Welcome to the fourth installment of our Progress Update series, where we share Co Print Quadro's journey with you step by step.
In Progress Update #3, we shared Quadro's pricing, opened our Kickstarter Upcoming page and took a close look at the X-axis, the QDock Stations and the Y-axis mechanics. We also told you the campaign would launch in October.
Today, we are sharing the news many of you have been waiting for: the final Kickstarter launch date. We will also take you inside our pilot production line, introduce our partnership with Meshy, walk you through everything we have planned for launch day, and show you a few new tools you can try right now.
Let's get started.
1. The Kickstarter Launch Date: November 12
Co Print Quadro goes live on Kickstarter on Thursday, November 12, 2026, at 11:00 AM ET.
To make sure you don't miss the moment, here is the launch time in your part of the world:
We moved the launch from October to November 12 on purpose. We wanted to open the campaign with a machine that is ready for production, so we completed our first pilot production runs first. That means the Quadro you back has already been built on a production line, not only in our lab.
The extra weeks also mean that the independent creators testing Quadro will share reviews built on long-term, real-world printing, not first impressions. And just one week after launch, you will be able to see Quadro in person at Formnext.
More than 2,500 people have already tapped "Notify me on launch" on our Kickstarter page. If you haven't yet, do it now through this link and you'll get an email the moment the campaign goes live.
2. The Final Days to Reserve Quadro
Reservations close the moment the campaign goes live on November 12. If you want Quadro at the best possible price on day one, now is the time.
A Quadro reservation costs $20 and is fully refundable. Here's what it secures for you:
- The best launch-day deal: $75 cash back and a $25 store credit on top of your Kickstarter pledge. Combined with the $649 Super Early Bird price, that's $350 off the $899 MSRP.
- A head start on launch day: We'll email you before the campaign opens, so you're ready the moment it goes live and don't miss a single launch-day advantage.
- Priority delivery for your Quadro.
Reserve your Quadro before November 12 by clicking here.
3. Inside Our Pilot Production Line
Quadro is now being assembled on a pilot line with our manufacturing partner in China. Every unit goes through the same steps it will go through in mass production: assembly, calibration and burn-in printing before it leaves the line.
The pilot run exists for one reason: to find and fix everything that only shows up when you build machines in batches. During burn-in, each unit runs hours of continuous printing, including multicolor jobs with thousands of tool changes, before it is signed off. Everything we learn here goes into the mass-production process before the first backer unit is built.
As we shared in Update #3, approximately 70% of Quadro is made from aluminum and metal parts. On the line, that shows up as fewer adjustments per unit: the bed carriage, the X-axis profile and the Y-axis carrier arrive flat and true, so calibration has less to correct.
4. A Visit from Meshy
Co Print and Meshy have teamed up to make the path from an idea to a four-color print as short as possible: Meshy creates the model, Quadro prints it.
As part of this partnership, the Meshy team visited our production line. We showed them how Quadro is built and tested, and printed models.
Meshy turns a photo, a sketch or a text description into a 3D model. Paint it in Co Slicer and Quadro prints it in up to four colors, with no CAD skills needed. See how it works in From Drawing to 4-Color 3D Print with Meshy AI.
Every Quadro backer gets Meshy Pro for $1/month, and backers in the first 72 hours get two months instead of one.
5. Launch Day: What to Expect
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Super Early Bird: $649, $250 off the $899 MSRP. Limited quantity; when it's gone, Quadro moves to the Early Bird price.
- Reservation holders hear first. We'll email you before the campaign opens and help you make the most of every launch-day advantage. Pledge with the same email you reserved with, and we'll match your reservation after the campaign.
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Kickstarter Specials:
- Complete Pack ā $899: Quadro, Enclosure, Filament Dryer 4-Pack, Hotend Kit and an extra build plate
- Quadro Duo ā $1,249
- Farm Pack ā $2,399: four Quadros, a free Watchtower Hobby license for up to five printers, 40% off Meshy Studio and Co Print Care on every unit
- Add-ons ship with your Quadro and are at the lowest price they will ever be.
6. The First 72 Hours
In Update #3, we promised something extra for the first 48 hours of the campaign. We've extended that window to 72 hours.
Back Quadro between November 12, 11:00 AM ET and November 15, 11:00 AM ET (7:00 PM Istanbul time, 5:00 PM CET, 8:00 AM PT on both days), and you get:
- 2 months of Meshy Pro for $1/month
- Automatic entry into our Launch Draw: 3 backers get 100% of their pledge back, 2 get 50% back, and 5 win a Quadro Enclosure. Refunds are capped at the value of one Super Early Bird Quadro.
- A few more launch-week surprises, revealed on the campaign page
7. Win a Quadro Before Launch
To count down the final week together, we're kicking off the Quadro Launch Giveaway exactly 7 days before launch, on Thursday, November 5. The giveaway will run on Instagram and Facebook until the campaign goes live on November 12, with 20 winners:
- 1 Co Print Quadro
- 10 Quadro VIP Reservations
- 4 Co Print PLA 4-Color Packs
- 5 backers who get 25% of their Kickstarter pledge back
Entries open on November 5 and close the moment the campaign launches, so you'll have one full week to join. Make sure you're following us on Instagram and Facebook so you don't miss the giveaway post when it goes live.
8. Launch Day on Discord
We're celebrating launch day with an event on our Discord. The team will be there when the campaign goes live, answering your questions about Quadro and the Kickstarter in real time. Join our Discord here.
The week after, we'll also go live from our Formnext booth in Frankfurt. Join us there and ask us anything, from the machine itself to the campaign.
9. The Launch Film
Our launch film premieres on the Kickstarter page and on YouTube the moment the campaign goes live. It walks through every part of Quadro on real machines: IQEX, the 1-second toolchange, QDock, the scale test, calibration and the software.
Until then, here's an exclusive trailer, made just for you.
10. New on Our Website
10.1 Savings Calculator
The savings calculator has grown into a full Quadro experience. Upload your own 3D model and watch a 3D Quadro print it. Control it from its own screen, and watch the timelapse when the print is done.
Next to it, you'll see the same model sliced for a popular toolchanger and a single-nozzle multicolor printer, so you can compare print time and filament use side by side.
10.2 FAQ with a Built-in AI Assistant
Our FAQ page answers the questions you've asked most about shipping, warranty, materials, software and reservations. It now has a built-in AI assistant, so you can ask anything that isn't on the list and get an answer right away.
10.3 36 New Articles on Our Blog
We've published 36 new articles, from IDEX vs IQEX and purge towers explained to multi-material prototyping and print farms. Not sure where to begin? Start with these five:
Read them and let us know in the comments what you'd like us to cover next.
11. See Quadro Live at Formnext 2026
One week after launch, Quadro makes its trade-show debut at Formnext in Frankfurt, November 17ā20, Hall 12.1, Booth G89.
We have 300 free tickets for our community. Claim yours on our Discord.
Partners, press and distributors can book a meeting with our team here. More about the show: Co Print at Formnext 2026: Quadro Live in Frankfurt.
12. Share Quadro and Earn
Our Kickbooster program is open. Share your personal link before and during the campaign and earn 5% of every pledge it brings in. Get your Kickbooster link here.
13. Coming Soon: New Features in Development
Copy/Mirror Printing Mode is one of the features you've asked about most, and we're happy to share that it's well underway. Our team and our beta testers are actively working on it, and the progress so far has been very promising. We'll share all the details soon.
That's not all. Our print tests are also going well for two more features:
- CMYK printing: combining four toolheads to reproduce a wider range of colors in a single print.
- Mixed nozzle sizes in a single print: running different nozzle diameters across Quadro's four toolheads within the same job.
We'll be sharing dedicated content on both of these very soon.
By the time Quadro arrives at your door, all of these features will be live and available to you free of charge.
Is there another update you'd like to see on Quadro? Your feedback has shaped Quadro from day one, and we take every suggestion seriously and put many of them into practice. Let us know in the comments below. We're reading every one.
What to Do Now
- Not reserved yet? Reserve Quadro for $20 before November 12.
- Already reserved? Watch your inbox; we'll email you before the campaign opens.
- Tap "Notify me on launch" on our Kickstarter page.
- Put November 12, 11:00 AM ET (7:00 PM Istanbul, 5:00 PM CET, 8:00 AM PT) in your calendar.
- Join our Discord for the launch-day event.
- Try the savings calculator with a model you print often.
More than 5,000 reservation holders have shaped Quadro with us through surveys, comments and feedback. That is why we can say once again that Quadro has been developed together with our community, for our community. Thank you for building it with us.
Our next update will come from the campaign itself.
See you on November 12!
The Co Print Team
