After a job prints, it would be nice if the estimated print time that is shown on the machine could be updated to use the actual print time. This way, re-running a job from the machine would show a more accurate time estimate, which I have found can vary pretty dramatically on long prints.
I just finished a job where the estimate was off by several hours (took about 25% longer than estimated) Since I know it will be used again at some point, but likely not for a while, having the information stored right in the job would be far more handy than having to look it up in dashboard history or an external log book.
Oh man I really hope they fix the estimated print time sometime soon. It’s pretty frustrating when it is off by several hours. In an R&D environment where we are printing constantly, it makes it really challenging to plan out your prints.
Same here. Our Form2 is used for R&D as well as for production (some internal parts in our products, lots of production jig/fixtures/adapters and so on). I tried using a time planing tool to manage print queues but with print times being so unreliable I have resorted to a good old "1 to 2 days, or when it’s done),
While that would be great, I’m not even looking for something that complicated. I just want the on-machine stored print time to get updated from estimated to actual after the job finishes printing.
We do prototype printing for clients and the printing time is a major factor of our quote calculations. We have also found serious discrepancies between calculated and actual print times. Here are some of our recent results
