Make an Appointment

Please use Innovation Garage Services Calendar to request an appointment. Depending on the service requested, we can help you in person, over email, or through Zoom. Due to the level of preparation needed, appointments should be made 48 hours in advance.

We are currently experiencing a staffing shortage in this space; some services may not be available at this time. Please email innovation.garage@ucdenver.edu with any questions.

Make an Appointment

3D Printing (Service Temporarily Down)

The Innovation Garage has 3D printers available by appointment for Auraria Campus students, faculty, and staff. Printers use PLA filament and have a variety of colors. Printing time varies from minutes to hours depending on detail and size of print. IG staff can assess files and offer guidance, however, we do not do any 3D model creation or modification.

• Ultimaker 3: Dual extruder 3d printer
  • Maximum build volume– 8.5” x 8.5” x 7.9”
  • Cost- $0.03/minute of printing time
• Lulzbot Mini 3D Printer:
  • Maximum build volume– 6” x 6” x 6.2”
  • Cost - $0.03/minute of printing time

*Due to the complexity of some prints, PVA support material may be necessary for the completion of a project. PVA filament is quickly soluble in water, bonds well to plastics and prints easy and ideal for highly detailed work where manually removing support material is difficult, if not impossible.

Large Format Printing

The Innovation Garage has three large-format, high-resolution color printers available by appointment for Auraria campus students, faculty, and staff.

• 17” wide printer: Sheet prints can be made in the following size and paper options. Dimensions can be cut down. Prices are per page. Single side only, printer cannot print double sided.
  • 12”x18” Epson Presentation (copy) Paper: $3.00
  • 16”x20” Epson Presentation (copy) Paper: $4.50
  • 12”x18” Heavyweight Cardstock Paper: $3.50
  • 16”x20” Heavyweight Cardstock Paper: $5.00
  • 12”x18” Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper: $5.25
  • 16”x20” Epson Velvet Fine Art Paper: $7.50
• 24” wide printer: Prints can be a maximum of 24” wide on premium luster photo paper. This service costs $4.00 per linear foot with pricing rounded up to the nearest 25 cents. Prints cannot exceed 60” in length.
• 44” wide printer: Prints can be a maximum of 44” wide on premium luster photo paper. This service costs $7.00 per linear foot with pricing rounded up to the nearest 25 cents. Prints cannot exceed 60” in length.

Smaller artwork may be combined to maximize space.

Vinyl Plotting

Design and create your own vinyl stickers. The vinyl cutter uses a small knife to precisely cut a vector outline into a roll of vinyl. Not to be confused with a vinyl printer, our cutter can only accommodate one color vector designs. Available by appointment for Auraria Campus students, faculty, and staff.

• Graphtec CE6000 PLUS Vinyl Cutter Plotter: Vinyl stickers can be a maximum of 18” wide in a variety of colors. This services costs $0.50 per linear inch with pricing rounded up to the nearest inch per color, minimum $1.00. Price includes transfer tape. We’ll also show you how to weed away excess vinyl and prepare the sticker for application elsewhere.