14 DAY TRIAL // You may have already seen the M1 3D printer from Inno3D, since we wrote about it earlier, and you may have also assumed that it is the only such product that the company is ready to release. Apparently, that's not actually the case.
Normally a provider of graphics cards, Inno3D has nonetheless decided to join the 3D printing industry, as we've already noted.
The M1 3D printer is a decent enough machine, even though it will need to seriously cut the price down before it has any chance of selling.
In the meantime, there is a second 3D printer you might want to check out, although you might be in for even more disappointment, since the price is the same.
Sure, €1,170 / $1,475 would have been great a couple of years back, but 3D printers with the capabilities of these two sell for half or a third of that today.
The Inno3D D1 3D printer
As you can see in the attached photo, this 3D printer doesn't even have the closed build chamber that the M1 boasts.
And without a comparison shot between the two, we can't really get a sense of scale either. Is the D1 larger than the M1? Does the open design mean a larger build volume?
We can't say, and there isn't any data on the product size either. While the information was available for the M1, the D1 didn't come with an attached brochure. The filament spool does suggest that the D1 printer is no wider than the M1 though.
We can only hope that the objects designed on it can be larger than 140 x 140 x 150 mm / 5.51 x 5.51 x 5.90 inches. Otherwise, there really would be no explanation for the price being the same. Well, actually a little bit higher for the D1.
After all, an open-air design means that those nasty fumes produced by filament upon melting will spread everywhere. At least the D1 is fully made of metal.
Availability
Technically speaking, the Inno3D D1 3D printer is already available in Germany, but it's probably just a case of a retailer jumping the gun. You won't find either product on Inno3D's website yet, and it might be a few days, maybe a week, before that changes.
The D1 probably has a heated build plate, to keep prints in place and prevent warping. The price certainly suggests it. Don't quote us on this though, since we could still be wrong. Seeing as how this is an early product listing, the actual retail price is probably a lot lower than the sum we mentioned before.