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Printer LulzBot TAZ SideKick 289 3D printer LulzBot TAZ SideKick 289 Creality Ender-2 Pro 3D printer Creality Ender-2 Pro
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
Not confirmed yet 25+ printers use SimplyPrint
July 15, 2021 November 2021
Made by a company from USA China
Reviewed by None listed yet None listed yet
162 x 162 x 181 mm 165 x 165 x 180 mm
Open frame Open frame
PLA, PETG PLA, PETG
Motion system Unknown Bed slinger
1 1
No No
Unknown No
290 °C 260 °C
Up to 120 °C Up to 80 °C
USB, SD card USB, SD card
Prints from SD card Unknown
Yes No
No No
162 x 162 mm 165 x 165 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 2.85 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Marlin Marlin
Yes Yes
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Open 5.0 of 5 for LulzBot · Why Mostly open 3.6 of 5 for Creality · Why
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Brand's spool tags (NFC) Whether its multi-material unit can recognise any filament None listed yet 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

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2 of 4 picked - LulzBot TAZ SideKick 289, Creality Ender-2 Pro Clear