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Its not about Prusa development cycles and you know that 😉

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They didn't develop this printer, TRILAB did. Prusa then bought out the company in 2021 and kept the founder to support it. It runs Klipper. I saw somewhere that Prusa is introducing a SLS printer? It all makes sense. They cannot compete anymore in the consumer space. Going after the industrial sector is the right approach for them. 

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I'd buy a 22 IDEX any day over the over the HT90

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Posted by: @hyiger

They didn't develop this printer, TRILAB did. Prusa then bought out the company in 2021

I know. The point of the advert is that just having an HT90 supposedly lets you launch new products quickly, right? Maybe Prusa should add a few to their R&D labs and print farm.

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Posted by: @jurgen-7

I know. The point of the advert is that just having an HT90 supposedly lets you launch new products quickly, right? Maybe Prusa should add a few to their R&D labs and print farm.

Good point. Prusa gave Grant - 3D Musketeers one and he started doing videos about it. But I agree with @Rubarb that on paper at least, the 22 IDEX is a better printer. It will certainly stack better in a print farm than a 1.5 m tall delta. 

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To add to this, I don't expect Prusa to remain in the consumer space after the INDX. Maybe there will be a Core Two but I just don't see them being able to compete anymore. By next year I expect every company that produces a mid-range and up CoreXY to either have a tool changer or an option for one. 

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I saw that video, I was not impressed with the build quality for the price. If any of the industrial companies start making a consumer tiered industrial printer, Prusa will have no market left.

Posted by: @hyiger

Good point. Prusa gave Grant - 3D Musketeers one and he started doing videos about it. But I agree with @Rubarb that on paper at least, the 22 IDEX is a better printer. It will certainly stack better in a print farm than a 1.5 m tall delta. 

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What's interesting is that Vision Miner didn't build the 22 IDEX either. They bought it from elsewhere and have been modding it since. Developing a safe, smallish form-factor high temp printer is harder than it seems. Otherwise we should be seeing a lot more of them. There is this: Alcheman 3D Printer which claims 450 hotend and 90 chamber for $999 but I wouldn't want this thing in my house.