It's hardly a secret that I love 3D printing, so it's exciting when companies announce cool stuff that pushes the possible. AtomForm announced at CES that Palette 300, a huge leap forward in both multi-material printing, and color changing. How much color changing? Try a whopping 36 colors and 12 materials in a SINGLE JOB. How? Well, that's part of what makes this so cool! I'll let them tell you about it:
AtomForm today officially unveils the Palette 300 at CES 2026, marking a major leap forward in consumer and professional 3D printing that transforms imagination into vivid, tangible reality. Built on a sophisticated architecture featuring 12 intelligent nozzles, advanced multi-material capability, and lightning-quick swaps that reduce waste by up to 90%, the Palette 300 redefines what creators can expect from desktop fabrication.
Capable of combining up to 36 colors and 12 materials in a single job, the Palette 300 empowers makers, designers, engineers, educators, and hobbyists to produce rich, vibrant, multi-material, professional-grade results at exceptional speed—without the usual trade-offs of time, waste, or precision. As part of the MOVA Group of companies, AtomForm will be showing Palette 300 at the MOVA Booths [ LVCC, North Hall #10315 & Venetian Expo, Halls A-D #52968 ] throughout CES 2026.
The key is the 12 nozzles. The team is claiming a 90% reduction in waste thanks to not needing to run the purge cycle so often. It's an impressive and sophisticated system that should provide impressive results for multi-color print jobs. Let's talk about the specifics - the first of which being why this is called the Palette 300 – it's 300x300x300, providing a great deal of build volume in an enclosed case:
At the heart of the system is AtomForm’s breakthrough OmniElement™Automatic Nozzle Swapping System, which optimizes color and material transitions with exceptional efficiency.
Unlike conventional multi-head printers, the Palette 300 maintains ±0.02mm precision, cuts filament waste by up to 90%, and dramatically reduces swap times to keep prints moving smoothly and continuously. With the Palette 300, complex creations become simple. Intricate, multi-color, multi-material models come together in a fraction of the time, reducing long waits and delivering a much smoother creative process.
Behind the scenes, the Palette 300 uses 50+ smart sensors and 4 AI-powered cameras to monitor every detail of the printing process. From automatically calibrating nozzle alignment to detecting tiny defects before they ruin a project, the printer works like a silent assistant, giving users ±0.02mm precision and peace of mind that every print will succeed the first time.
This is sounding like an absolute beast of a machine that'll take up a room in the house, doesn't it? Well, surprisingly not – it's both compact and quiet.
Despite its sophistication, its ultra-quiet ≤48dB operation and built-in air purification for comfort and safety, means the Palette 300 is equally suitable for home studios, classrooms, and shared workspaces. Even at scale, it integrates with up to six AtomForm RFD-6 Filament Boxes, supporting 36 spools in total, each equipped with advanced, independent drying technology that works continuously, even while printing. Together, they create a complete, reliable ecosystem for advanced multi-material printing. Key performance highlights of the AtomForm Palette 300 include:
- 12 Auto-Swapping Nozzles - Independent, filament-dedicated nozzles eliminate reloading and purging, improve stability, and maintain pristine surface quality.
- Up to 36 Colors & 12 Materials in a Single Print - A new level of flexibility for personalization, prototyping, and artistic creation.
- OmniElement™ & ReadyPrint™ Swap Technology - Reduces filament waste by up to 90% and makes swap transitions exceptionally smooth and fast.
- 800 mm/s Maximum Print Speed & 25,000 mm/s² Acceleration - Industrial-tier acceleration and throughput in a consumer-ready package.
- Large 300×300×300mm Build Volume - Big ideas, multi-part assemblies, and batching made simple.
- 50 Sensors & 4 AI Cameras - Intelligent oversight that dramatically increases first-time success rates.
- ≤48 dB Quiet Operation with Air Filtration - Ideal for home, school, and office environments.
The Head of Product at AtomForm, Jagger Shang, had this to say about the new device:
The Palette 300 isn’t about incremental improvement, it’s about removing the long-standing barriers of multi-color, multi-material 3D printing, we built a platform where creators don’t have to choose between detail, color, material diversity, or speed. With 12 nozzles, intelligent filament management, and AI precision, they can finally have it all.
Whether you’re making full-color gifts, classroom models, product prototypes, or detailed artistic pieces, the Palette 300 puts professional-grade creation directly in people’s hands, this is about unlocking creativity at lightning speed—and doing it without compromise.
You won't have to wait long to see this for yourself, though it is an eyebrow raising price, as you'd expect. There is a Kickstarter that'll provide some opportunity for discounts for those who back early. We'll keep you posted on that when it launches, but suffice it to say, this device holds a great deal of promise.
The AtomForm Palette 300 will be commercially available in early Q2 2026, priced at $2,199. Early discounts will be available during the Kickstarter pre-order campaign launching in early Q1 2026. For more information, visit AtomForm.Tech
