Looking to get another printer that shall be printfarm compatible. What do I mean?

  • reliable
  • easy to service
  • excellent replacement part availability
  • affordable
  • affordable replacement parts
  • AMS (switching spools once it runs out & multi-color within a flat layer [not vertical/between layers])

Normally I would just buy another A1 mini (180€ without AMS) or P1S (650€ with AMS) but with recent issues with the printer & support quality & them banking hard on proprietary with Support staff who don’t know what their error messages mean make me question if those are still the best option or if some other company meanwhile took the crown.

other spec:

  • approx. 256x256mm
  • exclusively used with PETG-filament
  • enclosed (keeping dust out)
  • network connected. ideally with a web service to use it remotely
  • in stock (this sadly disqualifies the Elegoo Centauri Carbon which seems to be the goto at the moment).
  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    5 days ago

    I have an Anycubic S1 combo. Enclosed, AMS, networked, hackable (Rinkhals kliipper) . 700 hours on it and it’s been fine. Layer 1 isn’t absolutely perfect across the entire bed but as long as you aren’t mass printing coasters with layer 1 designs, you won’t notice. It’s never been enough of an issue for me to bother tweaking the defaults.

    But if this for a business, you should probably cave and get a P1S.

      • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        This is exactly why.

        To be fair, the internet is full of complaints that the P1S has problems with layer 1 too.

        Before the current P1S sale it was $600 for a Anycubic with ams vs $1000 for a P1S with AMS. But what got me to get the Anycubic was they haven’t locked users out of Orca slicer and forced cloud like Bambu. Anycubic has cloud features if you want it but you aren’t forced.

          • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
            1·
            4 days ago

            It’s more about the general thing that they are not finished products. At least not to the extent the Bambu are.

            That’s like saying a Toyota isn’t a finished product compared to a BMW. The Anycubic works and isn’t locked down to their cloud service. You can even install open source firmware. The S1 AMS does filament drying that the p1S doesn’t do without the pro AMS.

            I agree that Anycubic should sell nozzles but 3rd party nozzles are available.

            Like I said there’s a temporary sale that makes the P1S a great value. The S1 is not $50-$100 cheaper. It was $1000 vs $650. Now it’s $700 vs $450.

              • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                3 days ago

                The Anycubic has presets for .4 and .6 in brass or hardened steel. It’s only missing .2.

                I couldn’t care less. Drying is done in an oven.

                You can’t claim the S1 is incomplete for not having a .2 nozzle presets and then turn around and say that a built in filament dryer doesn’t matter when Bambu made it a pro feature. Especially when .4 is what you get out of the box from Bambu and .2 requires modifying your printer by swapping the hot end.

                Bought the P1S combo (AMS 1) for 636

                Where? I see 800€ everywhere.

                And where I “go after” Bambu is what you didn’t mention: locked down firmware and no alternative slicer.

                  • Blue_Morpho@lemmy.worldEnglish
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                    3 days ago

                    Wow! That’s a fantastic price!

                    A workhorse is: take my money and shut up

                    It doesn’t have to be one or the other! It can and does work out of the box without being a proprietary ecosystem. It’s not just Anycubic. You can use a Prusa, Flashforge, Qidi, etc as a workhorse without a proprietary ecosystem.