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Printer Anycubic Kobra 2 3D printer Anycubic Kobra 2 IdeaFormer IR3 V2 3D printer IdeaFormer IR3 V2
Compatible Compatible
No price listed
$839.00 Price at IdeaFormer, checked October 23, 2026
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Compatible
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
100+ printers use SimplyPrint 50+ printers use SimplyPrint
May 2023 November 2024
Made by a company from China China
220 x 220 x 250 mm 250 x 250 x 250 mm
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA
300 mm/s 400 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger Belt printer
No Yes
1 1
No No
No No
260 °C 300 °C
Up to 110 °C Up to 90 °C
SD card, USB Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB
Prints from microSD card Unknown
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
220 x 220 mm 250 x 250 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 Mixed 3.0 of 5 for Anycubic · Why Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for IdeaFormer · Why
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Brand's spool tags (NFC) Whether its multi-material unit can recognise any filament Open: tags for any filament SimplyPrint reads Anycubic's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like Anycubic's own. How it works None listed yet
Where to buy Not sold by our partner stores
$839.00 Price at IdeaFormer, checked October 23, 2026
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