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Printer Creality CR-20 3D printer Creality CR-20 Flying Bear Ghost 5 3D printer Flying Bear Ghost 5
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
What you need to connect it
  • OctoPrint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint, plugged into the printer with a USB cable
  • OctoPrint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint, plugged into the printer with a USB cable
Not confirmed yet 10+ printers use SimplyPrint
2019 2021
Made by a company from China China
Reviewed by None listed yet None listed yet
220 x 220 x 250 mm 255 x 210 x 210 mm
PLA, PETG PLA, PETG
280 °C 260 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 110 °C
No No
No No
220 x 220 mm 255 x 210 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 1.75 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Marlin Marlin
Yes Yes
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why Not rated yet
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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 Creality's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like Creality's own. How it works None listed yet

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