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From budget-friendly single-nozzle systems to high-end toolchangers, here are the best multi-extrusion 3D printers for 2026 across five distinct categories.
Stop looking and start printing: we’ve reviewed and picked the best 3D printers across many categories to help you find the best tech for your needs.
A large 3D printer can be your best friend for outsized and ambitious 3D printing projects. Here’s our take on the best you can buy today.
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Five independent print heads, a 1.1-meter-wide build area, and support for both 1.75- and 2.85-mm filament put Fabbrix’s latest Elemento firmly at the industrial end of the toolchanger spectrum.
The Prusa HT hot end is now available as a drop-in replacement for all stock Core One 3D printers, with the only exception is INDX-equipped machines (for the obvious reason that they don't use the Nextruder hot end.)
The older Creality Ender 3 series (V2, Max, Pro, and Neo) are still solid machines, and upgrading it is well worth the effort. Here are our recommendations.
UK startup XYZO has revealed an ambitious modular manufacturing platform that wants to print, machine, cure, clean, and inspect parts without them ever leaving the machine.
The printer uses a creative four-channel nozzle and switching extruder Creality calls QuarTeks to cut print waste on multi-filament prints. The printer circumvents the filament cut'n'purge other single-nozzle printers use by having each of the filaments primed inside the nozzle in its own discrete channel. Creality claims there's zero purge during printing. See for yourself over on Indiegogo, where a limited early-bird discount has the i8 available from $289.
Phrozen supersizes its Mighty Revo resin printer with almost twice the build-plate area and a 2-liter vat, with pre-orders opening September 22.
Expand your capabilities with systems designed for certified engineering-grade resins and specialized manufacturing applications.
Nikon SLM Solutions just began teasing a new metal 3D printer under the banner “Reach Mach speed,” which appears to be its first genuinely new production platform in years. It's aimed at the “middle range” where most actual manufacturing happens. Details are scarce beyond promises of throughput, reliability, and volume production, while the campaign URL’s “Mach X” offers one more breadcrumb for the speculation pile. The reveal is set for Nov. 17, opening day of Formnext 2026, so until then we’re apparently expected to make do with a countdown clock and our imaginations.
Stratasys' new F870 combines a meter-long heated build chamber, carbon-fiber material support, integrated drying, and enough filament for days-long factory tooling jobs.
First teased back in 2024, Flashforge's CJ270 promised 10+ millions colors and transparency from its material-jetting resin system. Oh, and a 2025 launch. That window passed us by, but it's ready now and starts shipping in October.
IFA Berlin is a slog to walk, but worth it for a look at the hardware that’ll keep creative tech interesting over the next year. We found 3D printer debuts between a lot, and we mean a lot, of CNC machines, UV printers and innovative laser tech.
The race for speed in 3D printing might better be characterized as a race for flow. And in that arena, you have options. MicroSwiss recently upped its flow game with the release of the Hyper-CHT nozzle, a riff on Bondtech's Core Heating Technology IP with a custom design that ekes out more millimeters cubed of plastic per second.
Sunlu and Inslogic's new low-energy filament storage solution doesn't use hot air, just room-temperature air circulation and desiccant for low-moisture long-term storage.
Prusa's INDX toolhead spent nine months punted as a DIY-only upgrade kit. Now it also ships as a complete, pre-assembled printer.
Unlock faster print speeds and wide material compatibility by swapping your stock brass nozzle for a high-performance hot end.
TPM3D used Formnext Asia Shenzhen to launch the CF250 and companion PPS250 powder-processing station, successors to the CF200 + PPS200 system we saw at Formnext Frankfurt in 2025. The CF250 is positioned as a compact alternative to systems like the Formlabs Fuse Fuse 1+ 30W. It now sports a larger chamber than before (250 × 250 × 320 mm) and raised productivity claims to 0.9–1.0 L/h. TPM3D has not announced pricing for the CF250 + PPS250.
The Kobra 3 Max V2 focuses on improvements at the hot end, upgrading the printer to use Anycubic's newer-style quick-release hardened steel nozzles as found in the Kobra 4 and Kobra X printers. Launching early next month, the change brings a higher max hot end temp of 350 °C – 50 °C higher than the first-gen Kobra 3 Max. That's basically where the upgrade ends.
Available as the Kobra 3 Max V2 Combo, it'll ship with the company's newer ACE Pro 2 filament dryer and switcher. Baseline specs remain the same: 420 x 420 x 500 mm build volume, reaching 90 °C at the bed.
The mysterious printer being teased across the brand's social channels is most likely the upcoming SparkX i8, a new multicolor-printing bedslinger with in-nozzle filament changes and filament path switching tech.
EasyMFG, a Chinese binder-jetting specialist that still sells most of its systems domestically but has recently expanded availability into Europe and North America, just launched the M400Ultra at Formnext Asia, according to Chinese 3D printing outlet Nanjixiong. The company's previous M400Pro made metal binder jetting more affordable (roughly $100K at the time) and suitable for small-batch production, while the new M400Ultra aims to make that same platform consistent enough for true serial manufacturing with a new vibrating powder-spreading system.
iSun3D, the hardware sister company to filament maker eSun, just unveiled the Next series of three industrial-size FDM 3D printers at Formnext Asia, designed for both elastomers (TPU, TPE, PEBA) and engineering materials, with configurations reaching build volumes of up to 520 x 520 x 1,200 mm. The move suggests iSun3D is putting its experience in specialized production into a broader industrial FDM offering, pairing hardware with eSun’s extensive materials portfolio. There is currently no indication that Next will be marketed outside China, but the shift is one worth keeping on the radar.
