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Printer Creality CR-M4 3D printer Creality CR-M4 Creality Ender 5 Max 3D printer Creality Ender 5 Max
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • SimplyPrint Client: Compatible
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Compatible
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): Nothing extra: the printer runs Klipper as it ships
    Requires root access on the printer
    Requires firmware V1.2.0.21 or newer
In use with SimplyPrint 10+ printers use SimplyPrint
February 2023 February 10, 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
450 x 450 x 470 mm 400 x 400 x 400 mm
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Unknown 700 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger CoreXY
Unknown No
Unknown 1
300 °C 300 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet USB, Wi-Fi
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
450 x 450 mm 400 x 400 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 Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why 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 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 Creality's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like Creality's own. How it works
Where to buy Not sold by our partner stores
Creality Store
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