The power and USB cords are obvious, but the filament loading requires some specific instruction. The completion of the hardware setup consists of installing the power and USB cords, and loading the filament. The build plate comes calibrated from the factory, and the packaging materials did a great job maintaining the calibration settings in transit.

Proprietary Filament spool with sensor chip installed The other reason why this 3D printer is so large is the fact that the build plate moves forward and back as it prints. The filament spool is contained inside the 3D printer housing, which is one major reason why the overall 3D printer is so large. After removing all of the packing materials, you need to install the white Bowden tube between the filament feed and the extruder, and load filament. There is a full color manual included that walks you through the set up of this 3D printer. There are very large molded Styrofoam protectors surrounding the 3D printer, and many more foam and cardboard inserts protecting the inside parts from moving in transit. While a large box is not ideal, especially for shipping or getting it in the door of your house or business, you can have peace of mind that this printer will survive any physical wear and tear the shipping companies can throw at it.

This 3D printer is very well packed, but the consequence of such good packaging is a very large box. So for that reason alone we are comfortable classifying this 3D printer as one of the many Mini 3D printers available on the market today. However, the build plate is definitely small, in the same class as many of the mini 3D printers we have been and are continuing to review. At first glance this 3D printer does not appear to be a mini 3D printer at all. The new mini 3D printer is not available for review yet, so the display at CES was a very early preview of a product that is not commercially available. We requested that new 3D printer for our Battle of the Minis 3D printer review. XYZ Printing showed what appeared to be a real mini 3D printer at CES in January.

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