Quote Originally Posted by curious aardvark View Post
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The easiest way would be to buy a decent but cheap printer and just start using it.
Cheapest one that's likely to do the job at the moment is the wanhao duplicator i3.
http://wanhaousa.com/products/duplicator-i3-steel-frame

It's almost a rule of thumb that the cheaper the printer, the more you'll need to learn to use it properly.
And that's no bad thing.
Agreed! I'm of the opinion (especially if money is tight) that you learn a lot by putting your printer together from a kit. Of course not everybody is going to agree or be willing to do that. But the people that do do that, have a much better understanding of how to solve problems when they come up.