Printers
New printer launches, hands-on reviews, and hardware comparisons — from a first machine to a wall of them.
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R3 Printing Ships American-Made Industrial FFF Printers Without a Dollar of VC Money
Los Angeles startup R3 Printing, bootstrapped through crowdfunding and an Air Force grant rather than venture capital, is shipping a domestically-sourced dual-nozzle FFF printer now and a 150°C heated-chamber PEEK/PEKK/ULTEM machine at the end of August 2026.
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R3 Printing Bets on American-Made Industrial FFF — and a PEEK-Capable Ultra Ships in August
R3 Printing, an LA startup, is shipping domestically built industrial FFF machines — including a PEEK-capable Ultra in August — that hit ultra-high-temp polymers on a standard 120V/20A outlet, with open materials and no VC backing.
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Benchtop SLS Grows Up: Sinterit Pairs the €47,000 BIANCO2 With DyeMansion's Vapor Smoothing
Sinterit will resell DyeMansion's VX1 vapour smoothing system alongside its new €47,000 BIANCO2 SLS printer, putting the industrial finishing chain and a 137-parameter open-profile powder bed machine in the same quote for the first time.
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HeyGears' G1X Hits Kickstarter: Desktop Full-Color 3D Printing Finally Has a Price Tag
HeyGears' G1 Series went live on Kickstarter July 23 with the flagship G1X Full-3D at $3,599 — an Epson i3200, 8-channel, 45 kg machine that also does texture relief and 2D UV on 400+ substrates — but campaign pricing has already drifted $300 above the deposit quote and the specs disagree with each other.
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Hands-On With the Bambu Lab X2D: Is the X1 Carbon Successor Worth $649?
Reviewers now have the Bambu Lab X2D in hand, and its dual-nozzle system, 65C heated chamber and $649 base price make the X1 Carbon's successor the most aggressively positioned X-series machine yet.
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Freemelt Joins Proxima Fusion's Alpha Alliance to 3D Print Tungsten Parts for a Fusion Reactor
Swedish EB-PBF printer maker Freemelt has signed an MoU to join Proxima Fusion's Alpha Alliance, applying its tungsten-printing expertise to build plasma-facing components for a stellarator aiming to be the first to hit net energy gain.
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Ugee's Funbox Bets That Kids' 3D Printing Needs Less Assembly and More AI
Ugee's new Funbox ships fully assembled with HEPA/carbon filtration and an AI tool that turns a kid's voice, sketch, or photo into a printable model — priced at $269 for launch.
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Six Lasers, 450mm Bed: EOS Brings the M4 Onyx to North America as the Beam-Shaping FLX Nears
EOS brings its six-laser M4 Onyx to North America at IMTS 2026 in September, but the real story is the M4 Onyx FLX due Q3 2026 — four kilowatt-class beam-shaping lasers betting that a smarter, bigger spot beats adding more spots. Plus a live spec discrepancy between EOS and the trade press.
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Bambu Lab and Insta360 Launch $11,160 Luna Ultra Design Challenge on MakerWorld
Insta360 becomes MakerWorld's first official camera brand, releasing free CAD files for its Luna Ultra 8K gimbal camera as Bambu Lab runs a $11,160 mount-design and content contest through August 9.
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Sovol Launches M1D: The First IDEX 3D Printer With a Built-In Tool Changer, From $1,199
Sovol's M1D fuses independent dual extrusion with a six-toolhead changer for up to seven purge-free colors, launching on Kickstarter from $1,199.
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FARO CREAFORM Expands HandySCAN 3D Line with New MAX EVO and EVO Series Scanners
FARO CREAFORM has added four new HandySCAN 3D scanners — MAX EVO, MAX EVO Elite, EVO, and EVO Plus — pushing wireless metrology-grade 3D scanning from tabletop parts to 15-meter assemblies with accuracy as tight as 0.075mm + 0.010mm/m.
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Prusa MK4S vs AnkerMake M5C: Which Printer Fits You in 2026?
The MK4S and M5C both promise 500 mm/s, but they sit in different price classes and different realities: one is Prusa's flagship workhorse, the other a $399 speed bargain whose maker has left the FDM market. Here is how the two compare on specs, ecosystem, and long-term ownership.
