We live on a beautiful planet that has been throughout history an outstanding provider when it comes to the needs of the human, animal and plant kingdoms. It is obvious now more than ever that the human impact or burden on the planet is many orders of magnitude greater than that of all other living things. While living and working in Japan in the 1980’s I became aware of the work of Hokusai. His paintings from the mid 18th to mid 19th century, are very beautiful and synonymous with Japanese culture.  The image on the left is his original work courtesy of Wikipedia. While searching for pla ..read more

Firmware News Update We are releasing firmware 6.4-0 on Monday Feb 1st. Printer owners with V6 can download the new firmware from our website support page and place a copy on a USB stick for installation using the settings menu. The release notes with details of the new features are available here We’ve also added and owner registration form where printer owners can register their printers to receive and update notification email when there are software or hardware updates. There are no major changes in Orange with this release so the current 201120 Mac and 201120 Windows rele ..read more

We like to take this opportunity to introduce CleanGreen3D Limited. CleanGreen3D are a 3D printing solutions company delivering environment-friendly full colour 3D printing. We’re building a company that : Takes pride in how it engages with Customers and Partners to deliver better products, service and solutions. Invests in engineering improvements to the performance and usability of the ArkePro Colour 3D Printer now known as the CG-1 and in colour 3D printing technology in general. Manufactures and sells the CG-1 printer going forward. If you: Own an Mcor ArkePro printer. Are a former Mcor ..read more

Cleangreen3d Orange 200928 Release. In conjunction with our recent CG-1 V6 firmware release we’re delighted to announce the release of our Cleangreen3d version of the Orange slicing software. Orange 200928 has all of the capability you are familiar with from the Mcor version and look and feel is the same. Please note that Orange 200928 is not backward compatible.  If your printer is running an Mcor provided firmware (V4.2.2 or earlier) you should continue to use the last released Mcor version. All CleanGreen3d and Mcor Orange installers can be downloaded from here. Orange is now supporte ..read more

20/09/20 Cleangreen3d would like to announce general availability of the V6.0 firmware package,. This package is a significant re-write of the last known Mcor release 4.2.2. It is compatible with all former mcortechnologies  Arke-Pro’s  and is shipping on all new or refurbished CG-1 3D colour printers.  We’ve summarised many of the features of the firmware which will bring new levels of capability and reliability to your Arke-Pro. For details on how you can purchase V6 and have your machine upgraded please complete our contact form.  CG-1 machine Software V6.00 release note ..read more

We are happy to announce through a partnership with Formicum 3D-Service GmbH the continued support for the legacy Mcor Matrix 300 and Mcor Iris 3D Printers. Formicum will hold stock of all available spare parts and consumables. We are delighted to announce Formicum 3D-Service GmbH will also resell the CleanGreen3D CG-1 printer in Germany. We are excited to be working with Formicum, their knowledge and experience of the technology make them the ideal support partner. Founded in 2013 Formicum was an early adopter of paper-based 3D printing. We look forward to continuing this special relationship ..read more

We like to take this opportunity to introduce CleanGreen3D Limited. CleanGreen3D Limited is a new company incorporated in Ireland dedicated to servicing all Arkepro Customers and Business Partners of Mcor Technologies Limited. (Mcor) You may already be aware of this but Mcor went into receivership earlier this year and unfortunately has not survived. The company will very soon cease to exist. As of 29/11/19 CleanGreen3D have purchased the Intellectual Property and all of the assets of Mcor. We have a goal of building a 3D printing solutions company that differentiates itself by how it services ..read more