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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

Twenty printers tested and ranked, from $169 to the H2D.

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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Best AI 3D Model Generators for 3D Printing (2026)

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Type a prompt, get a printable model: the tools we tested, free tiers first.

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  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
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  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
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Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms

Robo Nine is 3D printing its first batch of 50 SO-ARM102 leader arms in China for the open-source…

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  • Multicolor
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  • For kids and schools
  • For miniatures
  • Large format
All printer guides

Brands and compare

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  • Large scale and industrial

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  • FLSun T1 Pro
  • QIDI Tech Q1 Pro
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  • Best PETG filament
  • Best PLA filament
  • Best TPU filament
  • Best ABS and ASA filament
  • Engineering filaments
  • Composite filaments
  • Flexible filaments
  • Bio filaments
All filament guides

Resin

  • For miniatures
  • Tough and ABS-like
  • Castable resin
  • Water-washable
  • Flexible resin
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  • STL repair tools
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Reviews

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  • Meshy 7
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  • Best printers for beginners

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  • How does 3D printing work?
  • Types of 3D printing
  • Metal 3D printing

How-tos and glossary

  • 3D printing glossary
  • Food-safe 3D printing
  • Setting up a school program
  • Free 3D printable models
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Latest

  • Robo Nine Starts Printing First Fifty Robot Leader Arms
  • Callaway Plans $15M Titanium 3D Printing Facility in Fort Worth
  • Blue Origin Northstar Booster Engine Is Over 65 Percent Printed
  • Printed Tungsten Tiles Survive Plasma Tests at DIII-D
  • LLNL Prints Tiny NIF Target Cone Ten Times Faster
All news

Use cases

  • Prague Firefighters 3D Print Their Own Gear on a Prusa CORE One L
  • OECHSLER Scales Carbon Lattice Production to 40 Printers Running Around the Clock
  • Reverse Engineering Without CAD Data: How the MetroY Ultra Turns Physical Parts into Digital Designs
  • Michigan State Engineers 3D Printed Helmet Inserts to Help Quarterbacks Tackle Crowd Noise
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
All use cases

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3DQue Systems Releases ClickPrint3D Remote Management Solution

Vancouver-based printer-automation company 3DQue Systems Inc. has announced the release of their ClickPrint3D™ software, which is the first plug & play software offering... read more »

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Researchers Demonstrate Frontal Polymerization Composite Printing

A research paper and associated video has been published demonstrating the freeform printing of extruded thermoset plastics. The video shows a thermoset composite... read more »

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Ender-3 Neo Series, HALOT-RAY, and Creality Sonic Pad Announced

3D printer giant Creality has two new product lines launched today and has also teased the upcoming release of the Klipper-integrated Creality Sonic... read more »

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CERN to Spin-off AM Heat Exchangers

Researchers at CERN have been awarded funding to continue development of 3D printed cooling system components as part of the AHEAD project. The... read more »

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Anycubic to Release Cute and Tiny MicroLED Resin Printer

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TU Eindhoven Prints CO2-Eating EV

A team of students at TU/Eindhoven have utilized 3D printing to build an electric vehicle that, among other ecologically friendly measures, captures more... read more »

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New Titanium AM Parts Coming to Airbus A350

The Airbus A350 already has more 3D printed parts than any other civil airliner. And that list of AM components will grow further... read more »

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Marines Get Their Own Factory in a Box

Just recently we saw how the USS Essex took to the oceans with their own metal printer for fabricating and repairing components while... read more »

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DOE Awards Funding to Develop Tough Resin Tooling

The Department of Energy (DOE) has awarded $3 million in funding to two companies aiming to decarbonize manufacturing with robust, 3D printed resin... read more »

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Printing Single Crystal Nickel with Lasers

A team of researchers at the National Institute for Materials Science and Osaka University Graduate School of Engineering in Japan, has successfully demonstrated... read more »

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UMaine Printing Homes with AI and Sawdust

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Ultralight Printed Violin Hits Shelves

We have seen a fair selection of 3D printed instruments on this site, ranging from Olaf Diegel’s guitar creations, to low-cost instruments for... read more »

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Startup Gets Boost to Turn Scrap PLA into Resin

A team from Washington State University (WSU) has just received funding from the Cougar Cage to develop their process for converting waste PLA... read more »

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India’s AM Rocket Factory Opens its Doors

Indian aerospace engineering company Agnikul Cosmos has opened their first rocket printing factory at IIT Madras Research Park, Chennai. “Rocket Factory-1” is intended... read more »

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New AI-Modeling Printer Creates Models from Photos

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US Navy Installs First Metal Printer Onboard Ship

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Plant-based AM Molded Shoes Get Funding Boost

New York-based fashion design company Simplifyber has just received 3.5 million USD in seed funding to continue development of their range of footwear... read more »

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Creality Ender-3 S1 Plus – Bigger and Better

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World’s First Printed Haute Couture Vegan Dress Debuts

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3DMakerpro Moose

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Revopoint POP 4

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Phrozen Sonic XL 4K Plus

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3DMakerpro Mole

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Creality K3

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Anycubic Kobra 3 Max V2 Combo

~$899
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H3C Combo with Filament Starter Pack

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