This is an in progress draft document.
You need to be trained (and pass a test) before using our 3D printers.
Only current, authorized printer trainers can deliver printer training.
You can follow these guides on any of our 3D printers. When steps deviate between printers there will be a section for each printer. An example is included below:
Printer 1
Press the red button
Printer 2
Press the Blue button
Bambu Labs P1S
Using Bambu Studio
Ender 3 V2 Neo, Prusa Mk4, Prusa XL
Using PrusaSlicer
- Transfer your sliced file to the printer
Bambu Labs P1S
- Select Print plate/Send
- Ensure AMS mapping has been successful
- Check/uncheck Bed Levelling as appropriate
- Press Send
Ender 3 V2 Neo
- Take the Micro SD card from the front left of the machine and plug it into the card reader attached to the slicing PC
- Press the Export to SD card/Flash drive button within PrusaSlicer and specify a filename
- Reinsert the Micro SD card in the printer
Prusa Mk4
- Ensure that the physical printer
Artifactory-Mk4-1 is selected
- Press Send to printer in the bottom right
Prusa XL
Sending files to the XL is possible but is very slow. The process below is recommended.
- Take the USB Drive from the right hand side of the printer control panel and plug it into the slicing PC
- Press the Export to SD card/Flash drive button within PrusaSlicer and specify a filename
- Reinsert the USB Drive into the printer.
- Ensure that the printer is set up with the nozzle and bed you selected when setting up your print
- Ensure there's no filament buildup on the nozzle
- Ensure all filament has been removed from the build plate
- Clean the build plate
- Remove the current filament from the printer - Make sure the filament is secured to the spool once it has been removed
Bambu Labs P1S
- Open the AMS
- Unload the active filament if required - The active filament is the spool currently loaded into the print head and is indicated by a slowly pulsing white light. You can instruct the printer to unload the spool from the control panel or Bambu Studio.
- Push the grey tab away from you to back off the feeder and wind the filament back onto the spool
Ender 3 V2 Neo
Be gentle! One of our trainers will show you how much force to use
- Set the nozzle temperature to 250C
- Wait for the nozzle to hit 250C
- De-tension the extruder and remove the filament
Prusa Mk4, Prusa XL
- Select Filament -> Change Filament
- Follow the on screen instructions
- Load the correct filament into the printer
Bambu Labs P1S
- Place the filament into the AMS
- Push the filament into the feeder (approximately 100mm) and release the grey tab
- You've completed this step correctly if the AMS pulls the filament deeper into the machine
Ender 3 V2 Neo
Be gentle! One of our trainers will show you how much force to use
- Set the nozzle temperature to 250C
- Wait for the nozzle to hit 250C
- De-tension the extruder and push the filament through all the way through the filament path to the nozzle.
- Keep pushing until the filament coming out of the nozzle is the correct colour.
Prusa Mk4, Prusa XL
- If you used Unload filament instead of Change filament select Filament -> Change filament
- Follow the on screen instructions
- Confirm that there is enough filament on the current spool for your job and take appropriate measures if not
Bambu Labs P1S
- Load a second spool of the same filament into another slot on the AMS
- Ensure that both spools are set to identical materials and colours
- Ensure "AMS filament backup" is enabled. It can be found under the AMS settings on the devices page of Bambu Studio
Ender 3 V2 Neo
- This printer is not capable of detecting when a spool runs out. If you think this might happen we suggest using a different printer.
Prusa Mk4
- While this printer cannot automatically change to a second spool it will pause when it runs out of filament. When this happens simply load a second spool into the machine using the steps outlined above and resume the print.
Prusa XL
- Load a roll of the same filament into an unused head
- After you've pressed print select the second spool and link it to the first material by selecting "Spool Join"
- Remove the lid if printing PLA on the Bambu Labs P1S
- Start the print
- Monitor the first layer for plate adhesion
- Periodically check in on your print while in the workshop
- Wait for your print to complete
- Remove your part from the build plate. This may involve removing the build plate from the printer so it can be lightly flexed:
Oil from your hands will reduce bed adhesion and is one of the most common things you're cleaning from the bed, consider wearing nitrile gloves for this step.
Bambu Labs P1S
- Lift the build plate off the bed by the two tabs at the front
- Lightly flex the bed to remove your part
- Reseat the build plate on the printer using the seating guides on the back left and back right corners of the bed
Ender 3 V2 Neo
- Lift the build plate off the bed using the two tabs at the front
- Lightly flex the bed to remove your part
- Reseat the build plate on the printer. There are no assistive pins/markers for this.
Prusa Mk4
- Lift the build plate off the bed by two front tabs
- Lightly flex the bed to remove your part
- Reseat the build plate by seating the back slot with the two pins on the back of the bed
Prusa XL
- Go to Control -> Pick/Park Tool
- Lift the build plate off the bed by the two tabs at the front
- Lightly flex the bed to remove your part
- Reseat the build plate by seating the back slot with the two pins on the back of the bed
- Bend the build plate gently and lower back down onto the machine starting from the back
- Ensure the build plate and nozzle are clean for the next print/user