XYZPrinting Da Vinci Jr Pro XE+ 3D Printer Harden Steel Nozzel Fully Open Source 3D Printers Printing Size 6.9” x 6.9” x 6.9”

These are decent printers for beginners, but are also terrible at the same time as the company went out of business a couple years ago so now there is no longer support for these machines. I personally own 9 xyzprinting machines as i write this, and use them all the time. BUT, I didn't pay more than $40 for any of them, some of which were new with zero hours. Decent print quality as long as you didn't try to rush it, but for this price, go get a Bambu A1 mini.

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The Da vinci Jr printer is an awesome entry level 3D printer to get you started in the world of 3D printing.It has a great build quality, sleek and stylish design that doesn't bring too much attention to your desk.I love the built in enclosure making this appear more discreet than your average printer.The sound is noticeable but quiet enough that you can watch a movie next to it with little distraction.The option to install a laser engraver on this is also unique for this price point and game changing. Giving you tools to create more than just 3D prints is very uncommon for a machine of this price point. I have yet to try the engraving feature but having the option to alone is really exciting.It has automatic bed leveling which saves so much time and frustrations ensuring consistent print quality with quick set up. The bed itself does a great job at holding filament in place so long as you print with a brim or raft. Otherwise prints do not stay in place without external adhesives or painters tape.The slicer software is first party and I am unsure if it is compatible with slicers such as Cura.Your options are a bit limited in the first party slicer but it is a lot easier to navigate for beginners than cura is.You can use first party or third party filaments and I LOVe that there is a build in changer INSIDE the unit making it a smaller form factor. This also has a built in sensor that automatically detects low filament and will cancel the print so you don't waste.MY ONLY CON with this printer is that it does NOT have a heated bed. In this day and age of 3D printing I have gotten to a point that I assume every printer has a heated bed nowadays. The reason this is such an issue and makes it difficult for me to fully recommend this printer to anyone is because you are LIMITED to just printing PLA and PETG. That heated bed opens up a world of options that you will never have access to with other filaments and it's unfortunate that it is not included here.Overall this is a stellar printer for beginners who JUST want to print in PLA to get started. But s you expand into the world of 3D printing or want to print more durable or advanced parts you will quickly outgrow this printer. For what I need this printer for i LOVE it. But I know it's not going to work for everyone.Throw on a heated bed in the next model and I would recommend this to EVERYONE. Until then its ALMOST perfect.

When I had seen this 3D printer, I was excited to get it for me and my boyfriend to use and see what kind of doo dads and figures we could make with it, I like the size of it and that it didn't take up alot of desk space in my bedroom,the included instructions were a little helpful,but didn't seem complete,either way we got the printer going with hardly any issues, operation was easy, the 3D printer was only good at printing out certain sized things and figures,it also wouldn't allow for certain things to be printed out, it didn't do well with trying to print out figures with excessive detail or designs that were very small, we did some DnD figures of different sizes, print out time was a little slow to me depending on the size of what was being printed out, after a bit of use what was being printed started sticking to the bottom of the platform and had to put a stop to that, filament also had got stuck to the nozzle and took care of that problem as well, to me this is like a beginner 3D printer and gave me some experience.

It's not a bad printer, it's just outclassed. I put it up against an Ankermake M5C. The M5C and the XE+ are the same price.I really enjoy that it is fully enclosed, much like my previous workhorse the Creator Pro 2. This reduces crosswinds from other printers or ambient gusts. The range of smell is smaller than open air printers and dust will not settle on the bed because of its enclosed nature. I also really like that the filament, even though it's a mini-roll, goes INSIDE the housing. Keeps the filament warm, but this also means it's harder to see if the filament is getting low. There are options in the menu to check, as well as a run-out sensor. Noise is also somewhat contained but I'll expand on that later. From a usability perspective, you only need access to the front and right of the machine to operate it. The top also needs to be left open so the front hatch can flip open, but I guess you could just tear that off. My old Creator Pro 2 needs access to the rear, right, front, and most of the top which makes placement take some thought.Unfortunately, when put up against other prints the XE+ shows how outdated it really is. I've included a picture of a singular raw print (the heart) which looks pretty good. The other picture of the black and white figures side by side is a direct race between the XE+ and the M5c at their fastest setting. I gave the XE+ a head start of about 20 minutes but the M5C ended up finishing over an hour ahead anyway. From the picture you can surmise the print quality of both printers. The XE+ at the fastest setting is NOT good. Overhang on the XE+ leaves a lot to be desired. Layer uniformity is suffering. Occasionally there's just a random wobble in the lines, seen just about everywhere.The printing takes a while and is rather noisy. I thought the enclosed housing would contain some of the noise but the motors are really noisy and resonate through the casing. Even the M5C which is fully open air is about the same volume. A lot of the noise comes from the bowden extruder having to 'accelerate' every time it retracts or extrudes. I think that's what is seriously slowing this printer down because the retraction takes about one second to complete, then extrusion another second before any filament is actually deposited. It's only 2 seconds, but that operation happens a couple thousand times during a print and really starts to eat up time. During a slow, high quality print I don't think it would be a problem.Side note, the hardened steel nozzle is promptly advertised but also notes that the printer only prints PLA, PLA, PLA, and PETG. I'm guessing that's mostly for filled PLA and not stuff like PC.I think most of the issues I mentioned could be avoided if printed way slower. Not-So-Rapid Prototyping.--Update--The printer is still generally the same. I finally got my first jam and it really hit me that the printer isn't designed well. The jam is mostly my fault, printing glow-in-the-dark PLA, with huge friction going through the tube and then jamming the bowden extruder horribly. The problem arose when trying to clear the jam. There is a pusher tool to help clear the jam so you first gotta 'unload' the spool. In the menu there is a single option to 'unload' but it really just retracts the extruder like 5 centimeters, which isn't nearly enough. I ended up cutting the filament at the top and bottom, then had the printer retract just a a few centimeters at a time. If there is filament still stuck at the sensor, the printer will end up hanging on "Please Wait..." indefinitely. I had to power cycle the printer and attempt another retract around 5 times before the filament was low enough in the tube that I could go in with the pusher afterwards.The other problem showed when I tried to take off the print bed. When the print gets cancelled it will send the print all the way to the back. Ok, not a problem. What IS a problem is the Z axis shaft is now in the way of the clip that holds the left side of the bed in place.The clear filament tube that goes from the bowden extruder to the actual hot end is has pretty low friction, but not low enough for abrasive filaments. I replaced it with better tubing.I mentioned in the original review that the spool can be located inside the printer. When the filament runs out the printer will become alerted and send the bed all the way forward. If there is a print that is anywhere near the left edge, it will block the spool from coming out of the printer.Also, the printer really is just super slow. I tried more settings in Cura to get it to go faster but it's just way slower than even my way older Creator Pro 2. My Creator Pro 2 did a duplicate print of the XE+ in 12 hours where the XE+ did it in 27 hours at worse quality.I cannot in good conscience recommend this printer to anybody. Get literally anything else.