 9
  • 2 min read

Nightlights are actually a pretty good business. They are easy to modify and you can build a good business.


The power is that they are easy to modify while remaining reliable to print. And they get really high margins because Teleport allows you to include the nightlight with the 3D Printed parts.


The business models are many

  1. Create AI Art that is decorative to certain styles (Western, seashore, etc)

  2. Add them to your photography business (Wedding photo nightlights, Birthdays, Kids photos for grandma)

  3. Join a niche (Tesla Fans. Disney Fans)


They also allow customization (But then you have to manually upload them to teleport. Let's not go there yet)



But how do you make them. It is actually pretty easy.


Here are the Teleport Print Settings that matter

  1. 0.2 layer height

  2. 1mm wall thickness

  3. 25% infill

  4. 0.5mm minimum wall thickness


The 0.2 is the minimum feature size you can have. It is not that important but it can be if you are going to super high detail (You almost never are with lithophanes)


The wall thickness is the trick. With a 1mm wall thickness it means that you can go from 0.5mm to 2mm on your lithophane. (Any thicker and you will have infill. Which doesn't block any more light so it doesn't help much)


The places with the thinnest wall will be the brightest. And the places with the thicker wall will be the darkest.




You can also test and verify before going into teleport. Setup any slicer with those baseline settings and just make sure you don't have gaps. (Though to be honest a few spots with infill will not ruin it.)


But again. Even if you have gaps it just means that the image will not have quite as high of contrast in certain areas. It certainly won't ruin it.


Here you can see how the thickness of the lithophane varies to let the light through.
Here you can see how the thickness of the lithophane varies to let the light through.

So what are you waiting for.


  1. Here is a video going through how to use ItsLitho as a beginner

  2. Here is a link to get yourself some nightlights to try that match Teleport

  3. And here is the link to Teleport so you can have them printed and shipped to customers as you get orders.

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