Contributor
Dana Holt
Printers & Hardware Correspondent
Dana Holt has spent the better part of a decade with her hands on 3D printers — first modding RepRaps in a makerspace, then running a small prototyping and print-for-hire shop with a wall of FDM and resin machines. Her coverage focuses on new printer releases, head-to-head hardware comparisons, multicolor and resin workflows, and the maintenance and tuning that keep machines running in production. She writes buyer's guides the way she wishes someone had written them for her: in plain English, with the trade-offs that actually matter once the novelty wears off.
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Articles by Dana Holt
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The Race to Cheap Multicolor: How Sub-$600 Printers Are Closing in on the AMS
Printers · 2026-06-09
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 newcome…
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The Best Budget Resin Printers for Detail and Miniatures
Printers · 2026-06-09
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 me…
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The Best 3D Printers Under $500 in 2026
Printers · 2026-06-09
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-off…
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The 3D Printing Tools and Accessories Every Maker Needs
Guides · 2026-06-09
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 m…
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Bambu Lab's A2L Brings 500 mm/s Multicolor Printing to a $489 Bed Slinger
Printers · 2026-06-09
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 …
