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Printer JGMaker/JGAurora A5 Snapmaker U1 3D printer Snapmaker U1
Expected to work Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Expected to work
    Expected to work like the JGMaker/JGAurora A5S
  • 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
Not confirmed yet 500+ printers use SimplyPrint
2018 2025
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
305 x 305 x 320 mm 270 x 270 x 270 mm
Unknown Snapmaker U1
Unknown Snapmaker U1
Open frame Partly enclosed
Unknown No
PLA, PETG PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Unknown 500 mm/s
Motion system Bed slinger CoreXY
Unknown Yes
1 4
No Yes
No No
260 °C 300 °C
Up to 100 °C Up to 100 °C
USB, SD card Wi-Fi, USB
No Yes
No Yes
305 x 305 mm 270 x 270 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 Not rated yet Mostly open 4.1 of 5 for Snapmaker · Why
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Brand's spool tags (NFC) Whether its multi-material unit can recognise any filament None listed yet Closed: the maker's own spools SimplyPrint reads Snapmaker's spool tags through the printer, but can't write them.
Where to buy Not sold by our partner stores
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