Good 3D printers now have multiple hot ends. You ought to be able to print in different colors or print support material. However, a lot of us don’t have multiple hot ends. Turns out, you don’t have ...

Dual extrusion 3D printers are not as uncommon as they used to be, but there are still a lot of single-extruder machines. [Paul Lang] wanted to refit his printer to take two MK8 extruders, and he ...

Mosaic Manufacturing as this week unveiled a new 3D printer in the form of the Palette+, which is capable of multilateral printing from a single extruder. Palette+ is expected to start shipping on ...

As a dual-extruder 3D printer—the first that we've tested—the MakerBot Replicator 2X ($2,799) can print plastic objects in two colors. Print quality is generally good, for both two-color and ...

Last week, we took a first look at the dual-filament Ultimaker 3 printer. This week, we dive into one of the key features that provides the printer with its power and flexibility: its extruders.

3-D printers are great, as long as all you want to do is print Action Man out of one material, in one color. Multi-color machines exist, but they’re a far cry from the cheap, simple desktop ...

Snapmaker is known for its superb three-in-one machines, so it's a surprise to see them launch a dedicated 3D printer. No multi-tool head conversion, upgrade, or other tricks that suddenly convert ...

They're not your granddad's daisy wheel printer or your mom's dot matrix. In fact, they bear little resemblance to today's document or photo printers, which can only print in boring old two dimensions ...

The high-end model in the Ultimaker 2 line of 3D printers, the Ultimaker 2 Extended ($3,030 list) has the largest build area of the lot. This means that it can print taller objects and uses the ...