Budget is maximum 2500$
Yes, close. But theres not SD-card support as far as I can see.
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Same requirements, it must be appreciated if you can tell us the experience after you get it.
Auto leveling is a gimmick imho. You can do without it and put your money into other good printers. From my experience your going to have to tweak and twiddle anyway.
Hi, I own a PB METAL PLUS so I can tell you :
1/ There is a micro SD card reader, standard, on the back.
2/ The LCD screen option actually gives you a standard SD card reader that is more accessible.
3/ The metal hot ends are stated to be available from august 1st, and I think all models will be shipped with it standard from then on. I asked support and I bought one early. Will mount it when I can spare the sleeptime but it looks really great. I snorted when I watched Drumm present it, but I must say I'm impressed.
Only issue I had with it is now improved in the new standard : the wiring of the moving parts.
Received it end of january, must have printed over 200+ hours with it so far. Only had one issue not caused by me : wire fatigue on hall sensor (for bed calibration), support replaced it at not cost.
Mankati fullscales XT and Ultimaker are good choice.
Yes, problem is most awsome printers I find are without autolevel hehe. I really like the Mankati, looks awsome. Would be a 100% candidate if it had autolevel :)
Printrbot Metal seems like the closest candidate, bed max 80c is a drawback. But most likely not a issue.
If you cannot find a printer which meets all of your requirements, I suggest you give up the auto calibration feature.
After about 1 week printing and find the trick of manual leveling, you almost do not need a auto calibration function anymore, but other features give you much more benefits.
1/ bed max is no longer 80°C for the Printrbot Metal Plus : they fixed that early on with a retrofit that was offered to all owners and is now serial standard. I can go to bed temp 110°C in under 10 mins, no problem. Admittedly, I don't do it much since I'd rather not use ABS.
2/ I use autolevel and I can tell you : it is a valuable feature. Without it, multiple extrusion is probably a pain in the *ss. And seriously, why do you think the most active thread of the Rep Rap part of this forum is about auto bed levelling ? Come on !
http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.p...ed-G29-command
yeah memory card is clearly stated on the website.
And remember it's the new PLUS NOT the older, smaller printer.