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Printer Creality Ender-6 3D printer Creality Ender-6 Makertech 3D ProForge 3 3D printer Makertech 3D ProForge 3
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
25+ printers use SimplyPrint Not confirmed yet
2020 2022
Made by a company from China United Kingdom
Reviewed by None listed yet None listed yet
250 x 250 x 400 mm 300 x 300 x 300 mm
Partly enclosed Partly enclosed
Yes Unknown
PLA, PETG PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
150 mm/s Unknown
Motion system CoreXY CoreXY
Unknown No
1 1
No No
No No
280 °C 400 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
SD card SD card
Prints from Unknown microSD card
No No
No Yes
250 x 250 mm 300 x 300 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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