Multicolor 3D Printing Service

Up to 8. One AMS holds four spools, so a print in 5 to 8 colours needs a second unit chained on and loaded by hand, and adds $25.00 once per order line however many copies. When no printer has a second unit loaded, such an order is still accepted and prints once one has, which can take longer than the live lead time; the price panel says so when that is the case.

Yes. Download the Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer project .3mf and upload it at /print as it is. We slice each plate in the colours the project assigns, up to eight, and price it from that slice, purge included, at the colour rate per gram (+$0.03/g at two colours and +$0.02/g for each colour after (PLA $0.15, $0.17 and $0.19 for two, three and four)). Many shared models are licensed for personal use only, so check the model's licence before you order copies to sell.

From a real slice of the print in its colours. We slice each plate with the project's own filaments, parts and paint and charge what that slice measured, purge and filament changes included, at the project's plastic's colour rate: +$0.03/g at two colours and +$0.02/g for each colour after (PLA $0.15, $0.17 and $0.19 for two, three and four). Colours are counted by what actually lays down plastic, so a filament the file assigns but never prints is not charged for.

Because the printer spends most of its time swapping filament. Every change purges about 84 mm³ of plastic and takes about 1.3 minutes, and a part with colours spread through it changes on almost every layer: a 300-layer part that is 40 g and half an hour in one colour can measure nearer 136 g and 20 hours in four (/docs/studio/multi-color). The slice measures all of it, which is why the price comes from the slice and not from the model's size.

No. It is multi-filament FDM: each region prints in one of up to eight solid filament colours, with hard edges between them. Photographic full colour, with blended gradients across a surface, needs a different kind of machine, which we do not run.

The page says why. The usual reasons: one plate uses two filament types, such as PLA and PETG or even PLA and PLA-CF; different plates use different base plastics; the colour changes at a set layer height or through a height-range modifier; more than eight filaments print; or only one actually lays down plastic. Each of those can still be printed in one colour.

No. Flexible TPU prints from the external spool, because the AMS that switches colours cannot feed it, so a TPU part is always one colour, at $0.25/g.

Yes, in your slicer: assign filaments to parts or paint the model in Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer, save the project and upload it. We stock 12 colours: White, Black, Red, Cyan, Sakura Pink, Sunny Orange, Green, Yellow, Mint Green, Lavender, Silver, Brown. If an exact shade matters, such as a brand colour, write it in the order note or ask at /contact before you order. A one-colour print can be any other colour at $0.20/g (Flexible TPU keeps its own $0.25/g), or a filament you name at $0.20/g.