I timed Color 3D Printers...for research.

[@phixeus]

Very useful comparison. Thank you for taking the time to gather and publish that data.

[@RyanMercer]

Nice :)

[@hippopotamus86]

They don't appear to all be going from and to the same colours. The difference in colours means different purge amounts, for example the P1P seemed to be going from black to white, which means the longest purge time. Also were the purge amounts calibrated or was this all with default settings? Thanks.

[@stldenise]

Interesting point -- they were all printing my MakerCoins, but yes, not all in the same color. The Prusas & Kobra were using defaults, the P1P & A1 have been reduced to .6 multiplier on the flush settings. Going from black to white does take a few seconds more, but the majority of time for the P1P is spent spooling & unspooling the filaments because all the spools share one filament path from AMS to nozzle. The other systems all have dedicated bowden tubes, so the filament only needs to be backed up a few inches.

[@DrMechxico]

Time to build me a multi tool Voron by modding a SOVOL SV08. Love my X1C but the time and waste for multi material is horrible.

[@MitsumaYT]

Love my IDEX, yea its only 2 colors but the swap is sub 1s, barely adds to the time.

[@JAMESBURGARD]

THANK YOU!❤ really helped, (I installed it) I just don't have camera monitoring.😒

[@Aaronage1]

MK4 did well for a hobby printer