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Formlabs Form 4L vs Sovol SV06

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Formlabs Form 4L vs Sovol SV06 — documented properties and sources
Property	Formlabs Form 4LRESIN	Sovol SV06BEDSLINGER
Identity
Brand	Formlabs	Sovol
Class	RESIN	BEDSLINGER
Identity & Market
Manufacturer & exact marketed model name (verify the exact product identity first)	Formlabs Form 4L[1]	Sovol SV06[2]
Variants & sibling models — and how to tell them apart (spec-contamination risk)	Same Low Force Display engine as the Form 4 but a different machine on every physical figure: 353 x 196 x 350 mm vs 200 x 125 x 210, 46 um vs 50 um pixels, 58.5 kg vs 18.3 kg, 900 W vs 480 W, two resin cartridges vs one. Formlabs lists Basic, Premium and Complete packages, whose prices are not printer-only prices, and no printer-only USD figure was found on a live listing[1]	Base model of a four-way family: SV06 (220x220x250, Marlin-era silent board), SV06 Plus (300x300x340), SV06 ACE and SV06 Plus ACE (both Klipper, ceramic hotend, camera, 4.3-inch touchscreen). ACE specs must not be applied to the non-ACE machines[2][3][4]
Market position: superseded? successor announced?	Not documented	No longer listed on Sovol's own store: the current 3D-printer collection contains only SV08, SV08 Max, Zero, SV06 ACE and SV06 Plus ACE. 3DJake also shows it sold out and delisted. Superseded by the SV06 ACE[5][2]
Physical & Frame
Build volume X×Y×Z (mm) — advertised vs actually usable	353 x 196 x 350 mm (Formlabs quotes 24.2 litres)[1]	220 x 220 x 250 mm advertised[2]
Machine footprint (mm) & clearance needed (cable/spool overhang)	664 x 528 x 794 mm[1]	Not documented
Net weight (kg)	58.5 kg[1]	Not documented
Frame construction & material	Not documented	Open i3-style frame, supplied as an assembly kit[2]
Enclosure: open / enclosed; panel material; door/lid	Enclosed cabinet with a UV-blocking cover. Operating temperature 18-28 C[1]	Open frame, no enclosure[2]
Kinematics & Motion Hardware
Kinematics (bedslinger i3 / CoreXY / other)	Masked stereolithography (MSLA) with the Low Force Display engine; straight-lift peel[1]	Cartesian i3 bedslinger[2]
Z-axis: leadscrew count & type, sync mechanism, anti-backlash	Not documented	Dual Z-axis motors[2]
Stepper drivers (exact model e.g. TMC2209; UART/SPI; sensorless homing?)	Not documented	TMC2209 drivers on a 32-bit silent board (Sovol description, not verified against a board photo)[2]
Extruder
Type (direct drive / bowden) & design name	Not documented	All-metal direct-drive extruder with planetary gear reduction[2]
Hotend & Nozzle
Hotend design (proprietary/standard; quick-swap mechanism?)	Not documented	All-metal hotend rated to 300 °C. MK8-style nozzle[2]
Max nozzle temp claimed AND firmware max temp limit (both values)	Not documented	300 °C claimed[2]
Heated Bed & Surface
Bed surface (material, texture, coating), single/double-sided	Not documented	Flexible PEI build surface[2]
Leveling & Z-Offset
Auto bed leveling: probe technology (inductive / strain gauge / load cell / touch probe)	Not documented	Automatic levelling over 25 points; probe technology not stated on the listing[2]
Mesh grid size (probe point count — firmware evidence)	Not documented	25 points (manufacturer claim)[2]
Electronics & Power
Input voltage (110/220 V, switch or auto)	100-240 VAC, 9 A, 50/60 Hz, 900 W[1]	Not documented
Total rated power draw	900 W[1]	Not documented
Firmware & Openness
Firmware base & current version (Klipper fork / Marlin fork / proprietary)	Proprietary; print preparation is PreForm[1]	Not documented
Connectivity, UI & Camera
Display: size, type, touch?	7-inch interactive touchscreen, 1280 x 800 (control panel — not the masking LCD, see W1)[1]	Not documented
WiFi (band/standard), Ethernet, USB ports, SD/flash-drive	Dual-band Wi-Fi, Gigabit Ethernet, USB-C 2.0[1]	USB connection; micro-SD card. No Wi-Fi[2]
Power-Loss & Interruption Recovery
Power-loss recovery: mechanism (how is state saved? capacitor / eeprom / file on shutdown?)	Not documented	Resume-after-power-loss supported; mechanism not published[2]
Materials Support
Officially supported filament list	Formlabs resin range as for the Form 4; biocompatible materials require a B-series machine[1]	1.75 mm filament; Sovol does not publish a per-material list for this model beyond the 300 °C hotend rating[2]
Independently Measured Performance
Dimensional accuracy measurements (third-party, with numbers)	XY dimensional tolerance +/-0.15% — a manufacturer specification[1]	Not documented
Resin & MSLA
Masking LCD	Low Force Display masking LCD with a 46 um pixel size. Formlabs does not publish the screen diagonal or pixel count[1]	Not documented
Light source	Backlight unit with uniform-wavelength LEDs behind collimating lenses, with integrated cooling[1]	Not documented
Layer height range	25-200 um[1]	Not documented
Resin vat & feeding	Two next-generation resin cartridges. No vat capacity published[1]	Not documented

Manufacturer claims, independent measurements, packages and test conditions retain their source wording. FDM linear speed and resin vertical speed use different units and are not directly comparable. Unknown values are marked “Not documented”. Prices and source dates remain historical snapshots; check the linked guide for product details. Differences highlight text, not a universal winner.

Sources for this comparison

Formlabs resin printer technical specifications (Form 4 / 4B / 4L) formlabs.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV06 technical data table 3djake.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV06 Plus technical data table 3djake.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol SV06 Plus ACE 3D Printer product page sovol3d.com · 2026-08 · vendor
Sovol 3D-printer collection product feed (live prices and stock) sovol3d.com · 2026-08 · vendor