MakerBot, one of the largest and best-known companies in the world of 3D printing, has finally announced a release date (October 2013) and price ($1,500) for its highly-anticipated 3D scanner, the MakerBot Digitizer.

“Bringing the MakerBot Digitizer Desktop 3D Scanner into the world has been a big goal of ours this year,” MakerBot CEO Bre Pettis said in a statement (PDF) on Thursday. “We are really excited about the MakerBot Digitizer. This is another innovative product for visionaries, early adopters, experimenters, educators, creative hobbyists, 3D sculptors, organic modelers, designers, and architects who want to be the first to become an expert in Desktop 3D Scanning.”

Pettis first announced the product at the March 2013 SXSW conference in Austin, Texas. However, in April 2013, a rival Canadian firm announced its own sub-$500 3D scanner.

MakerBot, which was acquired by an older printing firm earlier this year for over $400 million, hasn’t yet released any technical details about its product. But in a Frequently Asked Questions document (PDF), the company does reveal the scanner’s resolution.

“The MakerBot Digitizer captures enough points to create about 200,000 triangles for each new 3D model,” the firm wrote. “It can capture details as small as 0.5 mm and surface depth as shallow as 0.5 mm. The dimensional accuracy of the MakerBot Digitizer’s is ± 2 mm, meaning that when you scan an object, the dimensions of your 3D model will be within 2 mm of your original object.”