The XL 2024 is the latest iteration of our large-format multi-material desktop 3D printer. Utilizing the lightning-fast toolchanger and up to five toolheads, the XL delivers top-quality multi-material prints faster than any other printer while producing little to no waste at all. Designed and built in the EU.
Getting a 3D printer is just the beginning: you will need more and more filaments and the XL is here to keep the running costs down by eliminating excessive waste! Every single-extruder printer on the market needs to purge the leftover filament from the nozzle during every color/material change. With many printers on the market, the filament waste can often be up to four times greater than the weight of the printed object itself.
The XL was designed for efficient multi-material printing with zero-to-no waste and super-fast operation. A tiny priming tower for nozzle pressure stabilization is usually present, but with properly dried filaments and wipe-to-infill options, the XL can print completely without waste! No wipe towers, no flushed filament around the printer!
With the individual toolheads, you can easily load various materials and combine them easily during a single print. You can combine Flex with PETG and use PLA for easily-removable supports. If your project requires advanced and expensive materials, such as PCCF, you can use a cheaper material to print supports, reducing total costs.
When you want to print with multiple colors or materials, the Original Prusa XL with its lightning-fast toolchanger, Input Shaper, and Pressure Advance technologies, delivers results faster than any competition on the market and with the same premium quality as the award-winning MK4.
The toolchanger is the cornerstone of the Original Prusa XL. Keep up to five materials loaded at all times and print multi-material objects faster than ever before. With filaments loaded into the nozzle, there are no lengthy filament change procedures. The toolchanger swaps individual heads in an instant and thanks to its streamlined mechanical design offers unparalleled reliability. You can load up to five 2kg spools on the XL and print a 10kg object without touching the printer.
Spool Join is a feature that automatically switches to another spool when the current one runs out during a print. It’s perfect for both finishing partially empty spools, but you can also start massive uninterrupted prints: load up to five 2kg spools, enable Spool Join and let the printer produce a huge 10kg model without a single user intervention.
Speed is nothing without quality! The XL delivers multi-material prints much faster than any other desktop printer on the market while retaining top print quality across the entire print surface. The Nextruder delivers exceptionally good performance, especially with extremely steep overhangs up to 15°, and easily handles even flexible filaments. The superb precision of the printer ensures you can print parts that fit perfectly together.
Speed matters when you need to finish a project on time or produce a large number of prints. The Original Prusa XL uses a native Input Shaper and Pressure Advance implementation, bringing a massive speed boost without sacrificing print quality. The XL is easily the fastest multi-material desktop printer on the market, producing beautiful complex prints in record times.
Achieve unparalleled precision with the Original Prusa XL! We have tuned the print profiles so that you can design precise parts and work with 0.2mm accuracy. When you need to add a specific component, like an M3 screw, into your design, you know you can rely on the XL’s print accuracy.
With the Phase Stepping technology on board, the printer precisely measures its motor response characteristics and automatically adjusts the driving signal to make the XL silent. In other words: despite its speed, the XL is beautifully quiet, so you can leave it running next to your desk and continue working without being distracted by noise. And you can enable the Stealth Mode to make the XL even more silent! Watch the Phase Stepping video explanation!
With automatic calibration, one-click printing and an always-perfect first layer, the XL takes care of all the tedious tasks for you. Forget adjusting the distance between the nozzle and the print bed and don’t worry about running out of material mid-print. The XL is simple to use, easy to maintain and comes with a detailed handbook that will guide you through every aspect of multi-material printing.
Forget Live Adjust Z or manually adjusted screws. The XL lays down an absolutely pristine first layer across the entire bed every single time. It doesn’t matter what kind of print surface you use, the XL’s Loadcell sensor will always precisely measure the offset without being thrown off by reflective or textured surfaces. The sensor doesn’t rely on visual data, offering unparalleled precision on every kind of print sheet out there!
No matter whether your project requires PLA and PETG, or even ASA and carbon-filled filaments, the XL can handle them with ease – even flex! With its direct drive Nextruder, printing flexible materials is easier than ever before and you can create amazing flexible projects without breaking a sweat (or your printer). Most materials do not require an enclosed printing space, but for those that do, there’s a dedicated Original Prusa Enclosure.
The Original Prusa XL offers both wired and wireless connection options, allowing you to control your printer from anywhere using our secure and encrypted Prusa Connect system. Drop a G-code into your browser window and start the print mere seconds after the beginning of the upload. Prusa Connect offers a robust set of options, allowing you to schedule your prints, or monitor them remotely via a webcam.
Pick your favorite way to control the XL! You can either use the physical knob for tactile feedback or the ever-so-popular touchscreen panel. The color LCD provides you with easy-to-navigate menus and simple-to-follow instructions, and with features such as G-code previews, QR codes, Cancel Object functionality and many other useful improvements, using the XL is a joy!
The XL is equipped with a modular segmented heatbed driven by a separate electronic board to push the print quality and reliability further. The heatbed consists of 16 individually controlled tiles designed to prevent heat deformation which is usually present in printers with a single large heatbed. You can always find the perfect print surface for your material with our proven double-sided print sheets with various surface textures. It can also switch off unused tiles to save energy.
Large prints can easily take many hours to finish. However, you don’t need to worry about power outages. The XL features hardware-based power-loss recovery. In case of a power failure, the XL stores the last known extruder location, so when the power is restored, the machine can pick up exactly where it left off – even with network prints!
We publish new updates for our printers even years after release, bringing new, often major features that transform the way you print. The MK3S+ kept receiving firmware updates for more than six years. The Original Prusa MINI received a major Input Shaper update four years after release, which doubled its print speed.
The XL has been designed for native offline use, so if you don’t want to use the network services, you don’t have to. The printer can be configured completely without internet access and there are no drawbacks or limitations.
Materials like PLA and PETG don’t adhere strongly to each other, making them an ideal combination for situations in which you don’t want to deal with expensive soluble supports. You can use the cheapest PLA to support PETG and then peel them off in one piece, leaving a perfect model surface.
This model of a human hand created using CT scan data beautifully combines firm PLA with flexible filaments to achieve incredible detail and functionality. This allows surgeons to better identify which parts of the bone limit movement and demonstrate this to their patients. Special locks inside the model were designed to improve the adherence between PLA and Flex parts.
PCCF is one of the best-looking filaments on the market, but it’s definitely not the cheapest. A great option is to use it for the surface while the infill can be printed with a cheaper (but still very durable) PETG material.
| Measurements | |
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Build Volume |
360×360×360 mm (14.17’’×14.17’’×14.17’’) |
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Filament diameter |
1.75 mm |
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Layer height |
0.05-0.30 mm |
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Printer dimensions (without spool) |
27.9 kg (single-tool) / 29.3 kg (dual-head) / 33.7 kg (five-head), 700 mm (w) × 900 mm (h) × 720 mm (d) (27.5’’×35.5’’×28.5’’) including side spoolholders and the separate top enclosure cover |
| Electronics | |
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Electronics |
Custom 32-bit xBuddy electronics with STM32 |
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Stepper Drivers |
Trinamic 2130 |
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Stepper motors |
1.8° |
| Extruder | |
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Extruder |
Nextruder, Direct Drive, E3D V6 compatible (with adapter) |
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Extruder electronics |
Custom breakout board for connecting fans, thermistors and other parts. |
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Filament path |
Aluminum heatsink, all-metal hotend |
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Drive system |
Nextruder Planetary Gear System, 10:1 gearbox ratio |
| Power | |
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PSU |
240W, custom made by Delta with Power Panic HW |
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Average power draw on stand-by |
80W |
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Average power draw while heating up before calibration |
550W |
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Average power draw while printing |
235W |
| Nozzle | |
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Max nozzle temperature |
290 °C / 554 °F |
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Max heatbed temperature |
115 °C / 239 °F |
| Controls | |
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LCD screen |
3.5″ graphic 65k color screen |
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Connectivity |
ESP Wi-Fi module |
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Print medium |
USB drive / LAN / internet via Prusa Connect |
| Sensors | |
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Advanced sensors |
Filament sensor, Loadcell sensor, Power panic, 4 high-precision thermistors (genuine Semitec) + fan motors RPM monitoring |
| Print surface | |
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Print surface |
Segmented heatbed with 16 individually controlled segments, removable magnetic steel sheets with different surface finishes |
| Calibration | |
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Bed calibration |
Automatic, Mesh Bed Leveling (only on print area) |
| Materials | |
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Supported materials |
PLA, PETG, Flex, PVA, PC, PP, CPE, PVB and when using the Original Prusa Enclosure with filtration add-on ABS, ASA, HIPS, PA |
