Bambu Lab (often just "Bambu") is a company that produces 3D printers and associated software. They're responsible for several lines of printers, Bambu Studio (of which Orca is a fork of), and MakerWorld, a site that hosts ready-to-go project files native to Bambu Studio.
Privacy Concerns[edit]
Closed-Source Software[edit]
Several components of the Bambu ecosystem are closed-source, such as:
- The printer firmware;
- Whatever middleware they put in to send shit to the printer; and
- The Bambu Studio network plugin
Connectivity in LAN Mode[edit]
As of Dec 2023, Wireshark analysis was performed on an X1C with an at-the-time up-to-date firmware. No data left the device except to reach out to a timesync server:
https://nikolak.com/bambulab-x1c-network/
I personally have yet to see the slicer's closed-source networking plugin analyzed in the same way.
Firmware revisions released after this time may not behave the same way.
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