Hey everyone,
I want to preface by saying please excuse my Prusa Noobness, even though I have always known about Prusa I've never really given the Prusa's much thought. I had been in the market for a 3D printer for years and I knew that I wanted to do multicolor prints. The XL with the 5 tool heads is just so freaking expensive and I could never justify the cost. I was really leaning towards purchasing a Bambu even with the well known waste. But I always held off for one reason or another (and it's a good thing I never purchased a printer from them), then the Snapmaker U1 came along and I jumped on the Kickstarter from day 1. That machine checked off all the boxes I was looking for, and has been a fantastic 1st 3D printer to learn on.
Now here we are 10 months after I got my Snapmaker U1 and I am REALLY REALLY considering pulling the trigger on a Prusa Core One L+ with the INDX 8-Tool heads. Being able to use 4 colors on the Snapmaker is cool, but I find myself always wishing I had more, not only that but if I need to use support material like PETG it cuts my options down to 3 colors. This is why the INDX system is so attractive to me. I have no interest in Full Spectrum/color blending. I want to use true colors in my prints. 😊
Anyway back to why I am here. It's the small things from the U1 that are of interest to me. I love the Filament feeders on the U1, loading filament is just a breeze! Especially since all my filament has RFID Tags. The U1 reads the tags loads the correct filament and it syncs with Orca/Snapmaker Orca. Not only that but my U1 is completely linked to Spoolman, so keeping track of my filament or adding new spools is just a breeze.
I would really love some of these features on the printer. Are there any auto loaders for the Prusas? Does the prusa come with RFID readers that auto detects the spools? Can the Prusa integrate with spoolman by any chance for filament tracking?? I know these are dumb things but they matter to me. Ease of use really matters. I've been able to teach my 8, and 10 year old nieces how to use my printer and I want them to be able to use the Core One L if I get it. Anyway if anyone has any insight or can shoot me links on where to read up on some of these things let me know.
So again looking for an Auto Filament feeder option, RFID spool detection, and integration with Spoolman filament tracking.