Did Another New Bambu Lab Printer Just Leak?
A photograph doing the rounds on social media suggests an H2D-like build volume with a simpler, single-nozzle printhead that bears strong similarity to the A1-series printers.
Poor old Bambu Lab. Such is the spotlight it finds itself under, it seems like nothing can be kept a secret. That’s if an image doing the rounds on social media is to be taken at face value.
Posted early on Wednesday, June 4, on X, the image is purportedly sourced from WeChat. Since reposted to the Bambu Lab subreddit, speculation about what exactly the image shows is rife.
In it, the image appears to show the Z-axis height: 340 mm. This would suggest generally the same size and build chamber as the H2D, with the implication of a shorter printhead, which is also supported by the image showing a distinct single-nozzle printhead, rather than the dual extrusion setup the H2D carries.
The printhead visible in bears some similarities to the A1 series printers, with a colorful yellow extruder driveshaft motion wheel behind a transparent window. There’s the familiar filament cutting lever on the right side of the printhead, too, as well as the toolhead camera unit sitting closer to the right of the nozzle. On the H2D, this camera is used for calibrations and identifying the build plate.
The printhead front plate covers the machine-readable code found on H2D nozzles, suggesting fewer of the self-checking cameras as used on the H2D, too. That’s about as much as can be discerned from the (blurry) image.
Is it real? We have no idea. It’s a safe bet that Bambu Lab will follow the H2D up with other larger-volume machines that aren’t as… extra, as the H2D. This could be it. We know that the most in-demand feature of the brand before this year was to release larger build volume machines, and, great as the H2D is, even Bambu Lab has admitted in the past that it’s more of a prosumer-grade machine.
No doubt, this is the starting pistol shot on speculation for what’s next from the brand. If this image is genuine, then the smart money is on a lower-cost, H2D-sized single-nozzle machine.
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