Most multi-material printers handle colors and materials with a single nozzle that swaps filaments and spits out a chunk of waste with every change. Prusa XL takes a different route. Instead of one head, it offers a toolchanger with up to five independent tools, each holding its own filament, its own nozzle, and its...
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Spring Recap: 3 Lessons from TPU, Slicers and Printer Brands
The past few weeks on printara3d.cz formed a continuous arc of three articles dedicated to the foundational pillars of 3D printing. Flexible TPU-type materials, slicing software, and a comparison of the main printer brands. Each of these topics would deserve its own book, but in real-world workflow they overlap heavily. The choice of TPU...
Prusa Core One: Complete Guide to the MK4S Successor
This week’s Monday topic focused on flexible materials on modern hardware, and the Prusa Core One is exactly the kind of machine that finally handles this material category sensibly thanks to its actively controlled chamber. After years in which the MK4 and later the MK4S defined the Prusa portfolio as reliable bedslinger printers with...
