![]() At the time that I bought the Duo I did not have much of an understanding in how 3D printing worked. I come from a background in extruded plastics and figured the concept of extruding plastic into ever connected rings was fascinating. The Cubex printer was very expensive and it comes with a number of filament cartridges which as far as I can figure only contain about 500 grams of filament. There is a length chip that stores how much filament you use and when it thinks your out it locks the printer. The cartridges are about $100 US and as a result are a secondary income stream for 3D systems. The 1.75mm filament feeds into the printer with greater ease and allows for more detail in the printing process. ![]() I then just buy Bulk Kilogram spools that last for numbers of parts and can be exchanged without having to bother about buying a new over priced cartridge.Ĭurrently, I have had to roll back the firmware to allow the cartridges to run out and by some strange programming this firmware allows you to continue to run even with empty cartridges. The 1.75mm filament diameter is gradually overtaking the previous 3mm standard. I have also modified the printer housing to cut down on drafts and am no longer using the factory software as it promoted part warpage while printing. Since buying this printer the support company has discontinued offering new parts for it and I expect that I will no longer be able to get parts. One modification i would like to get is a heated print bed so I did not need to buy the glue 3D systems markets as a means of sticking the printing part to the plastic bed But there are some aftermarket parts and suppliers which could serve as additional modification to this printer. Not quite the same as full-color 3D printing, but most of those technologies are experimental right now anyway.Ī color touchscreen display and Wi-Fi capability allows you to easily print whatever you want, whether from a computer, mobile device, or, again, a USB flash drive.īelow you can see a short image gallery of the printer as it appeared at IFA 2014, although the glossy finish of the outer case worked against it somewhat (it's a closed-chamber style, unlike the Cube, which we also took a few shots of).Not all that happy with this printer, is essentially a money pit.Ībout 1 month after I bought the cube, 3d Systems announced they were no longer going to make consumer printers and pulled the Cube off the market. All the while keeping layer thickness at 70 microns. You see, it allows you to create objects with up to 24 colors and 3 different materials (ABS, PLA, and Nylon). The triple-extruder system is the most important part, however. If it's quality you want, though, 3D Systems, through its Cubify brand, has created a much larger printer with three print heads.Ĭalled CubePro Trio, it has a price of £3,440 / €4,300 / $5,100 (although exchange rates are usually misleading in this) and a build volume of 200.4 x 270.4 x 230 mm / 7.88 x 10.64 x 9.05 inches, which is the largest for this class of printers. The Cube sounds like a great high-end consumer printer, but it still has to make some concessions in order to maintain a relatively accessible price point. The CubePro Trio is leagues beyond the Cube And with dual jets, you can even combine two colors if you want. With prints 2.5 times larger than any other desktop prosumer and hobbyist printer (11.2' × 10.6' × 9.06' or 285.4 mm × 270.4 mm × 230 mm) with ultra high-resolution settings of 70-micron thin print layers, professional quality printing has never been so. There's enough material in each cartridge to print 13 to 14 mid-sized objects through Plastic Jet Printing (PJP). The CubePro features the largest-in-class build platform with ultra high-resolution. Good for when you make a model at work or at home, but the printer you have access to is somewhere else, not connected to the computer through the network.īoth ABS and PLA plastics are supported, at a thickness of 200 microns (for speed) or 70 microns (for detail). Moreover, you can copy print files from your PC to a USB sick and connect the flash drive directly to the printer, to print right off it. You only need the Cubify app (for Mac OS X and Windows, freely supplied with the printer itself) to initiate a print process. ![]() Altogether it measures 13.3 x 13.3 x 11 inches / 335 x 338 x 280 mm, but its build volume is of 6 x 6 x 6 inches / 152.5 x 152.5 x 152.5 mm. The 3D Systems Cube is basically a compact consumer printer with a price of around $1,099 / €1,099. Specifically, it brought out both its small and its biggest printer for the consumer FDM class. While XYZPrinting seemed happy looking at the mid-range and low-end 3D printer market, 3D Systems decided to focus more on quality at the IFA 2014 event.
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