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Printer Creality K3 3D printer Creality K3 ELEGOO Centauri Carbon 3D printer ELEGOO Centauri Carbon
Expected to work Compatible
$849.00 Price at Creality Store, checked November 8, 2026
No price listed
Newer version None ELEGOO Centauri Carbon 2
Connection methods
  • SimplyPrint Client: Expected to work
    Expected to work like the Creality K2 Plus
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Expected to work
    Expected to work like the Creality K2 Plus
  • SimplyPrint Client: Compatible
What you need to connect it
  • 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
  • SimplyPrint Client: A computer or Raspberry Pi on the same network that stays on, running the SimplyPrint Client
Not confirmed yet 250+ printers use SimplyPrint
Not rated yet
SimplyPrint Client: 4.1 out of 5 (7 verified owners)
October 2026 February 17, 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
260 x 260 x 260 mm 256 x 256 x 256 mm
Creality CFS Elegoo Canvas
Partly enclosed Fully enclosed
Unknown Yes
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA), Polycarbonate (PC), Carbon-fiber & glass-filled PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA), Polycarbonate (PC)
500 mm/s 500 mm/s
Motion system CoreXY CoreXY
Yes Yes
4 1
Yes No
No No
300 °C 320 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 110 °C
Wi-Fi, USB Wi-Fi, USB
Prints from USB stick Unknown
No Yes
Yes Yes
260 x 260 mm 256 x 256 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 1.75 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Klipper The maker's own
No No
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why Mostly open 3.8 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
Where to buy
$849.00 Price at Creality Store, checked November 8, 2026
Creality Store
All its stores
Out of stock at ELEGOO Checked November 6, 2026
ELEGOO
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