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Printing failed

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:01 pm
by jsamuel64
hey, guys, any help appreciated trying my friends Solus printer I try to print a piece last night and the build platform went down to resin vat and it just went a little bit up and down like in the picture. the build platform it went up and down in the resin only and after it finished it said the job is completed.

Re: Printing failed

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:23 pm
by mongerdesigns
Cancel the print (or close the software). Turn off the power from the back of the printer. Unplug the USB cord, and press the little reset button. Then by hand turn the long lead screw so that the arm moves up. After it's up about half way, you can now remove the build plate and your resin tank. Clean the build plate and resin tank. Plug in the USB cord, turn on the printer, open the software and do the homing cycle again.

This time run a print without the resin tank or build platform just see if everything is working fine. If the print is working fine, you can cancel the job and restart it with the resin tank and build plate in place.

A few observations. You put way too much resin in the tank. Only 40ml of resin is needed. Also, that tank will get damaged really quickly by using the orange resin. It's recommended to use the aluminum resin tanks with the orange resin.

Re: Printing failed

Posted: Fri May 04, 2018 6:47 pm
by jsamuel64
I will try that thanks

Re: Printing failed

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 5:50 pm
by hx19035
Just curious...what does the reset button on the printer do? Is it a good thing to do every couple of months or something?

Re: Printing failed

Posted: Thu Jun 28, 2018 6:09 pm
by mongerdesigns
Clears out commands from memory. Resets the connection.