Originally Posted by
tomtomtom123
In my early experience, the HP printers have strange printing artifacts, but maybe it was due to incorrect settings from the early production runs by materialise. The concave edges had material filled into them, and there was some warping. The price for HP prints is also higher. So I prefer to stick to the older EOS machines.
That hasn't been my experience, but you and I are a very small sample size.
One thing I do like about the HP over the EOS is that layer height is measurably smaller on the HP and that leads to better diagonal surfaces. Also as a result of the liquid binder the HP prints cannot suffer from voids in the plastic. Other than that, the EOS has colors going for it (HP is only gray and black) as well as cheaper pricing. I use both, but anything high dollar added to my bike, like a Varia for example, gets HP MJF prints because of the extra strength. I do think that the EOS prints are
strong enough but I don't want to take any chances.