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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best 3D Printers 2026: Buyer’s Guide

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Best Filament Dryers (2026 Guide)

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3D Scanners 2026: The Complete Buying Guide

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

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

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  • Nagami Takes Robotic 3D Printing With Recycled Plastic From the Pompidou to Dior
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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
  • 3D Printed Quiet Pickleball Unveiled
  • APG Reduces Chuck Jaw Weight with 3D Printing
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Old Dominion University Wins NSF Award to Make 3D Printed Composites Stronger

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Old Dominion University Wins NSF Award to Make 3D Printed Composites Stronger

An Old Dominion University engineer won $400,000 from the National Science Foundation to scale a mold-free process that…

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  • For kids and schools
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All printer guides

Brands and compare

  • Bambu Lab lineup compared
  • Compare printers
  • Full color 3D printers
  • Large scale and industrial

Reviews

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Filament

  • 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
All resin guides

Accessories

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  • Small objects
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  • Professional scanners
  • Scan with your phone
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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
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Print prep and control

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Start here

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  • How much does it cost?
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  • Best printers for beginners

How it works

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  • 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

  • Old Dominion University Wins NSF Award to Make 3D Printed Composites Stronger
  • Dresden Researchers 3D Print Brain Implant That Records Activity and Cools Seizures
  • CSEM and Almatech Print Shape Memory Alloy Shock Absorber for Reusable Landing Gear
  • Nagami Takes Robotic 3D Printing With Recycled Plastic From the Pompidou to Dior
  • University of Alberta Student Club 3D Prints Assistive Devices for Everyday Tasks
All news

Use cases

  • 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
  • APG Reduces Chuck Jaw Weight with 3D Printing
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Bringing you the latest 3D printing news from industry, academia and government projects all around the world. From press releases to research papers – come join us, and learn about the hottest trends in additive manufacturing.

Rabbit Gets Printed Cornea

Researchers from Hyderabad in India have successfully transplanted a 3D printed cornea onto a rabbit, which will pave the way for transplants onto... read more »

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Patents Granted for Printed Rocket Fuel Technology

Florida-based rocket company Vaya Space has been awarded patents for their Vortex-Hybrid engine technology. Unlike most rocket companies we look at on this... read more »

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German Researchers to Laser Print Moondust

Researchers from German institutes are planning to send a robotic mobile selective laser melting (SLM) printer to the Moon, to demonstrate in-situ additive... read more »

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UAE Researchers Print Color Blindness Glasses

Researchers from Khalifa University in Abu Dhabi have successfully printed glasses for aiding people living with color blindness. Using photopolymer resins, they printed... read more »

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Geeetech THUNDER Coming to Kickstarter

FDM printers aren’t always the fastest things in the world, often taking hours upon hours to deliver prints. Geeetech has a new printer... read more »

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Anycubic Contributes to T°Red’s Olympic Cycling Project

Anycubic has recently entered the 3D printed cycling hardware arena by sponsoring Italian bike manufacturer T°Red. Specifically the printer manufacturer has been collaborating... read more »

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Anycubic Contributes to T°Red's Olympic Cycling Project

Sakuu Opens Up AM Battery Gigafactory

3D printed solid-state battery manufacturer Sakuu has opened up an innovation hub in Silicon Valley aimed at accelerating their battery printing initiatives. The... read more »

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batteries

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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ClickPrint3D

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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thermoset research

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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creality

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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cern pipe

Anycubic to Release Cute and Tiny MicroLED Resin Printer

If you’ve ever dreamed of having a 3D printer that you can fit inside your pocket (for some reason), then we have some... read more »

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anycubic microled

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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zem ev

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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liebherr

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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polyspectra

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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nickel printing

UMaine Printing Homes with AI and Sawdust

Our favorite large boat-printing academic institute, the University of Maine (UMaine) is making news again, this time with a new approach to construction... read more »

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umaine

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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Bambu Lab A1 Mini

~$220 (Combo with AMS lite ~$359)
  • The most beginner-friendly printer on the market with full auto-calibration, whisper-qu…
Bambu Lab A1 Mini
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QIDI Plus4

~$699-$799
  • Built around a 65°C heated chamber with a 370°C nozzle and 305 × 305 × 280 mm build…
QIDI Plus4
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Anycubic Photon Mono M7 Pro

~$459-$669
  • One of the largest MSLA build volumes at a consumer price (223 × 126 × 230 mm) with 1…
Anycubic Photon Mono M7 Pro
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Bambu Lab H2C

~$2,199
  • Uses the Vortek system to physically swap entire hotends instead of flushing, enabling…
Bambu Lab H2C
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Prusa XL (5-toolhead)

~$3,899
  • The only desktop printer with up to five fully independent toolheads each with its own…
Prusa XL (5-toolhead)
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Creality HALOT-X1

$469
  • This page keeps the HALOT-ONE address and now covers the HALOT-X1, the current Creality…
Creality HALOT-X1
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Creality K3

~$849 (pre-order)
  • Creality's first toolchanger using the KliTek system to dock and swap complete nozzle a…
Creality K3
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Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo

~$399
  • Pairs the fast enclosed CoreXY platform with Elegoo's CANVAS 4-color system and a full…
Elegoo Centauri Carbon 2 Combo
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