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Printer Creality CR-M4 3D printer Creality CR-M4 Anycubic Kobra 3 Max Combo 3D printer Anycubic Kobra 3 Max Combo
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • SimplyPrint Client: Compatible
  • Klipper (Moonraker): With community firmware
What you need to connect it
  • OctoPrint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint, plugged into the printer with a USB cable
  • SimplyPrint Client: A computer or Raspberry Pi on the same network that stays on, running the SimplyPrint Client
  • Klipper (Moonraker): The community firmware Rinkhals, installed in place of the printer's own
    Needs the community firmware Rinkhals
In use with SimplyPrint 10+ printers use SimplyPrint
February 2023 February 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
450 x 450 x 470 mm 420 x 420 x 500 mm
Unknown Anycubic ACE Pro
Unknown Anycubic ACE Pro, Anycubic ACE 2 Pro
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Unknown 600 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger Bed slinger
Unknown No
Unknown 1
Unknown No
Unknown No
300 °C 300 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 90 °C
USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet Wi-Fi, USB
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
450 x 450 mm 420 x 420 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 1.75 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Marlin The maker's own
Yes No
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why Mixed 3.0 of 5 for Anycubic · 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 Creality's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like Creality's own. How it works 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
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