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Printer Creality CR-M4 3D printer Creality CR-M4 ELEGOO Neptune 3 Max 3D printer ELEGOO Neptune 3 Max
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
In use with SimplyPrint 25+ printers use SimplyPrint
February 2023 December 2022
Made by a company from China China
Reviewed by None listed yet None listed yet
450 x 450 x 470 mm 420 x 420 x 500 mm
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Motion system Bed slinger Bed slinger
300 °C 260 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet USB, SD card
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 Marlin
Yes Yes
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why Mostly open 3.8 of 5 for ELEGOO · 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 ELEGOO's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like ELEGOO's own. How it works

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