Co Print's four-toolhead Quadro 3D printer is now on Kickstarter

Co Print, the company behind the ChromaSet multicolor kits, has launched a 3D printer of its own on Kickstarter. The Quadro is a bed-slinger with four toolheads, one for each filament, aimed at people who want multicolor or multi-material prints without the purge waste of a single-nozzle color system. Co Print scheduled the campaign to start on November 12 at 8 AM Pacific, and its Quadro page now says the printer is on Kickstarter.

What Co Print says it does

All four toolheads sit on one X-axis but move independently, and each can reach the whole bed. Because every color has its own nozzle, there’s no purging between colors. Co Print says a small prime tower is still used to steady nozzle pressure when a toolhead starts printing again, and that a Zero Waste Mode on compatible models uses the model’s infill instead of a tower. The company puts the result at up to 90% less waste than single-nozzle multicolor printers. That figure is Co Print’s own.

Other points from the product page:

• A 300 x 300 mm printable area on a 305 x 305 mm plate
• A tool change that Co Print says takes about one second
• A parking station that seals idle toolheads to cut down on stringing and marks
• Automatic calibration of the offsets between the four toolheads

Price

Co Print lists a $649 Super Early Bird reward on Kickstarter, against an $899 MSRP. People who bought a $20 reservation ticket and back the campaign with the same email address get $75 cashback during fulfillment (more for the earliest reservations), which Co Print says brings the Quadro to $574. Discounted slots are limited, and prices can change.

The Co Print pages we checked don’t give a shipping date. As with any crowdfunding campaign, check the reward details and estimated delivery on the Kickstarter page before backing.