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Think Big, Print Bigger: Introducing the Prusa CORE One L! - Original Prusa 3D Printers
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this post was submitted on 31 Oct 2025
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I'm effectively a newcomer*, and I have a Core One (not the L variant), and printing is a breeze. Automatic bed leveling is wonderful.
It's a good general purpose printer, but if you exclusively want to print minis you might want to consider a resin printer as they are really good at details. I did test-print some minis on my core one, and they were alright, but it's were FDM via a 0.4nozzle is starting to show its limits. Maybe a smaller nozzle diameter would work better for that purpose, but I don't really know, as I'm more into printing functional stuff.
A picture of the test prints. Note that I only removed the supports and did no post processing or finishing.
*: I dabbled in printing around 2012, when 3D printing was in its infancy. Printing had come a long way since, so what I learned back then isn't really relevant today. I got back into printing when I bought a Core One a couple of months ago, and my printer has been running almost 24/7 since.
Thank you! Resin printers seem more dangerous and messy than I am ready to deal with. Printing minis would be fun, but I’d prefer safe and easy even if it means they aren’t feasible. Besides, your test print photo looks good to me!
If that quality is alright, I recommend starting with 0.4mm nozzle, as it is a good balance between speed and detail (and I believe that it's by far the most common diameter too).
And if you need more detail you can replace the nozzle with a smaller one later - It's a pretty easy operation.
I don't remember what your original question was, but I can recommend the Core One as a pretty good beginner friendly printer. It's pretty Open in that you can use any slicer you want, (I use PrusaSlicer... it does what I need, and it runs natively in Linux) and Prusa isn't taking the walled garden approach that Bamboo is currently going for.
I highly recommend getting the kit over the already assembled one because: