the color filters inside the LCD are actually absorbing light that could otherwise be curing the resin. So an MSLA printer with a monochrome screen would use less energy and print faster.

For details about how liquid crystals work, see LCD subpixels for color screens and seven-segment display for monochrome. Passive displays are widely used with segmented digits and characters for ...

[H. Smeitink] got his hands on a 320×240 color TFT LCD screen. He set out to drive it with a small PIC microcontroller but didn’t find a lot of help out there to get up and running quickly.