Purchase Questions
I'm planning to buy the Prusa XL
How many head heads should I purchase as a beginner with color printing? (I've assembled and used Prusa printers, the most recent is the MK3)
What benefits to the enclosure, is it needed?
Anything else I should get?
Chuck
RE: Purchase Questions
If one of the reasons you are doing is for color, you currently can't get a MMU for the XL... so get as many heads as you think you might need. I can guarantee that whatever you choose you will wish for 1 more... even if you get 5 ;). If doing CMYK, you will want at least 4. However, there are things that are not just color based, that if you are getting an XL anyways, there is a cost saving on getting the 5 head right away.
You need an enclosure to print with filaments like ABS/ASA to retain the heat to prevent warping. I found it even helps a bit on PETG. So, get it based on what you are printing. Note you do get a discount on it if purchasing the original with the printer right away.
I picked up a spare nozzle/hotend assembly (sometimes cheaper buying as a kit, sometimes the parts separately), and a few misc parts (just in case). You may also want to pick up a few different sized nozzles to play around with.
RE: Purchase Questions
Hi. Two colour prints look great, so I purchased a two-head XL. After a couple of years I notice more and more designs that interest me use three colours or more. To me, three heads would be a sweet spot but the only available upgrade (for design reasons) is to go from two to five heads. I don’t regret learning on two heads but five is a much more attractive proposition if you can afford that.
I also have the Prusa enclosure but have yet to use it to print high temperature materials. Albeit at a significant cost, the two advantages are a) more reliable printing in winter, as my printer is in a cold room b) it keeps the dust off :-).
RE:
Hello all,
recently I was in the Core L forums trying to understand the "new" multi-tool changer reality regarding Bondtech. I personally have had nothing but bad experiences with them regarding their "upgrades" for my other printers. And it seems that the constant "out of stock" issues I had were not just isolated incidences, all four of them. So my faith is how shall we say...tainted. But in the forums people are saying that the "XL is dead because it is slow." I am so confused. All this created marketting hype is just chumming the waters and even PRUSA people are turning on the XL> I am starting to think maybe all this is just not worth risking my $6k on the XL or the small build plated Core One +. I mean even the U1 is larger at 270 cubed. Its all very overly marketting laced with double talk.