We’re going to need to print a bigger boat…
The wait for a bigger 3D printer from Prusa Research has ended, and it certainly overdelivered. Instead of simply upsizing its classic i3 design, Prusa chose to create a completely new Core XY tool changer with a 360x360 mm build plate. The machine can be ordered with one, two or five toolheads.
The XL solves one of multicolour printings’ most annoying problem: wasted filament and AMS jams. There is very little waste when each spool has its own dedicated toolhead, and the filament path is as simple as a single-colour XL. Not having to pull the filament in and out of a single hotend is also quicker – we saved about six hours of print time on a four-colour print, despite the XL using a slower print speed and acceleration.