Multicolor printing used to mean a premium AMS or a tool changer. Now a wave of affordable CoreXY machines — Elegoo's Centauri Carbon line, Bambu's A2L, and low-purge newcomers — is bringing it within reach. Here's where the budget multicolor race stands.
Read the story →For tabletop minis, jewelry, and fine detail, resin beats filament every time. These are the budget MSLA printers worth buying in 2026 — and what the spec sheet numbers actually mean.
The sub-$500 class has never been better: auto-calibrating, fast, and even multicolor. Here are the five FDM printers we steer makers toward right now, with the specs and trade-offs that actually matter.
Bambu Lab's new A2L, launched June 1, pairs a 330 mm bed slinger with 500 mm/s speeds, up to five AMS units for multicolor printing, and even plotting and cutting modes — starting at $489. Here's what makers actually get, and where it lands in a crowded lineup.
2026's materials news is about pushing well past basic PLA: bio-based carbon-fiber PPA rated to 235°C, foaming filaments that cut part weight in half, and fresh engineering-grade resins from Stratasys. Here's what's new and why it matters for makers.
Wet filament causes stringing, weak layers, and popping during prints. A filament dryer fixes it. These are the dryers worth buying — from single-spool budget units to print-while-drying boxes.
PLA is where most makers live, and the brand on the spool really does change your results. These are the PLA filaments we keep coming back to — for consistency, color, and the fewest failed prints.
The most popular open-source slicer just shipped a big update: its own cloud profile-sync platform, Z anti-aliasing for smoother top surfaces, machine input shaping, and a stack of print-quality upgrades. Here's what's actually worth knowing.
Snapmaker's Orca V2.3.3 beta adds Full Spectrum, a slicer feature that fakes intermediate colors by alternating filament layers — no extra hardware needed. Here's how the community-built tech works and what it means for multicolor printing.
Stratasys has agreed to acquire Markforged — the continuous-carbon-fiber printing pioneer — for $42.5 million in an all-cash deal that folds a former Nano Dimension subsidiary into the additive giant. It is the clearest sign yet of consolidation in industrial 3D printing.
The printer is only half the setup. These are the inexpensive tools that prevent failed prints, save your fingers, and make finishing parts faster — the kit we would hand any new maker on day one.
California's Assembly passed AB 2047, which would require consumer 3D printers to embed firearm-blueprint detection software, ban non-compliant models from sale, and fine retailers $25,000 per violation. Makers and the EFF warn it could censor printing far beyond guns.
The high end of additive manufacturing keeps moving: Mastrex launched a $185,000 dual-laser metal printer and Sinterit a benchtop SLS system. What the new machines signal about where industrial printing is headed.
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