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Printer Creality CR-M4 3D printer Creality CR-M4 Sovol SV08 Max 3D printer Sovol SV08 Max
Compatible Compatible
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
In use with SimplyPrint 10+ printers use SimplyPrint
February 2023 May 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
450 x 450 x 470 mm 500 x 500 x 500 mm
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Unknown 700 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger CoreXY
Unknown Yes
Unknown 1
Unknown No
Unknown No
300 °C 300 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet USB, Wi-Fi, Ethernet
Yes Yes
Yes Yes
450 x 450 mm 500 x 500 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 Open 4.3 of 5 for Sovol · 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 None listed yet
Where to buy Not sold by our partner stores
Buy from Sovol Best for USA
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