User:John Cummings/Articles/Prusa Research


 * https://www.techradar.com/reviews/original-prusa-i3-mk3s
 * https://all3dp.com/2/prusaslicer-all-you-need-to-know-right-now/
 * https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/prusa-research-launches-model-marketplace-and-3d-printer-community-map-154062/
 * https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/prusa-releases-upgrades-for-original-prusa-i3-mk3-and-sl1-149090/
 * https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xX3pDDi9PeU
 * https://3dprintingindustry.com/news/prusa-research-launches-model-marketplace-and-3d-printer-community-map-154062/
 * https://3dprint.com/248350/prusa-publishes-hardware-and-firmware-updates-for-3d-printers-ships-over-130000-printers/
 * https://sifted.eu/articles/prusa-research-czech-startup/
 * https://blog.prusaprinters.org/2019-recap-plans-for-2020-and-original-prusa-mini-update/
 * Videos that can be used
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Prusa Research is an open source 3D printing company based in Prague, Czech Republic. The company was founded by brothers Josef Prusa (creator of the Prusa i3) and Michael Prusa and Ondrej Prusa (no relation). It is one of the largest 3D printing companies in the world, as of July 2019 they have sold over 130,000 3D printers and have won numerous awards for their products. It is the only 3D printing company in the world to produce its own filament in house. Prusa Research produces FDM and SLA printers (currently the Prusa i3 MK3s, Original Prusa MINI and the Prusa SL1) as well 3D printing filament (branded Prusament) as well as a range of upgrades and accessories.

History
In 2015 Prusa Research began selling RepRap Prusa i3 kits, which one of the company's cofounders, Josef Prusa invented. In May 2016, Prusa Research introduced the Prusa i3 MK2 which was a significant advancement on previous models, won awards??

In 201? they bought SLA printer company

In 201? Prusa Research began selling Prusament branded 3d printing filament, they are the only 3D printer company with in-house filament production

customer support

Original Prusa i3 Mk3s
Also sell a partial upgrade kit refered to as the Prusa i3 MK2.5

Awards

Prusa i3 MK3s multimaterial upgrade
Unique

Prusa SL1
The Prusa SL1

Awards

CW1 is a washing and curing machine designed to be used in conjunction with the SL1

Original Prusa MINI
The Original Prusa MINI is an open-source fused deposition modeling 3D printer, it is the lowest cost machine produced by Prusa Research and is designed as a first printer or as part of a 'print farm'. The printer's build volume is 180 x 180 x 180 mm and uses replaceable sprint steel sheets. The printer has a color LCD display, is able to print via ethernet or Wi-Fi (as a separate upgrade) or USB drives. It has a custom 32-bit mainboard and a built-in online firmware updater. The printer has sensorless homing using Trinamic 2209 drivers and has a custom hot end supports E3D nozzles. It has several safety features including three thermistors and a power panic setting. The printer is the first open source hardware product to require the user to physically break off a piece of the PCB to flash new firmware onto the board. The company introduce the process to ensure users understood they were voiding the warranty of the printer and removing safety features e.g thermal runaway protections.

Prusament
Prusament is the Prusa Research brand of 3D printing filament available in PLA, ASA and PETG materials. Prusa Research are the only 3D printer manufacturer with in-house filament production facilities. Prusament has the highest precision of any 3D printing filament available offering ±20 µm or better width tolerance. Each filament roll has a unique laser etched bar code for the production report for that specific roll of filament showing the weight, length, diameter of the spool and maximum deviation, standard deviation and ovality. Between its launch in September 2018 and January 2020 Prusa Research has sold over 180,000 spools of Prusament. Prusa Research tests tensile strength, impact strength, resin properties and water absorption as well as colour consistency using the system based on the CIELAB ΔE* (CIE76) computing model. Prusament won the ??.

PrusaSlicer
Prusa Research produces a fork of the open source slicing software Slic3r which includes custom settings for its machines.

PrusaPrinters
PrusaPrinters.org is a community website for sharing 3D models and g-code.

Original Prusa i3 MK1
The Prusa i3 Mk1 was the first product produced by Prusa Research, there are two versions, the 1.75mm filament version and the earlier 3mm filament version which is referred to as Mk0. The Prusa i3 Mk1 won the ???

Original Prusa i3 Mk2S
Quad filament extrusion

Unique quad filament extrusion system using a single hot end

Prototypes
Prusa conveyor

Prusa Hand

http://www.prusahand.org/

Hackspace
Prusa Research opened a hackspace at their headquarters

Prague Maker faire
Prusa Research hosted Maker/? Prague in 2019

Awards
Prusa Research products have won over ?? awards for their printers and filaments


 * Prusa i3 MK3 won ???
 * Original Prusa MINI
 * Prusa SL1
 * Prusa i3 MK2 and MK2s won ???,

In addition Josef Prusa was named ???