First teased at this year‘s CES conference， the MakerBot Replicator Mini has finally started shipping to consumers in the U.S. and will be available in-store later this week.

The compact unit weighs just 18 pounds and stands a mere 15-inches high. It constitutes one of the best attempts yet at a truly mainstream 3D printing device for the home.

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“We see the MakerBot Replicator Mini as a turning point in the 3D printing industry，” said MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis in a statement， “much like the transition of the computer moving into the home 30 years ago.”

The cost is $1，375 — about the price of a high-end laptop.

Not that the price and small footprint are guarantees of success. Pettis’ Replicator Mini enters a space already occupied by the well-designed and cheaper （at $1，299） Cube 2 3D printer from 3DSystems.

Still， MakerBot‘s advantage comes in its brick and mortar retail locations in New York， Boston and Connecticut， outlets that should help demystify the technology for mainstream consumers.

Along with the shipping announcement on Monday， MakerBot also released an unboxing video and a brief but detailed set-up video that illustrates just how easy the device is to get up and running. This is a necessity given the still niche appeal of 3D printing， despite its growing profile in popular culture.

The video walks the user through the process of installing the MakerBot smart extruder， the component that builds the 3D models， and the build platform and the PLA filament， the plastic material used to construct objects.

Image： MakerBot

Also included is a camera that allows the user to monitor the whole printing process remotely — a particularly useful feature given that some builds can take up to six hours.

Although Wi-Fi capability was mentioned during the debut of the device in January， that particular feature is still not available. A MakerBot spokesperson told Mashable that a firmware update enabling the feature would be available “very soon， likely before the end of the summer.”

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MakerBot推出3D打印機(jī)Replicator Mini現(xiàn)可送貨上門 首先戲弄在今年的CES大會上，MakerBot Replicator的迷你終于開始出貨給美國消費者和本周晚些時候?qū)⒃诘陜?nèi)提供。

緊湊的單元的重量只有18磅，矗立著一座只有15英寸高。它構(gòu)成了最好的嘗試之一，在還沒有一個真正的主流3D打印設(shè)備的家庭。

另請參閱：3D打印：所有你需要知道在2分鐘內(nèi)

“我們看到的MakerBot Replicator的迷你的一個轉(zhuǎn)折點，在3D打印行業(yè)的”MakerBot的CEO布雷松佩蒂斯在聲明中說，“就像電腦30年前進(jìn)入家庭的過渡?！?/p>

費用是$ 1，375 - 約一個高端的筆記本電腦的價格。

這并不是說價格和小尺寸是成功的保證。佩蒂斯’復(fù)制迷你進(jìn)入已占用了空間的精心設(shè)計和更便宜（在$ 1，299）的3DSystems立方2 3D打印機(jī)。

盡管如此，MakerBot的優(yōu)勢來自于它的磚和在紐約，波士頓和康涅狄格砂漿的零售網(wǎng)點，網(wǎng)點應(yīng)該幫助神秘性以技術(shù)為主流消費者。

MakBoT還發(fā)布了一個解壓視頻和一個簡短但詳細(xì)的設(shè)置視頻，說明了設(shè)備的啟動和運行是多么簡單。盡管3D打印在大眾文化中的地位越來越高，但這仍然是3D打印的一個不可或缺的吸引力。

通過安裝MakerBot智能擠出機(jī)，該構(gòu)建3D模型的組件，構(gòu)建平臺和軍隊長絲，用于構(gòu)造對象的塑料材料的過程中在視頻引導(dǎo)用戶。

MiniImage：MakerBot

還包括的是一個攝像機(jī)，它允許用戶遠(yuǎn)程監(jiān)視整個印刷過程 - 一個特別有用的功能鑒于部分建立可能需要長達(dá)6小時。

雖然器件在一月份首次亮相期間提到的Wi-Fi功能，該特定功能仍然無法使用。一個MakerBot發(fā)言人告訴混搭，一個固件更新啟用該功能將可“很快，有可能在夏季結(jié)束前?！?/p>

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