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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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Best Filament Dryers (2026 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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  • LLNL Prints Tiny NIF Target Cone Ten Times Faster
  • Tripo AI Launches Agentic Canvas, a Node-Based Workflow Builder for AI 3D
  • Northwestern Engineers Print Paste Inks Into Freestanding Lattices Four Times Faster
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  • 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
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Blue Origin Northstar Booster Engine Is Over 65 Percent Printed

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Blue Origin Northstar Booster Engine Is Over 65 Percent Printed

Blue Origin's new Northstar liquid oxygen and LNG booster engine is more than 65 percent additively manufactured, with…

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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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  • 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
All resin guides

Accessories

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  • Wash and cure stations

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  • Scan with your phone
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  • Revopoint MetroY Pro
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  • Meshy 7
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Start here

  • What is 3D printing?
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  • FDM vs resin
  • Best printers for beginners

How it works

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  • 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
Black FridayNEW

Latest

  • 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
  • Tripo AI Launches Agentic Canvas, a Node-Based Workflow Builder for AI 3D
  • Northwestern Engineers Print Paste Inks Into Freestanding Lattices Four 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
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Researchers 3D Print Complex Structurally Colored Parts

Chemists from Saarland University have developed a world-first technique that can 3D print complex structurally colored objects. By modifying starting materials typically made... read more »

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Changing color under tension

World’s First 3D Printed Unmanned Surface Drone Unveiled in UAE

Al Seer Marine, a UAE-based company, has developed the first 3D printed unmanned surface vessel, called the HYDRA USV. It was revealed to... read more »

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3D Printing sea drones

MIT Prints Soft Robotic Heart that Mimics Real Heart

Engineers at MIT have developed a procedure to 3D print soft and flexible, patient-specific replicas of the heart and aorta. By mimicking the... read more »

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Robotic heart

Engineer 3D Prints Bird Wings to Improve Stability in UAVs

A researcher at University of Central Florida is leading a three-year research project to study bird wings and their stability during airflow disturbances.... read more »

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3D Printed bird wing

Researchers Use Robotic Arm for 3D Printing Octet Lattices in Resin

Additive manufacturing technologies have enabled the production of highly customized and complex parts, including mechanically efficient lattices with optimized strength-to-weight ratios. However, the... read more »

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Octet cells

Volumetric Printing Company Secures Funding

Berlin-based Xolo has raised €8 million in a series A funding round to develop its next-generation 3D printing technology, known as xolography. Unlike... read more »

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Xolo Xube

Aussie Company Recycling PPE into 3D Printer Filament

A new technology being developed in Sydney aims to tackle the problem of waste resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic by recycling used Personal... read more »

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PPE

Engineers Use DfAM to Reduce Shaft Weight by over 50%

Mario Franchi, an Application Engineer for Additive Manufacturing at il Sentiero International Campus, faced the challenge of creating a lightweight gear and sprocket... read more »

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3D printed gears and sprockets

3D Printed Robo-bird Teaches Chicks to Sing

A research team in the Netherlands has 3D printed a robotic zebra finch in order to see which factors are important when baby... read more »

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3D Printed Robo-bird Teaches Chicks to Sing

World’s Tallest Carbon-capturing Artificial Tree 3D Printed in Korea

Tree.ONE, an exhibit by ecoLogicStudio at the Habitat One exhibition in Hyundai Motor Studio in Busan, South Korea, is a celebration of the... read more »

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Tree.ONE

Researchers 3D Print Shark Intestine-inspired Fluid Devices

Researchers are looking to the unique spiral shape of shark intestines to learn how to create fluid flow in one direction, which could... read more »

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Fluid pipes

Wilson Reveals 3D Printed Airless Basketball

Wilson Sporting Goods, the official basketball of the National Basketball Association (NBA), has introduced a first-of-its-kind 3D printed airless basketball during the State... read more »

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WILSON

Ankit Aerospace 3D Printing SpaceX-style Grid Fins

Ankit Aerospace, an Indian firm, has announced that it will be using Electron Beam Additive Manufacturing (EBAM) technology to 3D print grid fins... read more »

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Titanium grid fin

Electrochemical AM Startup to Put Canberra on the Manufacturing Map

Syenta, a 3D printing startup company based at the Australian National University, is making waves in the world of electronics manufacturing. Its multi-material... read more »

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device

Horizon Microtechnologies Develops Template-based Conductive 3D Printing Process

Horizon Microtechnologies has developed a template-based 3D microfabrication technology that allows manufacturers to add conductivity to all or selected parts a microfabricated component.... read more »

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Conductive and dielectric

3D Printing Brings Yungang Grottoes Relics to Life in Chinese Shopping Mall

A new exhibition at City Media Plaza in Qingdao, China, is using 3D printing technology to create replicas of ancient cultural relics, drawing... read more »

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huge replicas

Ontario Students Print Human-sized Robot

Students at Lasalle Secondary School in Sudbury, Ontario, have been busy building a human-size robot named 'Lance' using 3D printing technology. The robot... read more »

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Lance

Hepburn and Sons and MELD Join Forces for US Defense Contracts

Hepburn and Sons LLC, a small business providing consulting and engineering services to the U.S. defense sector, has officially joined forces with MELD... read more »

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meld

Zellerfeld Launches Open Beta Shoe Making Program

Zellerfeld, a 3D-printed footwear tech company, has launched an open beta platform that allows consumers to experience its shoe-making process and provide feedback.... read more »

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15 styles

3D Systems Introduces ProJet MJP 2500W Plus for Jewelry

3D Systems has announced the availability of the ProJet MJP 2500W Plus, a 3D printing solution designed specifically for the jewelry industry. The... read more »

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3D Systems Introduces ProJet MJP 2500W Plus for Jewelry

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Prusament ASA

  • Batch-traceable ASA with 42 MPa tensile strength and 93°C HDT backed by published data…
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Anycubic Kobra 3 Max V2 Combo

~$899
  • Features a massive 420 × 420 × 500 mm build volume—the largest consumer build volum…
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Creality K2 Plus Combo

~$1,499
  • A large-format enclosed multicolor printer with a 350 mm cube and CFS system supporting…
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Bambu Lab H3C Combo

$2,499
  • The base H3C bundle includes the printer, AMS 3H, and nine print tools each with a 0.4…
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EinScan SP V2

~$2,399
  • Pro desktop turntable scanner with 0.05mm single-shot accuracy and 360-degree auto-scan…
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Prusa CORE One+

~$1,199
  • Prusa's first CoreXY with a 55°C actively heated chamber, open-source firmware, full o…
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Bambu Lab P2S

~$549
  • A next-generation enclosed CoreXY with DynaSense servo extruder, AMS 2 Pro with active…
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Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra (12K)

~$379-$399
  • Delivers 19-24 micron resolution with the same tilt-release mechanism and reliable vat…
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