— ELEGOO · SLA
Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra
Big-plate resin with production speed.
A 12K large-format resin printer with active air-flow and a high-speed tilt-release mechanism. The volume-production choice: fill the 218×123mm plate with miniatures and clear it fast.
— Specs
The numbers that matter.
Build volume
218×123×220mm
XY resolution
24µm
Min layer
0.01mm
MSRP
€350
Enclosure
Enclosed hood
Multi-color
Single-color
Leveling
Leveling-free
— Use cases
When the Elegoo Saturn 4 Ultra is the right call.
Best for
- Plate-filling batches of miniatures and tokens
- Small-business resin production runs
- Tall display pieces (220mm Z height)
- Users upgrading from an entry resin printer
Avoid for
- Tight desks — it's a large machine
- Functional engineering parts (brittle standard resin)
- Anyone unwilling to manage resin safety + post-processing
- Single-mini hobbyists who don't need the volume
— Honest assessment
Pros & cons after using one.
Pros
- Very fast tilt-release — high throughput at scale
- Large 12K plate fits dozens of minis per run
- Self-leveling and active airflow for consistent prints
- Strong value per cm³ of build volume
Cons
- Big footprint and heavier than Mars-class printers
- High-speed printing rewards low-viscosity resins
- Full wash + cure workflow, scaled up to bigger plates
- More resin in flight means messier failures
— Compatible materials
What this printer is calibrated for.
— Owner tips
What we'd tell someone unboxing one.
- 1Lay out a full plate in your slicer to amortise per-run time
- 2Use a wash station big enough for the larger plate
- 3Favour high-speed resin to keep tilt-release fast
- 4Check FEP/nFEP tension regularly on big prints
— Compare
Also worth considering.
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