3D Printer Connectivity Options: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB and Cloud
What connectivity options 3D printers have: Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB, SD card, Bluetooth and cloud, plus LAN-only modes and what to check on a spec sheet.
Printer specs
Every spec record, comparison, list and guide on the site: uniform manufacturer figures for desktop FDM 3D printers.
93 entriesUpdated
Guides
3D Printer Speed Claims Explained: Speed, Acceleration and Flow
Do 3D printer speed claims mean anything? What max speed, acceleration and volumetric flow each measure, with worked examples from manufacturer figures.
Hotend Max Temperature Explained: What It Means for Materials
What a 3D printer's max hotend temperature means: what limits it, which nozzle temperatures common filaments need, and why all-metal hotends matter.
Input Shaping and Klipper Explained: Why Fast 3D Printers Need Them
Why fast 3D printers need input shaping: what causes ringing, how Klipper, Marlin, Prusa and Bambu Lab firmware cancel it, and what else limits quality at speed.
What Is Max Volumetric Flow Rate? The 3D Printer Spec Explained
What max volumetric flow rate means on a 3D printer spec sheet, how to turn mm³/s into print speed, what limits it, and how to compare printers by flow.
Cartesian vs CoreXY vs Delta Explained: 3D Printer Motion Systems
Cartesian vs CoreXY vs delta explained: how each motion system moves, what a bedslinger is, and the trade-offs in moving mass, footprint and build shape.
How to Compare 3D Printers Before Buying: Reading the Spec Sheet
How to compare 3D printers before buying: which specs matter most, how to read a spec sheet, and the gotchas behind build volume, speed and enclosure claims.
Open Firmware vs Closed Firmware 3D Printers Explained
Open firmware vs closed firmware printers explained: Marlin, Klipper, Prusa Firmware Buddy and proprietary firmware, and what open source changes for owners.
What Size 3D Printer Do I Need? Build Volume by Use Case
What size 3D printer do you need? How build volume works, whether 220 x 220 is enough, usable vs advertised volume, and size classes by use case with examples.
Comparisons
Bambu Lab P1S vs X1-Carbon: spec comparison
Bambu Lab P1S vs X1-Carbon spec comparison: identical build volume and motion claims, different bed temperature, nozzle, sensors, chamber rating and price.
Creality K1 Max vs Bambu Lab X1-Carbon: spec comparison
Creality K1 Max vs Bambu Lab X1-Carbon spec comparison: 300 mm vs 256 mm build volume, speed claims, sensors, chamber rating, firmware source and launch price.
Original Prusa MK4S vs Bambu Lab P1S: specs side by side
Original Prusa MK4S vs Bambu Lab P1S specs side by side: bedslinger vs CoreXY, open frame vs enclosure, build volume, temperatures, firmware and launch price.
Lists
New 3D printers released in 2026
New 3D printers released in 2026, newest first: release month, motion system, build volume, enclosure, claimed speed, toolheads and launch price.
Upcoming 3D printers: announced models and their specs
Upcoming 3D printers that makers have announced but not yet shipped: announcement date, motion system, build volume, enclosure, toolheads and launch price.
3D printer comparison chart: specs of popular printers side by side
A 3D printer comparison chart for 2026: build volume, motion system, enclosure, temperatures, speed claims, firmware and launch price for every printer tracked.
Chamber temperature specs of popular 3D printers compared
Chamber temperature specs of popular enclosed 3D printers compared: which have an actively heated chamber, which state a passive rating, and which publish none.
Printers
| Printer | Released | Motion system | Build volume | Enclosure | Max hotend temp | Launch price |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambu Lab H2D Pro | — | CoreXY | 325 × 320 × 325 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $3,799 |
| Bambu Lab X1E | — | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Actively heated chamber | 320 °C | $2,499 |
| Creality Ender-3 V3 Mega | — | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 420 × 420 × 420 mm | Open frame | — | — |
| Creality K3 | — | CoreXY | 260 × 260 × 260 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | — |
| Creality SPARKX i7 | — | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 260 × 260 × 255 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | — |
| Creality SPARKX i8 | — | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 260 × 260 × 255 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $399 |
| FLSUN T1 Max | — | Delta | Ø 300 × 297 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $549 |
| FLSUN V2 Max | — | Delta | Ø 340 × 390 mm | Open frame | 350 °C | — |
| Prusa CORE One L+ INDX | — | CoreXY | 298 × 275 × 330 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | — |
| Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) INDX | — | CoreXY | 248 × 205 × 270 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | — |
| QIDI Max4 | — | CoreXY | 390 × 390 × 340 mm | Actively heated chamber | 370 °C | $1,149 |
| QIDI Q2C | — | CoreXY | 270 × 270 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 370 °C | $399 |
| Sovol M1D | — | IDEX | 300 × 300 × 350 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $1,799 |
| Anycubic Kobra 3 Max V2 | Sep 2026 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 420 × 420 × 500 mm | Open frame | 350 °C | $599 |
| Prusa CORE One L+ | Aug 2026 | CoreXY | 300 × 300 × 330 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 290 °C | $1,999 |
| Prusa CORE One+ (Gen 2) | Aug 2026 | CoreXY | 250 × 220 × 270 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 290 °C | $1,299 |
| Original Prusa XL+ | Aug 2026 | CoreXY | 360 × 360 × 360 mm | Open frame | 290 °C | $2,299 |
| QIDI Plus5 | Aug 2026 | CoreXY | 320 × 320 × 300 mm | Actively heated chamber | 370 °C | $749 |
| Bambu Lab A2L | Jun 2026 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 330 × 320 × 325 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $469 |
| Elegoo Centauri 2 | Jun 2026 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Open frame | 350 °C | $299 |
| Anycubic Kobra 4 | May 2026 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 260 × 260 × 260 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $379 |
| Anycubic Kobra S1 Max | May 2026 | CoreXY | 350 × 350 × 350 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $899 |
| Flashforge Creator 5 | May 2026 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Open frame | 320 °C | $799 |
| Flashforge Creator 5 Pro | May 2026 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Actively heated chamber | 320 °C | $949 |
| Bambu Lab X2D | Apr 2026 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 260 mm | Actively heated chamber | 300 °C | $649 |
| Anycubic Kobra X | Mar 2026 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 260 × 260 × 260 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $399 |
| Creality Ender-3 V4 | Mar 2026 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 220 × 220 × 235 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $399 |
| Creality K2 SE | Mar 2026 | CoreXY | 220 × 215 × 245 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $299 |
| Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 | Jan 2026 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 350 °C | $399 |
| Bambu Lab H2C | Nov 2025 | CoreXY | 305 × 320 × 325 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $2,399 |
| Prusa CORE One L | Nov 2025 | CoreXY | 300 × 300 × 330 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 290 °C | $1,799 |
| Prusa CORE One+ | Nov 2025 | CoreXY | 250 × 220 × 270 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 290 °C | — |
| Bambu Lab P2S | Oct 2025 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $549 |
| Snapmaker U1 | Oct 2025 | CoreXY | 270 × 270 × 270 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $999 |
| Bambu Lab H2S | Aug 2025 | CoreXY | 340 × 320 × 340 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $1,249 |
| Creality K2 | Aug 2025 | CoreXY | 260 × 260 × 260 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $549 |
| Creality K2 Pro | Aug 2025 | CoreXY | 300 × 300 × 300 mm | Actively heated chamber | 300 °C | $849 |
| FLSUN V400 Max | Aug 2025 | Delta | Ø 500 × 550 mm | Open frame | 350 °C | — |
| QIDI Q2 | Aug 2025 | CoreXY | 270 × 270 × 256 mm | Actively heated chamber | 370 °C | $499 |
| Elegoo Centauri | Jul 2025 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Open frame | 320 °C | $199.99 |
| Anycubic Kobra 3 V2 | Jun 2025 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 255 × 255 × 260 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $349 |
| Sovol SV08 Max | Jun 2025 | CoreXY | 500 × 500 × 500 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $1,299 |
| Bambu Lab H2D | Mar 2025 | CoreXY | 325 × 320 × 325 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $1,899 |
| Creality Hi | Mar 2025 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 260 × 260 × 300 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $389 |
| Sovol SV06 Plus ACE | Mar 2025 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 300 × 300 × 350 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $349 |
| Sovol Zero | Mar 2025 | CoreXY | 152.4 × 152.4 × 152.5 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 350 °C | $499 |
| Anycubic Kobra 3 Max | Feb 2025 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 420 × 420 × 500 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $699 |
| Anycubic Kobra S1 | Feb 2025 | CoreXY | 250 × 250 × 250 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 320 °C | $549 |
| Creality Ender-5 Max | Feb 2025 | CoreXY | 400 × 400 × 400 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $849 |
| Elegoo Centauri Carbon | Feb 2025 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 320 °C | $299.99 |
| Prusa CORE One | Jan 2025 | CoreXY | 250 × 220 × 270 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 290 °C | $1,199 |
| Creality K2 Plus | Nov 2024 | CoreXY | 350 × 350 × 350 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $1,299 |
| FLSUN S1 Pro | Nov 2024 | Delta | Ø 320 × 430 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 350 °C | $1,099 |
| Elegoo OrangeStorm Giga | Sep 2024 | Cartesian gantry | 800 × 800 × 1000 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $2,499.99 |
| QIDI Plus4 | Sep 2024 | CoreXY | 305 × 305 × 280 mm | Actively heated chamber | 370 °C | $799 |
| Original Prusa MK4S | Aug 2024 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 250 × 210 × 220 mm | Open frame | 290 °C | $1,099 |
| Anycubic Kobra 3 | Jun 2024 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 250 × 250 × 260 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $369 |
| Sovol SV08 | May 2024 | CoreXY | 350 × 350 × 345 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $549 |
| QIDI Q1 Pro | Mar 2024 | CoreXY | 245 × 245 × 240 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $599 |
| Creality Ender-3 V3 | Feb 2024 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 220 × 220 × 250 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $389 |
| Bambu Lab A1 | Dec 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $399 |
| Bambu Lab A1 mini | Oct 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 180 × 180 × 180 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $299 |
| Creality Ender-3 V3 KE | Sep 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 220 × 220 × 240 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $279 |
| Creality Ender-3 V3 SE | Aug 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 220 × 220 × 250 mm | Open frame | 260 °C | $199 |
| Bambu Lab P1S | Jul 2023 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $699 |
| Creality K1 Max | Jul 2023 | CoreXY | 300 × 300 × 300 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $899 |
| Elegoo Neptune 4 | Jul 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 225 × 225 × 265 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $259 |
| Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro | Jul 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 225 × 225 × 265 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $299 |
| Snapmaker J1s | Jun 2023 | IDEX | 300 × 200 × 200 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $1,399 |
| Original Prusa MK4 | Mar 2023 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 250 × 210 × 220 mm | Open frame | 290 °C | $1,099 |
| Original Prusa XL | Mar 2023 | CoreXY | 360 × 360 × 360 mm | Open frame | 290 °C | $2,499 |
| QIDI X-Max 3 | Mar 2023 | CoreXY | 325 × 325 × 315 mm | Actively heated chamber | 350 °C | $1,399 |
| Bambu Lab P1P | Dec 2022 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $699 |
| Snapmaker Artisan | Dec 2022 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 400 × 400 × 400 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $2,999 |
| Sovol SV06 | Oct 2022 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 220 × 220 × 250 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $299 |
| Bambu Lab X1-Carbon | Aug 2022 | CoreXY | 256 × 256 × 256 mm | Enclosed (passive) | 300 °C | $1,199 |
| Original Prusa i3 MK3S+ | Nov 2020 | Bedslinger (i3-style) | 250 × 210 × 210 mm | Open frame | 300 °C | $999 |