Elegoo Jupiter SE

The Elegoo Jupiter SE is a late-2023 large-format resin printer: a 12.8-inch 6K mono LCD and a build area nearly three times bigger than a desktop Mars. It's a simplified, cheaper take on the original Jupiter 6K, aimed at people who need size rather than micron-level detail. The model is discontinued and now shows as sold out in Elegoo's own store.

Build volume is 277.8 × 156.3 × 300 mm, screen resolution 5448 × 3064 with 51 μm pixels, Z accuracy 20 μm and layer height 0.01–0.2 mm. Rated speed is 70 mm/h, though reviewers settle around 30–40 mm/h. The light engine is a 405 nm COB source with refractive optics, and the vat uses PFA film. Control is a 3.5-inch resistive touchscreen with USB file transfer; the printer draws 180 W and weighs 19.5 kg.

Pros

• A 278 × 156 × 300 mm build area for the price of a good desktop machine: whole large models, or a batch of small parts in one run
• Automatic resin feeding and reclaim included: the vat tops itself up mid-print, leftovers go back into the bottle
• An Elegoo Mini Purifier air filter ships in the box — usually a separate purchase
• The vat is wider than the masking screen, so resin running off the plate lands back in it rather than on the chassis
• Laser-etched build plate: adhesion is strong, yet with the right bottom exposure prints still come off easily

Cons

• 51 μm pixels — large models look fine, but fine detail is visibly coarser than on desktop 8K–12K machines
• Leveling is back to four bolts and a sheet of paper, and the Z axis uses a trapezoidal lead screw instead of a ball screw — savings against the original Jupiter 6K
• The auto-refill system only works with Elegoo's own resin bottles
• A bulky cooling module sticks out of the back, so the printer can't sit flush against a wall. No Wi-Fi and no camera — just USB and the on-board screen

People bought it for the size: busts and helmets, architectural models, batches of parts. The slicer isn't locked down — Chitubox and VoxelDance Tango both work. With the model discontinued, the Elegoo Jupiter 2 covers the same niche with half the pixel size, a heated vat, Wi-Fi and a camera; if you don't need the huge plate, the Saturn 4 Ultra 16K is the smarter buy.

The Jupiter SE did its job honestly: an affordable way into large-format resin printing with acceptable quality. Buying one today only makes sense secondhand and well below current large-format prices, keeping in mind that spares for a retired line are harder to find.

Reviews

• FauxHammer — Elegoo Jupiter SE Review: Typical Elegoo
• VogMan — Elegoo Jupiter SE resin 3D printer honest review
• Uncle Jessy — $700 Large Resin 3D Printer: Elegoo Jupiter SE