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Printer Anet A8 3D printer Anet A8 Creality Ender-3 V4 3D printer Creality Ender-3 V4
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Compatible
  • SimplyPrint Client: Expected to work
    Expected to work like the Creality Hi
What you need to connect it
  • OctoPrint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint, plugged into the printer with a USB cable
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Nothing extra: the printer runs Klipper as it ships
  • SimplyPrint Client: A computer or Raspberry Pi on the same network that stays on, running the SimplyPrint Client
50+ printers use SimplyPrint Not confirmed yet
2016 November 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
220 x 220 x 240 mm 220 x 220 x 235 mm
Unknown Creality CFS
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA) PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA), Carbon-fiber & glass-filled
100 mm/s 500 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger Bed slinger
No Yes
1 1
No No
No No
280 °C 300 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
SD card Wi-Fi, USB
Prints from microSD card USB stick
No Yes
Yes Yes
220 x 220 mm 220 x 220 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 1.75 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Marlin Klipper
Yes No
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Not rated yet Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why
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Brand's spool tags (NFC) Whether its multi-material unit can recognise any filament None listed yet Open: tags for any filament SimplyPrint reads Creality's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like Creality's own. How it works

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