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I own a UM2 and it’s a great machine, but I don’t think I would go that high for something that will be run in a school. I’ve worked with a couple of local schools and found the XYZ series to be more affordable and they’re quite dependable machines.

I would start by familiarizing yourself with the top printers, Maker magazine puts out a review every year.

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Wow! many thanks for all the replies, I’ve got some reading to do!!

I did scan some of the responses, I am in New Zealand so would prefer to buy local as the tax becomes a deductible. If I import we can’t claim the tax as a business expense, but I am going to have a look at some of the suggestions, who knows, sometimes these things work out cheaper when you import.

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Hi,

For eduction the best printer is the witbox, is very safety.and all the educational process from Bq is 100% open source.

From which country you are from ?

This is my website :

Regards

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For the price of an Ultimaker you can get 2-3 Flashforge Finders. This amazing little printer is by far THE best choice for schools. It is really plug and play, has WiFi, it’s more quiet than ANY printer around (meaning: you can actually have in sitting in a classroom without disturbing the ongoing lessons), assisted calibration, filament run-out detection, lovely big full color touch screen and a well protected hot-end (safer from damage or people burning themselves!). What’s not to like? As for Ultimaker, never ever buy the kit for school purposes, the idea is that you print with it and not tinker. The UM2+ is in my opinion far too expensive for educational purposes, the build volume too large (schools don’t want to print big things, but more small things), it has a very small text only screen, no WiFi, a quite a learning curve in comparison.

But most importantly, ANYONE can quickly start working with a FlashForge Finder, any Ultimaker (or just about any other printer) requires time, and experimentation. In a school, a printer should be easily accessible by all, and that is what makes the Finder stand out.

So if you want it for your own fun, by all means go tinker and experiment, but if the goal is that teachers use the printer to aid in their lessons without much fuss, just get the Finder.