Creality's 16-color K2 Combo 3D printer drops to $584 at Amazon
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Multi-color, high-speed 3D printing at sub-$600 price points pushes more prototyping and short-run production onto the desktop. Hardware teams should revisit what they still outsource to service bureaus—lead time, not capability, is becoming the constraint.
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