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Line 129: − # Removing Prints − ## Your part should now be finished! Follow these steps to clean it up. − ## Finished prints − ### Use a scraping tool to remove the print and any extra material from the build plate, taking care to not scratch the build plate. Go as carefully and as slowly as needed to prevent damaging the print. − #### The build plate stand can be used for easier removal. − ### Wash the print in the Form Wash. − ### If the print is being cured, only remove support material after it has been run through the Form Cure. − ### Supports should be clipped off, and any leftover support material can be sanded down if desired. − ## Failed prints − ### Follow the same process for finished prints for removing. − ### '''When a print fails, the build plate must be cleaned and run through the Wash''' before a new print can be started, as leftover residue from the failed print can cause subsequent prints to also fail. That's bad. − # Washing and Curing Prints − ## See the [[Form Wash and Cure]] page.
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### These values can be edited if necessary to ensure printability, just use common sense when adjusting values.
### These values can be edited if necessary to ensure printability, just use common sense when adjusting values.
## The Layout tab can be used to add additional copies of a part.
## The Layout tab can be used to add additional copies of a part.
## Ensure the proper printer and resin type are selected in Preform prior to starting the print.
## Ensure the proper printer and resin type are selected in Preform prior to starting the print. Additionally, make sure that the resin you want is already installed in the printers. If the resin needs to be changed to the one that you want, ask a Lab Volunteer to help you.
# Choosing a Resin Type
# Choosing a Resin Type
## Go through each of these resin types to evaluate which material you will make your part out of. Once you have finished, you can send the file from the computer to the Formlabs printer
## Go through each of these resin types to evaluate which material you will make your part out of. Once you have finished, you can send the file from the computer to the Formlabs printer
# Operating the Touchscreen
# Operating the Touchscreen
## You will be able to start your print using the touchscreen on the Form 2. If it is sleeping, just press the button and it should wake up.
## You will be able to start your print using the touchscreen on the Form 2. If it is sleeping, just press the button and it should wake up.
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## When it wakes up, you will likely see this screen. It displays the most recently prepared job and gives you the option to print now by pressing the blue button on the bottom left of the screen.
## There are two other buttons you can press on the left screen. The USB button will take you to the settings of the printer, so you will not need to go here. The checklist button brings a list of every job that has been uploaded to the printer, so you will want to be selecting this one to find your print. Find your print, and hit print now. The printer will make sure that you perform the appropriate setup before it starts printing, such as inserting the tank in the back of the printer and assuring that the build plate is removed of other printed parts.
## The print will begin its process once you hit Print Now! A time estimate will be provided.
# Removing Prints
## Your part should now be finished! Follow these steps to clean it up.
## Finished prints
### Use a scraping tool to remove the print and any extra material from the build plate, taking care to not scratch the build plate. Go as carefully and as slowly as needed to prevent damaging the print.
#### The build plate stand can be used for easier removal.
### Wash the print in the Form Wash.
### If the print is being cured, only remove support material after it has been run through the Form Cure.
### Supports should be clipped off, and any leftover support material can be sanded down if desired.
## Failed prints
### Follow the same process for finished prints for removing.
### '''When a print fails, the build plate must be cleaned and run through the Wash''' before a new print can be started, as leftover residue from the failed print can cause subsequent prints to also fail. That's bad.
# Washing and Curing Prints
## See the [[Form Wash and Cure]] page.
# Changing Resin
# Changing Resin
## In the Formlabs Printer, there is a tray of resin, and sometimes that will not be the resin you want to print your material out of, so it will occasionally need to be changed. Lab volunteers will be the ones to do this for you, so if you need resin changed, let them know.
## In the Formlabs Printer, there is a tray of resin, and sometimes that will not be the resin you want to print your material out of, so it will occasionally need to be changed. Lab volunteers will be the ones to do this for you, so if you need resin changed, let them know.
### Insert new resin cartridge, '''of the same resin as the tank'''.
### Insert new resin cartridge, '''of the same resin as the tank'''.
### Open lid on resin cartridge before starting a print, and close after.
### Open lid on resin cartridge before starting a print, and close after.
==Safety==
==Safety==