diff --git a/src/main/resources/application.conf b/src/main/resources/application.conf
index db5fecc34..70fc15b86 100644
--- a/src/main/resources/application.conf
+++ b/src/main/resources/application.conf
@@ -1045,6 +1045,11 @@ opencomputers {
       # Whether Chamelium is edible or not. When eaten, it gives a (short)
       # invisibility buff, and (slightly longer) blindness debuff.
       chameliumEdible: true
+
+      # The maximum light level a printed block can emit. This defaults to
+      # a value similar to that of a redstone torch, because by default the
+      # material prints are made of contains redstone, but no glowstone.
+      maxPrintLightLevel: 8
   }
 
   # Settings for mod integration (the mod previously known as OpenComponents).
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
index 177e9206c..522df4207 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/Settings.scala
@@ -296,6 +296,7 @@ class Settings(val config: Config) {
   val maxPrintComplexity = config.getInt("misc.maxPrinterShapes")
   val printRecycleRate = config.getDouble("misc.printRecycleRate")
   val chameliumEdible = config.getBoolean("misc.chameliumEdible")
+  val maxPrintLightLevel = config.getInt("misc.maxPrintLightLevel") max 0 min 15
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- //
   // integration
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/block/Print.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/block/Print.scala
index 4f65738a0..4e884208e 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/block/Print.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/block/Print.scala
@@ -56,6 +56,18 @@ class Print(protected implicit val tileTag: ClassTag[tileentity.Print]) extends
     data.tooltip.foreach(s => tooltip.addAll(s.lines.toIterable))
   }
 
+  override def getLightValue(world: IBlockAccess, x: Int, y: Int, z: Int): Int =
+    world.getTileEntity(x, y, z) match {
+      case print: tileentity.Print => print.data.lightLevel
+      case _ => super.getLightValue(world, x, y, z)
+    }
+
+  override def getLightOpacity(world: IBlockAccess, x: Int, y: Int, z: Int): Int =
+    world.getTileEntity(x, y, z) match {
+      case print: tileentity.Print => (print.data.opacity * 4).toInt
+      case _ => super.getLightOpacity(world, x, y, z)
+    }
+
   override def shouldSideBeRendered(world: IBlockAccess, x: Int, y: Int, z: Int, side: ForgeDirection) = true
 
   override def isBlockSolid(world: IBlockAccess, x: Int, y: Int, z: Int, side: ForgeDirection) = isSideSolid(world, x, y, z, side)
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/item/data/PrintData.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/item/data/PrintData.scala
index 62f7f013b..945b12cc0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/item/data/PrintData.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/item/data/PrintData.scala
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 package li.cil.oc.common.item.data
 
+import li.cil.oc.Settings
 import li.cil.oc.api
 import li.cil.oc.util.ExtendedNBT._
 import net.minecraft.item.ItemStack
@@ -18,34 +19,54 @@ class PrintData extends ItemData {
   var label: Option[String] = None
   var tooltip: Option[String] = None
   var isButtonMode = false
-  var emitRedstone = false
+  var redstoneLevel = 0
   var pressurePlate = false
   val stateOff = mutable.Set.empty[PrintData.Shape]
   val stateOn = mutable.Set.empty[PrintData.Shape]
   var isBeaconBase = false
+  var lightLevel = 0
+
+  def emitRedstone = redstoneLevel > 0
+
+  def opacity = {
+    if (opacityDirty) {
+      opacityDirty = false
+      opacity_ = PrintData.computeApproximateOpacity(stateOn) min PrintData.computeApproximateOpacity(stateOff)
+    }
+    opacity_
+  }
+
+  // lazily computed and stored, because potentially slow
+  private var opacity_ = 0f
+  private var opacityDirty = true
 
   override def load(nbt: NBTTagCompound): Unit = {
     if (nbt.hasKey("label")) label = Option(nbt.getString("label")) else label = None
     if (nbt.hasKey("tooltip")) tooltip = Option(nbt.getString("tooltip")) else tooltip = None
     isButtonMode = nbt.getBoolean("isButtonMode")
-    emitRedstone = nbt.getBoolean("emitRedstone")
+    redstoneLevel = nbt.getInteger("redstoneLevel") max 0 min 15
+    if (nbt.getBoolean("emitRedstone")) redstoneLevel = 15
     pressurePlate = nbt.getBoolean("pressurePlate")
     stateOff.clear()
     stateOff ++= nbt.getTagList("stateOff", NBT.TAG_COMPOUND).map(PrintData.nbtToShape)
     stateOn.clear()
     stateOn ++= nbt.getTagList("stateOn", NBT.TAG_COMPOUND).map(PrintData.nbtToShape)
     isBeaconBase = nbt.getBoolean("isBeaconBase")
+    lightLevel = (nbt.getByte("lightLevel") & 0xFF) max 0 min Settings.get.maxPrintLightLevel
+
+    opacityDirty = true
   }
 
   override def save(nbt: NBTTagCompound): Unit = {
     label.foreach(nbt.setString("label", _))
     tooltip.foreach(nbt.setString("tooltip", _))
     nbt.setBoolean("isButtonMode", isButtonMode)
-    nbt.setBoolean("emitRedstone", emitRedstone)
+    nbt.setInteger("redstoneLevel", redstoneLevel)
     nbt.setBoolean("pressurePlate", pressurePlate)
     nbt.setNewTagList("stateOff", stateOff.map(PrintData.shapeToNBT))
     nbt.setNewTagList("stateOn", stateOn.map(PrintData.shapeToNBT))
     nbt.setBoolean("isBeaconBase", isBeaconBase)
+    nbt.setByte("lightLevel", lightLevel.toByte)
   }
 
   def createItemStack() = {
@@ -56,6 +77,32 @@ class PrintData extends ItemData {
 }
 
 object PrintData {
+  // The following logic is used to approximate the opacity of a print, for
+  // which we use the volume as a heuristic. Because computing the actual
+  // volume is a) expensive b) not necessarily a good heuristic (e.g. a
+  // "dotted grid") we take a shortcut and divide the space into a few
+  // sub-sections, for each of which we check if there's anything in it.
+  // If so, we consider that area "opaque". To compensate, prints can never
+  // be fully light-opaque. This gives a little bit of shading as a nice
+  // effect, but avoid it looking derpy when there are only a few sparse
+  // shapes in the model.
+  private val stepping = 4
+  private val step = stepping / 16f
+  private val invMaxVolume = 1f / (stepping * stepping * stepping)
+
+  def computeApproximateOpacity(shapes: Iterable[PrintData.Shape]) = {
+    var volume = 1f
+    if (shapes.size > 0) for (x <- 0 until 16 / stepping; y <- 0 until 16 / stepping; z <- 0 until 16 / stepping) {
+      val bounds = AxisAlignedBB.getBoundingBox(
+        x * step, y * step, z * step,
+        (x + 1) * step, (y + 1) * step, (z + 1) * step)
+      if (!shapes.exists(_.bounds.intersectsWith(bounds))) {
+        volume -= invMaxVolume
+      }
+    }
+    volume
+  }
+
   def nbtToShape(nbt: NBTTagCompound): Shape = {
     val aabb =
       if (nbt.hasKey("minX")) {
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Print.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Print.scala
index 676eca332..cb6926052 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Print.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Print.scala
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ class Print extends traits.TileEntity with traits.RedstoneAware with traits.Rota
     world.playSoundEffect(x + 0.5, y + 0.5, z + 0.5, "random.click", 0.3F, if (state) 0.6F else 0.5F)
     world.markBlockForUpdate(x, y, z)
     if (data.emitRedstone) {
-      ForgeDirection.VALID_DIRECTIONS.foreach(output(_, if (state) 15 else 0))
+      ForgeDirection.VALID_DIRECTIONS.foreach(output(_, if (state) data.redstoneLevel else 0))
     }
     if (state && data.isButtonMode) {
       world.scheduleBlockUpdate(x, y, z, block, block.tickRate(world))
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Printer.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Printer.scala
index 7e6016d50..f1805c50c 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Printer.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/common/tileentity/Printer.scala
@@ -104,16 +104,29 @@ class Printer extends traits.Environment with traits.Inventory with traits.Rotat
     result(data.tooltip.orNull)
   }
 
-  @Callback(doc = """function(value:boolean) -- Set whether the printed block should emit redstone when in its active state.""")
+  @Callback(doc = """function(value:boolean or number) -- Set whether the printed block should emit redstone when in its active state.""")
   def setRedstoneEmitter(context: Context, args: Arguments): Array[Object] = {
-    data.emitRedstone = args.checkBoolean(0)
+    if (args.isBoolean(0)) data.redstoneLevel = if (args.checkBoolean(0)) 15 else 0
+    else data.redstoneLevel = args.checkInteger(0) max 0 min 15
     isActive = false // Needs committing.
     null
   }
 
-  @Callback(doc = """function():boolean -- Get whether the printed block should emit redstone when in its active state.""")
+  @Callback(doc = """function():boolean, number -- Get whether the printed block should emit redstone when in its active state.""")
   def isRedstoneEmitter(context: Context, args: Arguments): Array[Object] = {
-    result(data.emitRedstone)
+    result(data.emitRedstone, data.redstoneLevel)
+  }
+
+  @Callback(doc = """function(value:number) -- Set what light level the printed block should have.""")
+  def setLightLevel(context: Context, args: Arguments): Array[Object] = {
+    data.lightLevel = args.checkInteger(0) max 0 min Settings.get.maxPrintLightLevel
+    isActive = false // Needs committing.
+    null
+  }
+
+  @Callback(doc = """function():number -- Get which light level the printed block should have.""")
+  def getLightLevel(context: Context, args: Arguments): Array[Object] = {
+    result(data.lightLevel)
   }
 
   @Callback(doc = """function(value:boolean) -- Set whether the printed block should automatically return to its off state.""")
diff --git a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/fmp/PrintPart.scala b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/fmp/PrintPart.scala
index cd6df08e2..2a41b71d0 100644
--- a/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/fmp/PrintPart.scala
+++ b/src/main/scala/li/cil/oc/integration/fmp/PrintPart.scala
@@ -110,6 +110,8 @@ class PrintPart(val original: Option[tileentity.Print] = None) extends SimpleBlo
 
   override def doesTick = false
 
+  override def getLightValue: Int = data.lightLevel
+
   override def getBounds = new Cuboid6(if (state) boundsOn else boundsOff)
 
   override def getOcclusionBoxes = {
@@ -143,7 +145,7 @@ class PrintPart(val original: Option[tileentity.Print] = None) extends SimpleBlo
 
   override def strongPowerLevel(side: Int): Int = weakPowerLevel(side)
 
-  override def weakPowerLevel(side: Int): Int = if (data.emitRedstone && state) 15 else 0
+  override def weakPowerLevel(side: Int): Int = if (data.emitRedstone && state) data.redstoneLevel else 0
 
   // ----------------------------------------------------------------------- //
 
@@ -266,11 +268,11 @@ class PrintPart(val original: Option[tileentity.Print] = None) extends SimpleBlo
   }
 
   protected def computeInput(): Int = {
-    val inner = tile.partList.foldLeft(false)((powered, part) => part match {
-      case print: PrintPart => powered || (print.state && print.data.emitRedstone)
-      case _ => powered
+    val inner = tile.partList.foldLeft(0)((power, part) => part match {
+      case print: PrintPart if print.state && print.data.emitRedstone => math.max(power, print.data.redstoneLevel)
+      case _ => power
     })
-    if (inner) 15 else ForgeDirection.VALID_DIRECTIONS.map(computeInput).max
+    math.max(inner, ForgeDirection.VALID_DIRECTIONS.map(computeInput).max)
   }
 
   protected def computeInput(side: ForgeDirection): Int = {