What printer offers the highest detail printing for under 3500?
An inexpensive SLA printer will give you 20-30um resolution for significantly less than half that price. http://us.xyzprinting.com/us_en/Product/Nobel-1.0?gclid=CjwKEAjwh9PGBRCfso2n3ODgvUcSJAAhpW5oLAjQkmnXdnIr_yySZ0MCHa7OdskT4cFS1GVo7gPNdBoCll7w_wcB is one choice that seems to have made a few reviewers happy.
SLA printers by far. I tend to lean more towards the Form1 and Form2 printers, though there are others out there, such as the Wanhao Duplicator 7, which is a much cheaper alternative.
We did quite comprehensive research before digging into SLA, and we choose form2 and don’t regret it since it came. It’s just all done the right way. IMHO the best desktop SLA around and also for the money if you want. XYZ, it’s so-so, you will want to take Nobel 1.0A, but even then, it’s still far away from form2. Oh and forget about form1, i think they even don’t make it anymore and it’s basically the same as Nobel 1.0A, but still with many times better software.
I am ignorant about the differences between different SLA printers. In FDM, you buy the software separately, so “better software” is a bit of a surprise.
Your comment led me to find this comparison of SLA printers: https://all3dp.com/best-resin-dlp-sla-3d-printer-stereolithography/
The comments were helpful at refining the recommendations further.
Look at the wanhao 7. $400 dlp