{"id":1393,"date":"2015-02-26T00:52:28","date_gmt":"2015-02-26T07:52:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/?p=1393"},"modified":"2015-02-26T02:00:43","modified_gmt":"2015-02-26T09:00:43","slug":"1393","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hhhh.org\/joeboy\/blog\/?p=1393","title":{"rendered":"Impressions of the Printrbot simple"},"content":{"rendered":"

The prototypes I am building required enough printing that I decided to get a second printer. Looking at what was available I decided to go with the Printrbot simple, and all and all I have been impressed with it. <\/p>\n

Since I was in a hurry I spent the extra $50 and bought the printer pre-assembled and ready to print. Surprisingly it really was ready to print. I just slid it out of the box, plugged it in, and was printing 20 minutes later. Hey, I read the directions. <\/p>\n

Even with the heated bed upgrade the printer was only half the cost of the Replicator Mini \u2013 so I was pleasantly surprised to see the print quality rivaling any Makerbot I have used. It definitely is better than the uPrint printers I have used. Given that, and that it does not use proprietary filament I have to say I am quite happy with the printer. <\/p>\n

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So what I was not happy with was my first real print turning into a blob of molten plastic. It is not as bad as it looks, just 2 hours with a hot air pencil to clean the head up. Recalibrating the auto leveling Z sensor fixed things and the printer has been running non-stop. <\/p>\n

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The one horrible thing is the Cura software they suggest using for the printer \u2013 so I am planning on at least switching to something like Pronterface soon. <\/p>\n

So all in all I am very happy with the printer. The blob was my rushing things because I was impressed with the printer and wanted to play with it. I\u2019ll probably build it an enclosure, and swap out the hot end eventually, but it was well worth the $750. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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