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--- clubs:3d-printing:3d_printing_printing [2025/09/13 06:48] – created garfield
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+{{tag>projects 3d-printing club }}
+[[clubs:3d-printing:3d-printing|About the Club]]
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 ==== Printing ====
-In our case, we must use USB flash drives to print our projects.
+In our case, we must use USB flash drives to print our projects. We have designated flash drives that belong to the library. Please save your **print ready** projects ( .makerbot files ) to the flash drive. Other files will be deleted.
+When you submit your projects to be printed, they will be reviewed before printing. We have a limited amount of filament to be shared by everyone. We would like to avoid mistakes that cause our prints to fail. Each failed print wastes more material that will have to be thrown away.
+==== Save or Export ====
+  - Obtain a flash drive from a librarian and insert it to the USB port on your chromebook. Normally, the printer is connected to the internet for printing, which is why we have a **Queue** button. However, since we're not allowed to connect the printer to the network, we need to save our **.makerbot** files to a flash drive.
+  - Ask a librarian to review your project before saving it to the flash drive. This keeps the us from wasting the material that needs to be thrown away and reprinting a new copy.
+  - Click the 3 dots ( burger menu ) next to the **Queue** button
+  - Click the **Download** option and save it to the flash drive
+  - Eject it safely from the laptop **( DO NOT SIMPLY PULL IT OUT OF THE PORT )**
+  - Fill out the 3D Print Log ( see a librarian )
+If it gets lost, have a librarian print another copy of the  [[http://pdf.home.mygarfield.us/pdf/shared/f9ece3b2-9e2b-42d1-bed3-2b4af3a9035b|3D Print Log]]. This will allow us to keep track of who submitted projects to print, which order they were submitted, and how many prints we do. In addition, this will provide data for us to show how popular this is and possible get more filament.