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Creality Print 7.3.0 goes all-in on full-color printing with spectral-data color prediction, one-click OBJ color separation, anchored gradients and purge reused as hidden infill, plus K3 multi-nozzle support, Adaptive TPMS infill and ZAA top-surface anti-aliasing.
Read the story →Bambu Lab's first 3D scanner, the S1, is due in November 2026. So far the company has shown only a pistol-grip teaser, and there is no price or spec sheet. An FCC filing lists 60 W input and 5 GHz Wi-Fi, and two outlets name different scanner makers as Bambu's partner.
Creality's $289 Indiegogo launch, the SPARKX i8, claims sub-1-second color changes and zero purge waste by routing color transitions into a model's infill instead of a prime tower.
At IFA Berlin, Creality quietly rolled out a second wave of hardware beyond its K3/SPARKX i8 headliners: a flagship and entry resin printer, a 420mm-cubed FDM machine, and a 260g handheld AI 3D scanner.
At IFA 2026 in Berlin, Creality launched a flagship K3 with 4.8-second tool swaps, a four-color SPARKX i8, and an M1 Filament Maker that turns failed prints back into usable filament.
A Hackaday analysis argues consumer FDM has stalled mechanically since 2020 even as color and tool-changing trickle down to budget machines — so is it time to look past the nozzle?
A precision-machinery company with no prior 3D printing history showed off an eight-toolhead printer promising a 10x cut in multicolor purge waste at Formnext Asia Shenzhen.
Creality swung to a net loss in H1 2026 despite 12.9% revenue growth, just three months after a 3,829x-oversubscribed Hong Kong IPO, and simultaneously unveiled plans for an RMB550M Shenzhen AM headquarters.
Somerset's library 3D printing service scanned a 1,700-year-old gold Roman signet ring with a Creality Sermoon P1 and printed a handling replica so museum visitors can hold what the fragile original can't survive touching.
Marlin runs entirely on your printer's own board; Klipper splits the job with a host computer. Both now do input shaping and pressure control. Here is how the two actually compare — and who ships which one stock.
Shenzhen's Snapmaker closed a ¥1 billion (~€129M/$140M) Series C on July 8, 2026, led by Cathay Capital, in what the company calls the largest consumer 3D-printing funding round in two years.
Formnext Asia Shenzhen's August 2026 edition gets a hands-on Maker Day with factory tours and an open-mic forum, plus a formal matchmaking program pairing overseas distributors with Chinese 3D printing giants like Bambu Lab, Creality, and Elegoo.
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