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Yes, it is pre-loaded into a cartridge that you just drop into the printer, put the filament through a drive and close the door. While the price per cartridge does not look too bad, it only has 600 grams per cartridge. Those of us who print a lot know that means a lot of cartridges.
Well, they seem to have been off a month originally. News just broke that this printer is headed to the US via amazon preorder:
http://3dprint.com/1645/da-vinci-1-0...united-states/
Americans have been waiting for the da vinci for a while. The Amazon pre-order page can be found here:
http://www.amazon.com/XYZprinting-Da.../dp/B00H7VEU0G
Although it uses "proprietary" cartridges, it is just 1.75mm filament. I don't see what is to stop you from using any spool on the outside and feeding it into the machine.
I got to see the da Vinci 1.0, 2.0 and 2.1 this week at the Inside 3D Printing Conference. I must say, I have walked away, quite impressed. For the price, the quality of prints are really good. Also the printer just looks nice, and seems like something that would look great on a desktop. Here are some photos that we took.Quote:
Originally Posted by JohnA136
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A print done on the da Vince 2.0/2.1
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...60361846_n.jpg
The da Vinci 2.1 3D Printer
https://scontent-b.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...87957412_n.jpg
The da Vinci 2.1 LCD Screen
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The da Vinci 1.0
https://scontent-a.xx.fbcdn.net/hpho...24793254_n.jpg
Some prints done on the da Vinci 1.0
http://shrani.si/f/3z/lz/3r0xS931/filament.jpg
http://www.xyzprinting.com/en/filament
C'mon guys it's not 600g but only 300g. So price per kilo is $93.
Thats incorrect. The printer cartridges are 600g. The printer does ship with a 300g test cartridge though.Quote:
Originally Posted by YosemiteSam
I think 600g is the weight of the cartdrige, 300g the amount of filament inside; it makes sense since I think it would be very difficult to squeeze 600g worth of filament in a cartdrige of that size.Quote:
Originally Posted by Turbo442
Having said that, I'd need a lobotomy before I buy a printer (2D or 3D) that uses cartdriges ever again.
Because there is so much confusion about how much filament is in a cartridge I contacted xyzprinting. Their response:
Hope that clears things up for you guys.Quote:
Hi Alex,
The free filament shipping with the printer is 300g.
The regular filament cartridge is $28/600g.
Regards,
Vinson
XYZprinting
I now have an XYZprinting Da Vinci printer and the quality of the printer is good but the software is appalling. Their latest firmware upgrade made the print quality go from bad to unuseable. If you get one get ready to throw away a lot of plastic. The printer in its current form and firmware is absolutely useless unless you are a hacker and then it is just bad. Their slicer is the worst piece of software in the 3D universe. Look at youtube and see what some guys have to do to get even a so so print out of it. The people that like it have very little experience with 3D printers I suspect.
Might be worth swapping out the electronics (board) with one that's open source... kills many birds with one stone. I wouldn't think it would be too difficult, may need to replace the LCD as well, so for about $100 it'd raise its potential quite a bit.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jeeplvr