News Phrozen Breaks the Ice with Four Color 3D Printer

[Admin]

Known for Resin, Phrozen’s first FDM printer is gunning for Bambu Lab

Phrozen Breaks the Ice with Four Color 3D Printer : Read more

 

[rohde1017]

Known for Resin, Phrozen’s first FDM printer is gunning for Bambu Lab

Phrozen Breaks the Ice with Four Color 3D Printer : Read more

Can anyone explain to me why 4 spools the default and not 5 spools for the 'color support'? Asking as doing a CYMK print, that is not a lithophane, it seems like a support material like PVA would make a great 5th spool, so you could print complicated full color designs and have rinse away supports for the finer details.

 

[Conor Stewart]

Can anyone explain to me why 4 spools the default and not 5 spools for the 'color support'? Asking as doing a CYMK print, that is not a lithophane, it seems like a support material like PVA would make a great 5th spool, so you could print complicated full color designs and have rinse away supports for the finer details.

There is no particular reason for using only 4 spools. However most multi material systems struggle with PVA, for example the Bambu Lab AMS isn't compatible with PVA. PVA and other soluble supports are best used with multi toolheads printers.

The problem with full colour designs on printers with a single nozzle is the amount of wastage, again multi toolheads printers are better for this.

Also with the Bambu Lab AMS, you can attach up to 4 of them to a single printer, allowing up to 16 colours in a single print.

 

[USAFRet]

Can anyone explain to me why 4 spools the default and not 5 spools for the 'color support'? Asking as doing a CYMK print, that is not a lithophane, it seems like a support material like PVA would make a great 5th spool, so you could print complicated full color designs and have rinse away supports for the finer details.

Also, physical size.

The 4 roll AMS pod is as wide as the Carbon printer. This Phrozen looks to be pretty much the same.

5x 1kg rolls would end up wider than the printer box.

Not necessarily a critical factor, but something to think about.