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08-18-2015, 10:08 AM #1
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some constructive criticism that was a bad move to implement the USB+ restriction
i was literally gonna order a ctc printer as my first printer until i came on here and read about the USB+ fiasco and ended up ordering something else
the only thing that came to mind was...wow what a greedy company for doing that
but at least there is some hope for people who got scammed i might buy one if i can find one without the USB+ as it does seem like the printers are solid
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12-12-2016, 09:31 PM #2
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09-01-2015, 09:30 PM #3
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What a terrible system they came up with. USB+ ? What were they they thinking...
Im happy to say I bought a CTC 3D printer from ebay for just $600 AUS and it doesn't have this USB+ thing....what a scam...
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02-11-2016, 01:45 PM #4
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Are they still making printers with this, or was this a failed experiment? I am looking to buy a CTC, but the possibility of getting a UBS+ version has me worried. Is there any way to be guaranteed to get a proper unit w/o USB+. If not, I will look at other brands.
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02-12-2016, 07:45 AM #5
Last edited by EagleSeven; 02-12-2016 at 07:56 AM.
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02-12-2016, 08:30 AM #6
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02-11-2016, 06:56 PM #7
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Pretty sure they got rid of them due to so many complaints. I got mine just ubder 3 months ago and so usb.
But what I would do is ask the sellers, if they really are different seller, if the printer comes with plastic gears and pulleys or metal ones.
mine came with plastic ones.
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02-16-2016, 01:12 PM #8
Are we sure this wasn't just a scam being perpetrated by that eBay seller? I went to that CTC site link and it was just a placeholder item...I did some googling though, and so far any time USB+ is mentioned and somebody says where they got their printer, it's from that same seller. You'll note they don't seem to have an eBay account anymore. I would like to think that CTC themselves would know not to pull something like this, because they make a good reliable printer that I've been happy to recommend to everybody who asks, and to do something like this would be a tragic misstep. Either way, I'm still looking forward to buying another at some point.
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02-16-2016, 04:16 PM #9
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I wish I knew for sure. CTC has not commented, other than to offer a main board replacement as a fix. Maybe they are just being extremely generous and taking action to correct a scam. It just seems odd to not make any further statement.
In any case, this seems to no longer be an issue. I ordered one the other day and am excited to try it out.
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03-23-2016, 05:01 AM #10
Well, when the firmware is open source, sadly people do naughty things with it, like this for example. CTC printer might be cheap, but I doubt any sane company would try and trick any one into that. Sounds like a rogue ebay seller who's good with arduino code
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