I have produced numerous 3D prints while at the Chalfonts Community College. When I started, we had a Cubicon Single. Over time, this became dated and while still functional (I had to change a few print heads), it was very slow compared to more modern designs. This ran using Cubicreator slicing software. I then built a RatRig Vcore3, with a huge 500mm x 500mm x 500mm build volume. This printer had potential to be considerably faster than the Cubicon, however while I got the printer running, I never really was able to get the maximum performance from it, as demands on my time were always many and varied. With sufficient time to focus on dialling in and tuning the print profiles, I’m sure that I could have achieved much faster speeds than we ultimately were left with. I ran the RatRig using predominantly Ultimaker Cura slicing software. More recently, we invested in a Flashforge Adventurer 5X, which was much faster out of the box. This machine used OrcaSlicer slicing software, whose print profiles seem to be much faster as standard than either Cubicreator or Ultimaker Cura.