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Printer Makertech 3D ProForge 2 3D printer Makertech 3D ProForge 2 Prusa MK4 3D printer Prusa MK4
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • SimplyPrint Client: Compatible
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
  • Prusa direct firmware: 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
  • OctoPrint: A Raspberry Pi running OctoPrint, plugged into the printer with a USB cable
  • Prusa direct firmware: The SimplyPrint firmware for Prusa printers, in beta, installed on the printer
Not confirmed yet 100+ printers use SimplyPrint
August 2018 March 29, 2023
Made by a company from United Kingdom Czechia EU
None listed yet
200 x 300 x 200 mm 250 x 210 x 220 mm
Unknown Prusa MMU 3
Open frame Open frame
PLA PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles
Motion system Unknown Bed slinger
Unknown No
Unknown 1
Unknown No
Unknown No
280 °C 300 °C
No Up to 120 °C
USB Wi-Fi, Ethernet, USB
Prints from Unknown USB stick
No Yes
No Yes
200 x 300 mm 250 x 210 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 Not rated yet Open 4.9 of 5 for Prusa · 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 Prusa uses OpenPrintTag, an open standard: SimplyPrint reads and writes it, for any filament. How it works

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