The Form 4 Ecosystem
Complete Your 3D Printing Experience
Form 4 vs. Form 2
Blazing Speed Meets Industrial Production
Discover how upgrading from Form 2 to Form 4 gives you major gains in speed, throughput, cost efficiency, reliability, and material flexibility.
Improvement
form 4 vs. form 3
Up to 6x Faster Print Speed
Form 4’s Low Force Display™ print engine delivers most prints in under 2 hours, compared to 12–18 hours on Form 2. Print more parts in a day, respond faster to design changes, and boost throughput without adding machines.
“The dramatic increase in print speed for Form 4 has significantly accelerated our fabrication cycle.”
NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Matt Mullin, Laser Engineer, Laser and Electro-Optics Branch
45% Larger Build Volume and Taller Parts
Increase productivity by printing more parts in a single build or optimizing orientation for faster print speed.
5× Longer Tank Lifetime
The new Resin Tank for Form 4 lasts over 75,000 layers, minimizing downtime and waste while improving consistency.
50% Lower Resin Cost and access to the Latest Materials
Form 4 uses next-generation resins priced from $79/L, versus $159/L on Form 2. Combined with 5× longer tank life, users cut material costs per part by more than half.
Sharper Details, Smoother Surfaces
Form 4’s 50 μm XY resolution and advanced pixel smoothing deliver injection-molded surface quality with crisp, accurate details. Compared to Form 2’s 140 μm laser spot, parts are cleaner and more precise.
Future-Ready Workflow
Remote monitoring, faster calibration, and built-in diagnostics make Form 4 smarter and easier to maintain.
Compatible with Form Wash and Form Cure, plus a quick-release Flex Build Platform for faster post-processing and light-touch supports that tear away cleanly.
Integrated Camera
Access images and timelapses online to remotely monitor your prints.
Upgraded Cartridge
Our next-generation resin cartridge enables hassle-free, efficient, and fast automatic resin dispensing.
Core Light Source
Form 4 has a backlight Unit with 60 uniform-wavelength LEDs for faster, even layer exposure. While Form 2 has a Laser and galvanometer system (405 nm beam).
Ecosystem
Improved Post-Processing
Additional Tech Specs
Technology
Key Components of the Print Engine
Maximum Part Length
Typical Dimensional Tolerances
Average Print Speed
Maximum Print Speed
Printer Weight
Printer Dimensions
Light Source
Form 4
Technology
1 h 38 m
2 h 49 m
20.0 × 12.5 × 21.0 cm
7.9 × 4.9 × 8.3 in
5.25 liters
Form 4 Tank $99
75,000+ layers with any Formlabs material.
Approximately 190 prints using average height model (39 mm tall), any resin, and 100µm layer height.
Form 4 unlocks our library of next-gen materials
Our new General Purpose Resins provide higher performance, richer color, and crisper features
Clear Resin V5
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Prints 3x faster
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Tougher — 2x elongation at break and 25% higher impact strength
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Improved in clarity and color
2592 x 1944 resolution (5MP)
Remote monitoring, print history, and print timelapses
Can be easily disabled, covered, or removed
5-10x faster tank filling
63% less waste
30% less shelf space
Test
Form Wash (2nd Generation)
- 3x more agitation
- Adjustable forks for Build Platforms, configurable at various heights and widths
form 4 vs. form 3
Low Force Display™ (LFD)
- Backlight Unit
- Light Processing Unit 4 (LPU 4)
- Release Texture
- Flexible Film Resin Tank
- Intelligent Control Systems
- High-Speed Automatic Resin Handling
27.3 cm
10.7 in
1-30 mm features: ±0.15% (lower limit: ±0.02 mm)
31-80 mm features: ±0.2% (lower limit: ±0.06 mm)
81-150 mm features: ±0.3% (lower limit: ±0.15 mm)
Average: 40 mm/hour across all materials
Range: 15-100 mm/hour depending on the material
100 mm/hour
3.9 in/hour
18.3 kg
40.4 lb
40.7 × 47.8 × 84.4 cm
16.0 × 18.8 × 33.2 in
Backlight Unit with 60 uniform-wavelength LEDs for faster, even layer exposure
Form 2
Technology
9 h
11 h 30 m
14.5 × 14.5 × 17.5 cm
5.7 × 5.7 × 6.9 in
3.5 liters
Form 2 Tanks Will Sell Out in 2026
Form 2 resins sunset in 2026.
Form 2 supports legacy resins only.
Uses a different tank and SLA process that introduced strong peel forces, requiring sturdier supports and longer cleanup times.
No camera
Original resin cartridge
Test
Form Cure (2nd Generation)
- 2x-8.6x faster post-curing
- Pre-programmed and validated cure settings for Formlabs resins and the possibility to save custom profiles for curing third-party materials
- Nearly instant heat up time and maximum temperature of 100 °C
- Larger size, designed to fit any part printed on Form 4 (235 mm turntable diameter, 205 mm maximum part height)
form 4 vs. form 3
Stereolithography (SLA)
- 405 nm Laser
- Galvanometer Mirrors
- Standard Resin Tank
- Manual Resin Handling
17.5 cm
6.9 in
±0.2 mm per 100 mm of part length
Average: 7 mm/h across materials.
Range: 3–15 mm/h, depending on material
15 mm/h
0.6 in/h
13 kg
28.5 lb
35 × 33 × 52 cm
13.8 × 13 × 20.5 in
Laser and galvanometer system (405 nm beam).
Form 4 Delivers 99% Print Success Rate
Form 4 achieved stellar results in a series of comprehensive performance tests conducted by an independent third-party lab to evaluate the success rate and repeatability of parts produced on different SLA 3D printers.
