Help selecting the right printer for us

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My wife sculpts miniatures for table top gaming. She has always worked in traditional mediums (green stuff, fimo, etc), and now is transitioning to digital.

These figures are 28-70mm tall, and 1-3 inches wide.

We are looking for a printer that we can use to print masters with, for casting copies which will be sold at retail in resin or metal, depending on the customer.

We need to not be able to see printer lines on these prints, with naked eye, or with a magnifying glass. historically, companies have sent files off to companies that print off the masters on their expensive machines.

Recently, one of the companies my wife works for (reaper miniatures) informed us that there are now reasonably priced printers that can be purchased.

Speed isn't a huge factor, as the printer won't be printing more than 5-6 miniatures per week.

Do we need a 10 micron printer? or will 20 do just fine?

Depending on the answer to the above, which printer would you recommend for our uses?


Thank you very much for your time.