Good one.
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Most likely your local mall has one of those small shops with a flat bed UV printer in it that can print stuff for you if you just want to try it out or have limited needs. Some people in the PCB etching community were doing that even years ago. Look for the people who can print pictures on coffee mugs and then negotiate a price. They thrive on printing chatskiās. If there were more demand youād probably find them at a farmerās market or an art fair.
Of course, a lot of malls have been shuttered in the last decade, so YMMV. In that case, you may have to go to a print shop, especially the ones that can print signs, which are mostly still around.
Im really interested in the tech more than that actual printer. I think this tech is the end game for 3d printing. Sucks that this particular one only does 5mm. Cheap resin/ink will come eventually.
I think mine has several kiosks where they print phone cases on demand. The kickstarter seems successful but itās only 8000 printers. If a 1/3 of them end up in the US itās like 1 per 100000 people?
Not sure if Bambu could have gotten in on this even if they wanted to. Anker must be 10x bigger? Bambu is trying to find some synergy and overlap for their distribution and makeworld, laser is good but UV printing would have been better.
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For sure, that may will make all those cheap Etsy laser products look old and cheap and may youāll have to amortize the machine pretty quickly before you canāt get anything anymore by salinge the products.
There, every housewife and even the Chinese guy in the most remote area with living expenses of $100 a month will squeeze and fight for the very last cent out of the machine - so for sure if you do so, you will need to by quickā¦
I had a case three years ago, I calculate to trying bringing 3D printing to a remote region in an island in Asia. The weight of the products and the associated transport would have offset the remote labor and infrastructure costs. That wouldnāt be the case here anymore, but I have other things to do.
a new X2 is not annouced yet? or is it?
Nope. Not a word, or even a rumor in that regard. It might be that Bambu is not considering launching a second gen X (or P or A) series, so soon after the launch of the H2D. Itās very possible that a gen 2 for the previous series is not in Bambuās development pipeline, at least based on their statements made in The Verge article.
thats sad!.. I dontāt want to buy a X1 since the technology is in my opinion a little bit outdatedā¦
Difficult to say, but for me it is now time to close this X1 topic. Outdated, not completely, but for sure well paid for the thing delieverd. At least, there is something in the X1C box that still can be used. But everyone has to decide for themselves.
Since last week my new answer to the X1C: Nice to have an X1 but it is no longer needed. As long it`s there - ok but if the printer get brokenā¦Although, the space isnāt free and if it will stay there for another yearā¦ I do not know.
If you need a printer, buy it. If not, wait until you need it 
A lot is going to happen nowā¦