Elegoo Jupiter

The Elegoo Jupiter was the brand's first large-format resin printer: a 12.8-inch 6K mono LCD paired with a 278×156×300 mm build volume, roughly two and a half times what the Saturn offers. It targets people printing helmets, big busts, props and whole batches of miniatures in one run, not a beginner doing one figure a week.

The screen runs 5448×3064 px at a 51 μm pixel, so detail sits around first-generation Saturn level, just stretched across a much bigger plate. A 405 nm COB array does the curing, the plate rides two linear rails on a ball screw, and the whole body is sheet metal — the printer weighs 34.8 kg. Speed is 30–70 mm/h, layers run 0.01–0.2 mm, and it draws 180 W. The unusual parts: automatic resin feeding from a bottle straight into the 2-liter vat, a USB-powered carbon air filter, and an interior light that switches on with the door and won't cure your print.

Pros

• 278×156×300 mm build volume — a helmet or a tall bust prints in one piece, no slicing it up and gluing it back together
• All-metal body and a ball screw on Z: Tom's Hardware calls the Jupiter the sturdiest machine Elegoo had shipped at the time and notes backlash-free plate movement
• Automatic resin feeding from a mounted bottle keeps the vat topped up through long prints — a feature that used to live on industrial machines only
• Built-in carbon air filter and non-UV interior lighting: fumes get knocked down and you can watch the print through the tinted door
• Leveling takes a couple of minutes with the included spacer card: loosen four screws, hit the level button, tighten in an X pattern
• Ships with a one-year Chitubox Pro license ($169), two spare FEP 2.0 sheets and a scratch-resistant LCD protector

Cons

• The 51 μm pixel is coarse next to desktop 8K machines: fine texture on 32 mm miniatures comes out visibly softer than on a newer Mars or Saturn
• At 34.8 kg and the footprint of a two-drawer filing cabinet, unboxing and moving it is a two-person job
• The UV array keeps emitting with the door open — Tom's Hardware tested this specifically and warns against looking into the vat mid-print
• Auto-feeding doesn't like every resin: thicker formulas barely flow through the dispensing caps, and leveling is fully manual

The Jupiter makes sense when size is the point: props and cosplay armor, oversized busts, batches of tabletop terrain, casting masters. Experienced users get the volume and repeatable results; a first-time owner gets extra weight, manual leveling and liters of resin that still have to be washed and post-cured somewhere.

It's discontinued — the 16K Jupiter 2 and the lighter Jupiter SE took its place in the lineup. The original still holds up as a used buy if you need the plate area and don't need 8K-class detail.

Reviews

• Tom's Hardware — Elegoo Jupiter Resin Printer Review: Large Build Volume (Editor's Choice)
• Adam Savage's Tested — Elegoo Jupiter 6K Resin 3D Printer Review! (video)
• Clear Mind Jewellery — Big Printer, Big Problems: Elegoo Jupiter Review (video)