Anycubic Photon S Mono LCD Upgrade Kit

The 6.08 Inch screen with 1620x2560 Resolution in the kit will soon be changed to the new version of the screens.

（The old screen isn’t out of stock completely. So now the new old screen exists at the same time.）

1. For customers who purchased a whole set:

You can use it directly.

There will not be any problems. The motherboard firmware we have updated before shipment.

2. For customers who have purchased a kit before and now just want to replace the new screen individually:

If you want to replace the screen with a new one, you need to update the firmware here:

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-km8Ve728UeTWC5S-I-rMPw-yd_DDUQ_/view?usp=sharing

If you buy the old one,then don’t need to change anything.

Why upgrade?

The original Anycubic Photon S comes with the Sharp04 screen, which is 5.5 inches 2K RGB LCD, since 2018 there are Mono LCD coming out, and it is been widely used during 2019, Phrozen sonic Mini, Anycubic Photon mono series, and ELEGOO mars 2 series. we also write an article about RGB vs Mono, you can check here

Now, most new resin 3D printers come with Mono screens, and even with 8K level resolutions.

In General, the Mono screen has 3 advantages compared with the RGB LCD.

Faster printing speed

The mono LCD has a better UV light transmittance, which means when you use the same resin, it takes less time to make it cure, and in the Chitubox setting, you will only need an exposure time of around 2.5s.  In RGB LCD the exposure time is about 8s~12s. Each layer saves you a few seconds, if you are printing a large file, it is much faster.

More durable in lifespan

The mono LCD has a process optimization, which makes the screen can run in the long term under the UV light,  it is suspected to work over 2,000 hours. and the RGB LCD can only work about 200 hours.

Better contrast ratio

The mono screen is designed for 3D printers, it also considers the usage of 3D printing technology, a better contrast ratio means you will get better details on the models, especially in sharpness.