Creality Hi Combo is a variant of the Creality Hi.
This means it shares many characteristics with the base model but may have specific modifications, additional features, or bundled accessories.
Connect the Creality Hi Combo to SimplyPrint
Does the Creality Hi Combo 3D printer work with SimplyPrint, OctoPrint, Mainsail and Fluidd?
Each way of connecting it, what it needs, and how to set it up.
Disclaimer: Requires you to enable "root access" and enable the SimplyPrint Moonraker component. See how to do that here: https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/creality-hi-setup-enable-simplyprint-support-13h9uhk/
SimplyPrint Client
Compatible
What you need: A computer or Raspberry Pi on the same network that stays on, running the SimplyPrint Client
Connected through SimplyPrint Client, SimplyPrint supports most of what it offers on the Creality Hi Combo: the camera and AI failure detection, remote printing, skipping objects, temperature and movement control, filament mapping for its multi-material unit and AutoPrint. Not available through SimplyPrint Client: baby stepping and Z-Offset Calibration. The table below compares the two ways of connecting it to SimplyPrint.
Every SimplyPrint feature, for each way of connecting it to SimplyPrint
Connected to SimplyPrint through
SimplyPrint feature
SimplyPrint Client
Compatible
Klipper (Moonraker)
Compatible
Monitoring
Live status and progress
Yes
Yes
Webcam
Yes
Yes
AI failure detection
Yes
Yes
Time left
Yes
No
Layer progress
Yes
No
Temperatures
Yes
Yes
Printing
Starting a print
Yes
Yes
Pause, resume and cancel
Yes
Yes
Skip objects
Yes
Yes
Print start options
Yes
No
Files
Print sliced 3MF files
Yes
No
Printer control
Change temperatures
Yes
Yes
Moving with the controls
Yes
Yes
Homing
Yes
Yes
Extrude and retract
Yes
Yes
Change print speed
Yes
Yes
Fan speed
Yes
Yes
Baby stepping
No
Yes
Send G-code
Yes
Yes
Calibration
Change filament
Yes
Yes
Bed leveling
Yes
Yes
Z-Offset Calibration
No
Yes
Multi-material
Map filament to multi-material slots
Yes
No
Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit
Yes
No
Automation
AutoPrint
Pro
Yes
Yes
Download the file before the print starts
Yes
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Connected to SimplyPrint through SimplyPrint Client
Compatible
Monitoring
Live status and progressYes
WebcamYes
AI failure detectionYes
Time leftYes
Layer progressYes
TemperaturesYes
Printing
Starting a printYes
Pause, resume and cancelYes
Skip objectsYes
Print start optionsYes
Files
Print sliced 3MF filesYes
Printer control
Change temperaturesYes
Moving with the controlsYes
HomingYes
Extrude and retractYes
Change print speedYes
Fan speedYes
Baby steppingNo
Send G-codeYes
Calibration
Change filamentYes
Bed levelingYes
Z-Offset CalibrationNo
Multi-material
Map filament to multi-material slotsYes
Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unitYes
Automation
AutoPrint ProYes
Download the file before the print startsYes
Connected to SimplyPrint through Klipper (Moonraker)
Compatible
Monitoring
Live status and progressYes
WebcamYes
AI failure detectionYes
Time leftNo
Layer progressNo
TemperaturesYes
Printing
Starting a printYes
Pause, resume and cancelYes
Skip objectsYes
Print start optionsNo
Files
Print sliced 3MF filesNo
Printer control
Change temperaturesYes
Moving with the controlsYes
HomingYes
Extrude and retractYes
Change print speedYes
Fan speedYes
Baby steppingYes
Send G-codeYes
Calibration
Change filamentYes
Bed levelingYes
Z-Offset CalibrationYes
Multi-material
Map filament to multi-material slotsNo
Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unitNo
Automation
AutoPrint ProYes
Download the file before the print startsNo1
Works
Depends
Not supported
SimplyPrint doesn't support this through this connection yet.
Creality Hi Combo owners on SimplyPrint
50+ printers use SimplyPrint
What slicer to use for the Creality Hi Combo
Use CrealityPrint, Creality's own slicer: it has a ready-made profile for the Creality Hi Combo. Also with a profile for it: OrcaSlicer, ElegooSlicer.
We only list slicers you can use in the SimplyPrint cloud, so there may be others for the Creality Hi Combo.
Cloud-Based Slicer for Creality Hi Combo: Use CrealityPrint Online
Use CrealityPrint and other slicers - directly in your browser with SimplyPrint's online cloud slicer. No installation required. Slice your Creality Hi Combo models from any device, anywhere in the world!
Automatic Profile Updates: Profiles are automatically checked and fetched from the slicer GitHub repositories every day, as well as from our own open-source community-driven slicer profile database. This ensures you always have access to the latest profiles.
Note: Other slicers, such as Simplify3D, ideaMaker, SuperSlicer and KISSlicer, aren't in our cloud, so we don't track their profiles. They may still work well with your Creality Hi Combo: check the slicer's own documentation or forums for a profile. You can also contribute profiles to our open-source slicer profile database on GitHub.
The app for the Creality Hi Combo
Use SimplyPrint as the app for your Creality Hi Combo: watch and run it from your phone or any browser, slice in the cloud, and keep it next to your other printers. It's free to start. Creality's own app is Creality Cloud.
There's no plate swapper or auto-ejection kit for the Creality Hi Combo in SimplyPrint yet, but AutoPrint can still keep it printing: once the plate is clear, it starts the next job from your queue.
Bed slingers are the easiest to automate
The Creality Hi Combo moves its bed back and forth, so its plate comes out to the front of the printer. That's what plate swappers like these use: they take the finished plate off and slide a fresh one on. Without a kit, a G-code routine can push cooled prints off with the toolhead.
Creality Hi Combo specifications: bed size, print height and more
Its size, temperatures, multi-material and how it connects, from the maker and our own research.
Read more by the manufacturer
Size
Build volume
260 x 260 x 300 mm
Bed type
Square
Bed size
260 x 260 mm
Max print height
300 mm
Printing
Enclosure
Open frame
Motion system
Bed slinger
Max print speed
500 mm/s
Max extruder temperature
300 °C
Has heated bed
Yes
Max bed temperature
100 °C
Number of nozzles
1
Toolheads
1
Direct drive
Yes
Probing tool / Auto Bed Leveling
Yes
Filament width
1.75 mm
Multi-material
Ships with multi-material
Creality CFS
Multi-material units it works with
Creality CFS
Toolchanger or hotend changer
No
IDEX (independent dual extruders)
No
Connecting
Connectivity
Wi-Fi, USB
Built-in camera
Yes
Supports serial printing
No
Shipped firmware
Klipper
Files and slicing
Supported file formats
G-code (.gcode, .gco, .g)
Has start options
Yes
Available options: Calibration, Timelapse Available when connected via the SimplyPrint Creality Integration.
The printer
Printer manufacturer / brand
Creality
Printer model name
Hi Combo
Made by a company from
China
Launched
March 2025
Still made
Yes
Disclaimer:
We strive to keep this information as current and accurate as possible, but cannot guarantee its completeness or reliability. Our data is based on user submissions and manufacturer references.
What filament can the Creality Hi Combo print?
Filament compatibility for the Creality Hi Combo: the materials it can handle, judged from its hotend, bed, chamber and enclosure.
Filament
Suitability
Notes
PLA
Great
The easiest filament to print. Works on almost any printer; a heated bed helps adhesion but is not required.
PETG
Great
Comfortably in range (PETG likes a ~230-250C hotend and a ~70-85C bed).
TPU & flexibles
Great
The direct-drive extruder feeds flexible filament well. Print slowly for clean results.
ABS & ASA
With care
The bed is hot enough, but ABS and ASA warp without an enclosure, which is strongly recommended for clean prints.
Nylon (PA)
With care
Possible with care - an enclosure and very dry filament are essential.
Polycarbonate (PC)
With care
On the edge - PC really wants an enclosed, hot chamber to avoid warping.
Carbon-fiber & glass-filled
With care
Possible if you fit a hardened or wear-resistant nozzle - the abrasive fibers quickly wear a stock brass nozzle.
Tip: this is a general guide from the printer's specs - always check your filament's recommended settings. With SimplyPrint you can save a profile for each spool and track exactly what filament you have in stock.
Best filament for the Creality Hi Combo
Filaments the Creality Hi Combo prints well, Creality's own first, then the best known.
Tested the four-color Hi Combo bedslinger: well built, fast and roomy, with reliable auto bed leveling and a very sticky plate. It can't print TPU, its high-flow hotend wastes filament, and it costs about $50 more than the Bambu Lab A1 without a clear advantage.
“The Creality Hi Combo is a premium 3D printer with a well-built design and four color material system.”
Ran the Hi with its four-filament CFS through several days of non-stop printing and found it robust and reliable, with a good PrusaSlicer-based slicer and a very low price for single or multifilament. Multifilament printing is slow and wasteful, and it is slower than CoreXY machines.
“The Creality Hi is an exceptionally well thought-out and robust 3D printer, with its traditional bed slinger design, which offers a very cheap single filament or multifilament option.”
Aurora Tech · March 17, 2025
Creality sent the printer and sponsored the video (disclosed). Benchmarks the Hi against the Bambu Lab A1 and Prusa MK4S, plus PETG, ABS, nylon-CF and CFS multicolor. Finds it faster than the A1 at near-equal quality, with a larger build area, but with heavy purge waste and a weaker slicer than Bambu Studio.
Compare the Creality Hi Combo with similar printers
Printers from the same maker, of a similar size, printing the same engineering materials or multi-material like it, that you can buy today. Compare up to four side by side, with their specs and how each connects.
Also sold without the multi-material unit, as the Creality Hi.
About Creality
Who makes the Creality Hi Combo, and how open Creality leaves you: whether its printers run without its cloud, take any filament and slicer, and can be repaired. Each area is rated from public sources.
Openness: Mostly open (3.6 of 5)
Mostly open
Walled gardenOpen
Creality is a Shenzhen 3D printer maker founded in 2014. Its low-cost Ender series, launched in 2017, made desktop 3D printing affordable for many hobbyists. It now sells Klipper-based K-series CoreXY printers, Ender and CR open-frame printers, the Hi and SPARKX beginner lines, the CFS multi-material system, 3D scanners and laser engravers, and runs the Creality Cloud model platform. It listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in 2026.
Founded:
2014 ·
Headquarters:
Shenzhen, China ·
Ownership:
Listed on the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (3388.HK) since 2026; founder Jack Chen is chief executive ·
Website:www.creality.com
Creality sits in the middle: its Klipper-based printers can be run locally with Fluidd and open slicers, and it publishes firmware source, but usually months after launch, and it dropped root access on its 2025 K1 revisions.
Firmware and custom firmware ●●●●●
Creality publishes Klipper firmware source for the K1, K2, Hi and Ender-3 V3 KE on GitHub under GPL, but after launch: the K1 source came about three months after the series launched in May 2023, the K2 and Hi sources in September 2025. Earlier K1 printers have an official root option with a published guide, but Creality's wiki says the 2025 K1C and K1 Max do not support root access.
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Local control and integrations ●●●●●
Creality Print sends jobs over the local network with no account, and Creality Cloud is optional. The K2 series and Ender-3 V3 serve Fluidd on the printer, so other software can use Klipper's documented Moonraker API. On the K1 series, Creality's firmware notes treat Fluidd and Mainsail as add-ons owners install themselves, and Creality says the 2025 K1C and K1 Max do not support root access. The SPARKX i7 is set up through the Creality Cloud app.
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Third-party filament, slicers and parts ●●●●●
Third-party filament works; Creality Print is an open-source (AGPL-3.0) slicer and OrcaSlicer supports Creality printers. Creality sells nozzle, hotend and extruder kits per model; newer K2 parts such as its nozzle kit are Creality designs.
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Repairs and spare parts ●●●●●
Creality's store sells extruder, hotend, heating-block and print-head kits per model, and its wiki has parts lists and replacement guides for current printers (for example the K2 Plus and SPARKX i7 hotends).
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Data and privacy ●●●●●
Local printing needs no account; Creality Cloud and its app need one. Creality's published privacy policy is written for its websites and services, allows use of data for targeted advertising, and says little about printer data or where it is stored.
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Community and documentation ●●●●●
One of the largest user bases (second in consumer 3D printers by 2025 sales value, per figures in its listing), a public wiki with model-specific guides, firmware and slicer sources on GitHub, and an official forum.
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Pros
Klipper-based models can be run entirely on the local network through Fluidd, without an account.
Firmware for most current models and the Creality Print slicer are published as source on GitHub.
Wide range, from budget Ender printers to multi-colour K2 machines.
Spare-part kits and model-specific replacement guides are easy to find.
Very large user base, so community help is easy to find.
Cons
Firmware source has usually appeared months after a model ships.
Root access, offered on earlier K1 printers, is not supported on the 2025 K1C and K1 Max.
The privacy policy says little about printer and cloud data.
The SPARKX line is built around the Creality Cloud app and an account.
Track record
May 2026: Creality listed on the Main Board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange (3388.HK), raising about HK$1.27 billion net. Its prospectus showed 2025 revenue of RMB 3.13 billion and a net loss of RMB 182.4 million, after a profit in 2024.
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November 2025: Creality's wiki states that the 2025 revisions of the K1C and K1 Max do not support root access, which earlier K1 printers offered through an official option and guide.
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September 2025: Creality published the Klipper source for its K2 series and for the Hi on GitHub under GPL-3.0.
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August 2023: About three months after the K1 series launched, Creality published its K1 Klipper source on GitHub, followed by a repository with a root guide and Fluidd and Mainsail install instructions.
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Researched from 22 sources, last checked October 18, 2026. Show sources
Is the Creality Hi Combo compatible with SimplyPrint?
Yes. You can connect the Creality Hi Combo to SimplyPrint via SimplyPrint Client or Klipper (Moonraker), then slice, queue, start and monitor prints from your browser or the mobile app.
How do I connect the Creality Hi Combo to SimplyPrint?
Follow our step-by-step setup guide for the Creality Hi Combo. It shows how to connect it via SimplyPrint Client or Klipper (Moonraker), what you need for each, and which to pick.
What slicer should I use for the Creality Hi Combo?
We recommend CrealityPrint for the Creality Hi Combo. You can run it, and 6 other slicers, directly in SimplyPrint's online slicer - no install, on any device, with profiles for the Creality Hi Combo kept up to date automatically.
Can I use OrcaSlicer with the Creality Hi Combo?
Yes. OrcaSlicer comes with a profile for the Creality Hi Combo, and you can run it in SimplyPrint's online slicer, so there's nothing to install.
What filament can the Creality Hi Combo print?
Based on its specs (hotend up to 300C, heated bed up to 100C), the Creality Hi Combo handles PLA, PETG, or TPU & flexibles well. See the full filament guide above for ABS, nylon, PC and composites.
Does the Creality Hi Combo work with OctoPrint or Klipper?
The Creality Hi Combo works with Klipper (Mainsail and Fluidd), and SimplyPrint connects to it through them - so you get cloud access, a queue and camera monitoring on top.
What is the Creality Hi Combo's bed size and build volume?
The Creality Hi Combo has a 260 x 260 mm print bed and prints up to 300 mm tall, a build volume of about 260 x 260 x 300 mm. See the full specifications table above for bed type, temperatures and more.
When did the Creality Hi Combo come out?
Creality launched the Hi Combo in March 2025.
Can the Creality Hi Combo eject prints automatically?
There's no kit for it that we support yet, but SimplyPrint's AutoPrint can push prints off with the toolhead, or run your own ejection G-code, and then start the next job from your queue.
Where can I buy the Creality Hi Combo?
From Creality's own store, which has shops for everywhere else. The links on this page go to those stores; some are affiliate links, so we may earn a commission at no extra cost to you.
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