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Printer QIDI X-Smart 3 3D printer QIDI X-Smart 3 Flashforge Creator Pro 2 3D printer Flashforge Creator Pro 2
Compatible Compatible
Connection methods
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Compatible
  • OctoPrint: Compatible
What you need to connect it
  • Klipper (Moonraker): Nothing extra: the printer runs Klipper as it ships
In use with SimplyPrint 25+ printers use SimplyPrint
April 2023 2020
Made by a company from China China
None listed yet
175 x 180 x 170 mm 200 x 148 x 150 mm
Fully enclosed Partly enclosed
Yes Yes
PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA, Nylon (PA), Polycarbonate (PC) PLA, PETG, TPU & flexibles, ABS & ASA
500 mm/s 100 mm/s
Unknown No
Unknown 2
Unknown No
Unknown Yes
300 °C 260 °C
Up to 120 °C Up to 100 °C
Wi-Fi, USB SD card, USB
Yes No
Yes Yes
175 x 180 mm 200 x 148 mm
Nozzle it ships with 0.4 mm 0.4 mm
Filament diameter 1.75 mm 1.75 mm
Firmware it ships with Klipper Marlin
No Yes
SimplyPrint's rating of the brand, from public sources. How we rate Mostly open 4.2 of 5 for QIDI · Why Mixed 3.0 of 5 for Flashforge · 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 QIDI's spool tags and writes them for any filament, so every brand works like QIDI's own. How it works None listed yet

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