In our review, we loved the unboxing experience; everything was there to enable us to get printing. The only omission was a USB flash drive to record timelapses, but we all have spare USB flash drives, so this wasn't an issue. With the printer on the bench, you have clear instructions via a paper manual and a video to get printing. Setup and calibration are all done automatically, but you can choose to repeat the setup yourself; in fact, this is something that we should do for all our 3D printers from time to time.
Print volume is the familiar 256 x 256 x 256mm, and the Core XY framework means that your prints will be done quickly and precisely. The chamber has no dedicated heater; instead, the heated print bed is used to warm the chamber for those more technical filaments. In our review, we tested PLA, PETG, ABS, and TPU, with no issues.
The new color touchscreen, first added to the H2 series printers, is a big improvement over the P1S, which had a simple LCD screen and D-Pad controls.
The AI camera has been upgraded to 1080P, and the AI aspect of the camera can detect "spaghetti monsters" and stop the print before you waste a lot of filament and time.
The ability to print in multiple colors or filaments comes via the $799 P2S Combo package. In that package, you get the Bambu Lab P2S and the new AMS2 Pro. This box sits on top of the P2S and feeds filaments down multiple tubes into the P2S. The custom slicing software, Bambu Studio, is largely based on Prusa Slicer, and it is used to set up the filaments in the AMS. You just tell Bambu Studio what filament is in which slot and then tell it where to use the filaments in the print. This is great for multi-color prints or for those projects where multiple filaments are used.
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