In celebration of its ninth anniversary, Creality has launched a slew of new products, including a 3D scanner, a laser engraver, a tablet, resin and industrial-grade 3D printers. It has also, finally, given us the answer to what exactly its new speed-centric K1-series of 3D printer is and how much it costs.

Headlining this new lineup of hardware is the “flagship” K1 series of high-speed, FDM 3D printers. Creality cites a print speed of up to 600 mm/s for the K1 and the K1 Max, with build volumes of up to 300 x 300 x 300 mm and “lightweight” print heads that bolster their “innovative motion systems.” Integral to this appears to be “G-sensors” that alleviate the resonance, ringing, and ghosting commonly caused by high-speed printing.

The feature sets are not all that dissimilar to those found on Bambu Lab’s machines, a company that has more or less set the bar for the current generation of desktop 3D printer. The pricing is certainly a swing in their direction, with the K1 to retail for $599, and the K1 Max at $999. Competitive.

The K1 series runs on a platform Creality calls Creality OS, which is powered by a 2-core 1.2Ghz CPU. Referring to the UI and underlying firmware, features include being able to monitor and remotely control the printers via Wi-Fi from the Creality Print app or Creality Cloud via a web browser. For slicing, the K1 and K1 Max utilize Creality Print 4.3, which Creality claims optimizes nozzle movement and raises overall efficiency. Traditionally, Creality’s slicer has been a light reskin of Cura. It’s unclear if this remains the case.

The K1 and K1 Max slightly diverge when it comes to bed leveling and cameras, with the K1 Max doubling up with multiple strain gauges and lidar, which uses a laser to scan prints and form a million-point virtual build surface. There’s also an AI 1080p camera in the K1 Max’s build chamber for easy print monitoring. Both the camera and LiDAR are available for the regular K1, although they must be purchased separately.

But Wait, There’s More…

Resin 3D printers also make an appearance in Creality’s updated lineup, in the form of the Halot-Mage and the Halot-Mage Pro. Both printers claim print speeds of up to 170 mm/s and motor speeds of up to 100 mm/s, and feature 10.3-inch 8K LCD screens; orange-tinted, “MageArch” flip lids that can be opened and closed with one hand; and “smart” air purification systems. The Halot-Mage Pro arrives with a “Dynax” motion system that lifts and lowers the build plate in just 1.2 seconds.

Again, competitive pricing remains a talking point, with the Halot-Mage at $399 and Halot-Mage Pro at $559.

Additionally, Creality has launched the Sermoon D3 Pro, an “industrial-grade,” dual extrusion, FDM machine that serves as a follow-up to last year’s Sermoon D3. It features print speeds of up to 300 mm/s, LAN printing, support for more than 20 material types (including metal filament), active heating, a constant-temperature print chamber, and automatic leveling.

Capping off Creality’s astonishingly large announcement are several new entries to the so-called “Creality ecosystem” of 3D printing-related peripherals. The Creality Falcon2, which has been up for preorder since February, features dynamic spot size adjustment and is touted as the OEM’s most powerful laser engraver yet. The CR-Scan Ferret, meanwhile, is a compact, “pocket” 3D scanner, which we covered last month.

There’s also the Creality Nebula Pad, an “all-in-one” tablet that uses AI lidar and a 1080p, night-vision USB camera (sold separately) to support auto-leveling, first-layer detection, filament flow monitoring, and time-lapse photography.

All the products above are now available on Creality’s official online store.

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