Multi-Material

I don’t need a printer that goes faster. The one I have now is fine on speed. What I keep bumping into is a wall the machine can’t get past no matter how good my profiles are: one nozzle, one melt zone, one material at a time. Every color change is a purge. Mixing a flexible part with a rigid one in the same print is a non-starter. Different nozzle sizes in one job? Forget it. ...

If you’ve been loosely following Bambu Lab news, you already know they’ve been on a tear. In the span of about a year, they released multiple new machines, discontinued their flagship X1 Carbon, and just this week dropped a brand-new printer that undercut everyone’s price expectations. It’s a lot to keep up with — so here’s a breakdown of what’s actually out there right now and what each machine is trying to do. ...