Anker, Bambu, Prusa, Creality: 3D printers suddenly have a need for speed
3D printers can take hours or even days to produce simple parts — but it only took two weeks for the biggest names in consumer 3D printing to declare that era is over.
On March 29th, Prusa announced the $799 Prusa MK4, its first new printer in four years. The company boasts it can print a “draft mode” 3DBenchy boat in under 20 minutes, four times faster than the 80 minutes it took with the previous generation.
On April 8th, Anker responded by doubling the speed of its already fast 250mm/s printer to...