Buying guides
Read one of these before you buy. They cover checking a used printer from the listing photos to the first print, choosing your first one, resin or filament, the Bambu Lab X1 Carbon or P1S, and the accounts, firmware and cloud binding a seller should sort out before it ships. New to 3D printing? Start with how to check one.
How to check a used 3D printer
Start with a recent print, then the hour counter, nozzle, sheet and belts. Our step-by-step check for a used 3D printer, resin screens and film included.
Read the guide →Choosing your first used 3D printer
A first used 3D printer should be a common model with spares in stock. Filament or resin, bed slinger or CoreXY, and how much each brand makes you tinker.
Read the guide →Resin or filament: which 3D printer to buy used
Filament (FDM) makes strong parts and resin makes fine miniatures, but a used resin printer's screen wears out. What each prints best and what to check.
Read the guide →Bambu Lab X1 Carbon or P1S: which to buy used
The X1 Carbon has a hardened nozzle, lidar and an hour counter that the P1S lacks. Which used Bambu to buy, and what both share under the shell.
Read the guide →Accounts, firmware and cloud binding on a used printer
A used printer still bound to the seller's account can be hard to add to yours. The reset to ask for, and firmware questions for Bambu, Prusa and Creality.
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