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So I caught the problem I've been having. I've never printed such a tall file before. It pops up as M11800 for a bit, then the printer detects that yes there is a USB drive connected, then tries to correct itself and resume the print.

Now so far it looks like unlike with the most recent firmware where it ended up offset when it corrected itself, ruining the print, with the downgrade it puts itself back on track. But the longer the print is the more often that bug pops up.

I already switched USB sticks to a higher quality one. Maybe the main board is overheating with the way longer prints. Or some other issue. But the firmware wasn't the root of this. And it only happens after many many hours into a print.

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Second print on my photon a hollowed out chess skull... Forgot to add a hole but its all goos.... Need a uv lamp now tho lol... Thabks to everyone who helpped me out with the setting and stuff prusa suports and truly amaxing and easy to take off

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Howdy all!

I've discovered that I am truly bad at plate levelling using the paper method. I was wondering if the awesome collective here could recommend either a video that is particularly good at explaining it or better yet a different method.

Thanks in advance all ?

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Amigos una pregunta alguien sabe la solución para este problema o que lo causa ?? Gracias

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Hi fellow AC Photon owners

I bought my photon during the black friday sale and have been trying to get it to work ever since. In the beginning it was a bed leveling issue but now I consistently get a t88 error code after the first couple of layer.

I have opened the case and checked the lcd screen cable. Unplugged it and plugged it in again. Now I don't even get the test image. I can see that the screen turns on but nothing else. Starting to think about returning it tbh.

Does anyone have an idea what I could be doing wrong?

Thanks!

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Just showing off my latest work

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I'm having a bit of a problem curing hollow prints. No matter how much I wash and cure them, I still get glossy, wet-looking spots that are sticky to the touch, and the prints still smell of uncured resin.

I've washed them repeatedly and thoroughly, left them under the UV for hours, re-washed them again, left them under the UV for hours again.

I'm guessing this is caused by the hollow inside of the print not getting hit by any appreciable amount of UV light and thus not curing.

My solid prints are absolutely fine and cure completely and as expected.

Has anyone ran into this problem and solved it?

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How to fix prints sticking too good to the build plate?

After a few small test prints which went really well, I now made a couple of larger prints which were _very_ hard to remove from the build plate. In the end I had to resolve to using the metal painter scraper that I normally use to remove prints from my FDM machine, which left a couple of scratches on the buildplate.

Should I re-level my build plate? (Is there a way to offset it by 0.1mm from the current z=0 or do I have to redo the whole leveling manually?) Or should I just reduce the bottom exposure setting (or another setting?) for this resin? (I am using the Wanhao clear with 50s bottom exposure/8 bottom layers as per the 'best resin settings' document)

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TL;DR: I'm a noob, I want to print the highest quality miniatures possible. Help/tips? ☺
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Hi all!

So I just cured my very first resin print and I have some noob questions, hopefully you guys can help me.

First of all, I reeeally filled the plate with models, but only three, more towards a corner, were actually printed.It's not that they failed at some point, they just didn't adhere to the plate correctly (or so it seems). I leveled my bed following the paper approach; is there any other better way to level the bed? Or do you think it's actually from something else and not bed leveling?

The prints that did adhere and finish are good. I oversupported them, actually, so I need to find a soft spot between having good supports and not breaking the figure when I take them out (it's miniatures, actually).

BUT the quality... even though it's already really good, I feel it's missing something. It feels as if it's slightly "melted"; that the corners aren't super straight but more like smoothed out. I'm using the Anycubic Green resin (the one that comes with the printer) and I followed some settings from the magical excel sheet at 0.20, but I feel it could be better. What can I do to improve quality? I'm actually not sure what the optimal settings would be. I'm aiming for the highest surface quality possible, no matter the time.

If you have any recommendations on resins/settings or on how to approach miniatures in the Photon S, I'd be happy to listen.

Sorry for the long post, and thanks! ❤️

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Hi everyone! I recently bought a Photon and have done 4-5 prints so far. As it currently is winter here in the Netherlands, there is not that much sun (short days, lots of rain or mist) to help with curing. Currently I keep the models (submerged in water) on my windowsill for one or two full days (until they are not 'tacky' any more).

Is this approach O.K.? Any tips or tricks from people who also live in areas with little sun that help with curing?

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