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We are a traditional printer reseller and recently signed up with 3D Systems for the Cube, CubePro and Projet 1200. Does anyone have experience with these? Comments pros and cons would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks so much.

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We are too a printer reseller for 3D Systems consumer/prosumer products. We also provide 3D-printing as a service to customers and small business. So we use mostly the CubePro Duo and Trio for the job and it is a great printer which always does his work. This printers are very reliable and you have the possibility to print with different colors or materials at the same time and have a huge build volume. 3D Systems recently released Infinity Rinse-Away Support Material which is water soluble. I made a few prints with this support material and it is really great to work with and provides a great print quality.

The cartridges are indeed expensive but considering that you don´t have to waste time and printmaterial on trying this

system is definitely his pros.

Regards.

Dietmar Peter

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Avoid 3D system products if you plan to do cost effective manufacturing. The proprietary means of 3D printing is expensive, yet less troublesome on non-FDM units. Cubes are awful FDM printers in my opinion but the X60 Projet has yet to give us issues.

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We too are a “traditional” printer reseller. We provide support also, for us it was a natural progression to move to 3D printers. Overall we have had a very good experience with them. Call me directly at 732-914-0002.

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Thanks so much! Look forward to talking to you; as a new dealer we’re looking for our way in this new space.

Clara

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Thanks Dietmar, I’m just learning …from what I see us 3D Dealers should get together for sharing and learning.

Clara

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Hi Clara,

We’ve got a CubePro Duo and haven’t been very impressed. We ended up replacing BOTH print heads and the print plate before printing two cartridges of material. Their customer support has been very responsive and has not hesitated to send out replacement parts even after the warranty period, though.

Also, the proprietary software package has trouble filling thin walls. Anything less than about 4 mm in thickness gets printed as parallel shells with no fill and no cap. This makes it pretty useless for anything but cutesy trinkets - you can’t use it for electronics housings at all. Since there is no way to generate toolpaths without it, you’re sort of stuck with a handicapped printer.

Lastly, we bought this particular one for the heated build chamber. Unfortunately, since they house the material cartridges inside the chamber they are unable to print both PLA support and ABS model simultaneously at the 80C chamber temp that mitigates warping - it would destroy the PLA spool. Kind of a silly oversight and further hampers the usefulness of multi-jet printing unless you REALLY care about multi color.

I’d recommend you look at another brand.

Best,

Josh

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I must agree with Josh, the duo is hampered when printing dual colors, we’ve had several issues with it and it took hours to resolve. I am hesitant to promote this product to the enduser base, but the cube is awesome.

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So where can I find the 3D hubs printer guide?

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Click on learn above, that’s what triggered my post…plus right now I’m still in the learning stage.

Thanks and look forward to talking with you.

Clara

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I know one person that bought a 1200 and loves it. There’s a lot of competition in the small dlp printer market, but 3DS actually did a decent job on this one.

The cube line isn’t worth a damn because it’s tied to their material. Open material is the point of buying a non “big brand” printer.

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3D Systems as a consumer device has always been a joke. The units are given away now because they can’t sell them to maker’s who know better than to trust a marketing campaign. Cube and CubePro definitely fall under that “gimmicky toy” category with zero open source support. Not to mention the backward thinking proprietary filament system they devised is awful in itself.

If your goal is FDM consumer printing, go with what’s recommended by 3D Hubs printer guide. If you got about $50 grand sitting around, 3D Systems become decent and suitable for service jobs.

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Sorry if I was a bit direct about my response, I have not had great experiences with their consumer line of Cube 3D printers and scanners. The Projet should do you fine but for FDM, there are a ton more opportunities from many of the printers available in that guide.

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Thanks for the comments!