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Printer MakerGear M2 3D printer MakerGear M2 Creality K1C 3D printer Creality K1C
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • 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
In use with SimplyPrint 250+ printers use SimplyPrint
2012 January 25, 2024
Made by a company from USA China
None listed yet
200 x 250 x 200 mm 220 x 220 x 250 mm
Unknown Creality CFS-C
Unknown Fully enclosed
Unknown Yes
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA), Polycarbonate (PC)
Unknown 600 mm/s
Motion system Unknown CoreXY
Unknown Yes
1 1
No No
No No
300 °C 300 °C
Up to 110 °C Up to 100 °C
Unknown Wi-Fi, USB
No Yes
Yes Yes
200 x 250 mm 220 x 220 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 Open 4.4 of 5 for MakerGear · 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
Where to buy
Buy from MakerGear Best for USA
All its stores
Creality Store
TECBEARS
All its stores

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