Bambu’s nine-nozzle H3C foretells the future of 3D printing

November 3, 2026 Sean Hollister

A 3D printer with a huge automated material system on top containing many rolls of filament.
The Bambu H3C. | Image: Bambu Lab

Three years ago, I told you how home 3D printers had evolved for speed, producing parts in minutes that used to take hours or days. Now, the next evolution is here: printers that can swap between materials on the fly, mix different colors to produce nearly the full rainbow, mix soft and hard materials, and even mix different sizes of nozzle and different diameters of filament so you can switch between high speed and fine detail in a single print.

Today, Bambu Lab is announcing its most advanced 3D printer yet, the $2,499 H3C, which can do all of that mixing goodness - by loading nine different rolls of filament into nine different print hea …

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