# Form 3/3+ **URL:** https://forum.formlabs.com/c/support-troubleshooting/form-3/35.md?page=4 [Latest](https://forum.formlabs.com/latest.md) · [Categories](https://forum.formlabs.com/categories.md) · [Tags](https://forum.formlabs.com/tags.md) **Page:** 5 --- ## [Form 3 LPU only printing on half of the print plate?](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-lpu-only-printing-on-half-of-the-print-plate/39019)
**Author:** [@Frozenred](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Frozenred)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [September 5, 2024, 12:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-lpu-only-printing-on-half-of-the-print-plate/39019 "2024-09-05T12:28:04Z")
I unfortunately wasn’t present to see this print failure in action but it looks to me like the LPU got stuck when moving halfway across but would still print on the half that it could still move to. After the print th… --- ## [Form 3 says cartridge empty but it's not](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-says-cartridge-empty-but-its-not/38910)
**Author:** [@AllOnScale](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/AllOnScale)\ **Replies:** 7\ **Last updated:** [August 22, 2024, 3:49am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-says-cartridge-empty-but-its-not/38910 "2024-08-22T03:49:19Z")
Hi So my Form 3 says cartridge empty but it’s not. There is no calibration function like in my 3L. So what do I do? Factory reset? --- ## [Pouring resin out to extend tank lifetime?](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/pouring-resin-out-to-extend-tank-lifetime/28591)
**Author:** [@leonhart88](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/leonhart88)\ **Replies:** 67\ **Last updated:** [August 11, 2024, 2:25pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/pouring-resin-out-to-extend-tank-lifetime/28591 "2024-08-11T14:25:54Z")
Hoping that someone from Formlabs can chime in…maybe @DKirch or @JenniferMilne? So we all know the lifetime specs touted by Formlabs listed here say that the tank needs to be replaced after either a set time, or a set v… --- ## [LPU Calibration plate came loose, no idea how to get it back on](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/lpu-calibration-plate-came-loose-no-idea-how-to-get-it-back-on/34954)
**Author:** [@AWilliamWright](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/AWilliamWright)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [August 9, 2024, 3:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/lpu-calibration-plate-came-loose-no-idea-how-to-get-it-back-on/34954 "2024-08-09T15:28:28Z")
The calibration plate that lives up in the roof of the LPU’s cubby hole fell loose and I have no idea how to get it back in place. I can’t even tell how it was mounted in the first place (looking at photos online of i… --- ## [Remote start a print after a full shutdown/reboot](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/remote-start-a-print-after-a-full-shutdown-reboot/38746)
**Author:** [@Intuity](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Intuity)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [July 26, 2024, 7:57am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/remote-start-a-print-after-a-full-shutdown-reboot/38746 "2024-07-26T07:57:01Z")
Hey everybody, we are using a Form3 in our lab. Our office doesn’t want us to print overnight (they see a fire hazard - devices need to be turned off by an automatic wifi plug). But: It would be okay to start a print r… --- ## [How do you raise the build platform on a model 3](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-raise-the-build-platform-on-a-model-3/38740)
**Author:** [@jgrassi](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/jgrassi)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 25, 2024, 6:38pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/how-do-you-raise-the-build-platform-on-a-model-3/38740 "2024-07-25T18:38:19Z")
I have a model 3 printer and the build platform appears to be stuck in the down position. When I try to prime it, the software goes into a loop where it keeps asking me to check the build platform and make sure that it … --- ## [3B and Biomed White](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/3b-and-biomed-white/36947)
**Author:** [@Innovation](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Innovation)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 5:28pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/3b-and-biomed-white/36947 "2024-07-16T17:28:02Z")
Hello we are seeing print distortion with parts made in BioMed White. We are just starting to use this resin as we typically use BioMed Amber. Any BioMed White users that can share their experiences with use and t… --- ## [ESD Resin Tricks](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/esd-resin-tricks/38661)
**Author:** [@MujdeG](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/MujdeG)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [July 16, 2024, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/esd-resin-tricks/38661 "2024-07-16T16:29:49Z")
Hello everyone, Do you have any tips or tricks for using ESD resin with the Form 3? We have been working with this resin for a couple of weeks now, but we keep encountering failures. Starting with a fresh new tank, we … --- ## [Form 3 mixer failure](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-mixer-failure/38612)
**Author:** [@reznicekjakub](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/reznicekjakub)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 12, 2024, 6:13am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-mixer-failure/38612 "2024-07-12T06:13:07Z")
Hello, At work, we encountered a problem while mixing the resins in our Form 3 printer. The printer checks optics heats up to 31 degrees and then tries to mix the resin, but the mixer is not moving at a constant speed, … --- ## [First run Form 3 Refurbished](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/first-run-form-3-refurbished/38597)
**Author:** [@ProperParts](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ProperParts)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [July 9, 2024, 9:04pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/first-run-form-3-refurbished/38597 "2024-07-09T21:04:08Z")
Super unimpressed with my “factory refurbished” Form 3 and even less impressed with customer service. 1)Will not recognize tank, I tried two (new) some Build plate error, I should have written it down 3Unplugged it (… --- ## [2024: Form 3 vs the Form 2](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/2024-form-3-vs-the-form-2/38535)
**Author:** [@StarFlicker](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/StarFlicker)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 5:29pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/2024-form-3-vs-the-form-2/38535 "2024-07-01T17:29:56Z")
I’m thinking of upgrading to a Form 3, but a few questions first: Can someone who has owned a Form 2 explain how much easier or harder it is clean a Form 3? My hands aren’t huge, but seriously, cleaning the Form 2 galv… --- ## [Blinking formlabs logo and light by resin tank](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/blinking-formlabs-logo-and-light-by-resin-tank/38144)
**Author:** [@wsfilus](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/wsfilus)\ **Replies:** 10\ **Last updated:** [July 1, 2024, 2:24am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/blinking-formlabs-logo-and-light-by-resin-tank/38144 "2024-07-01T02:24:08Z")
I have been running my Form3 and all has been fine. I switched out resin and now I have the Formlabs logo blinking and the light by the resin tank blinking. It prints fine, the LED board is fine. I get no errors and t… --- ## [Laser path](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/laser-path/38444)
**Author:** [@msn1g16](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/msn1g16)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [June 20, 2024, 12:43pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/laser-path/38444 "2024-06-20T12:43:40Z")
I’m investigating some materials properties of lattices produced on a Form3 and wanted to know what the laser path was. Is there some way of reading the form file to determine this? I can see that there are lines in pref… --- ## [Dashboard show wrong amount of resin left](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/dashboard-show-wrong-amount-of-resin-left/33588)
**Author:** [@CalAm\_net](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/CalAm_net)\ **Replies:** 28\ **Last updated:** [June 11, 2024, 3:07pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/dashboard-show-wrong-amount-of-resin-left/33588 "2024-06-11T15:07:33Z")
I’ve been using Form3 printer for a month right now. So far my experience with the printer was great: no failed prints, great parts precision and finish. But I was noticing that resin cartridges after various prints wer… --- ## [PreForm Menu lists not appearing Bug - Multiple monitor issue](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/preform-menu-lists-not-appearing-bug-multiple-monitor-issue/30696)
**Author:** [@DreB](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/DreB)\ **Replies:** 8\ **Last updated:** [June 10, 2024, 9:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/preform-menu-lists-not-appearing-bug-multiple-monitor-issue/30696 "2024-06-10T21:20:59Z")
I would like to report a bug in PreForm when using multiple monitors. The menu (File, Edit, View and Help) options list do not appear after being clicked depending on which monitor I put the PreForm window on: Left Mo… --- ## [White Resin prints bend when post curing](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-resin-prints-bend-when-post-curing/37825)
**Author:** [@ivangreco](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/ivangreco)\ **Replies:** 5\ **Last updated:** [May 24, 2024, 4:16pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/white-resin-prints-bend-when-post-curing/37825 "2024-05-24T16:16:30Z")
Hi, When printing with white resin, the prints often bend upwards after the post-cure. For hollowed prints it worse, but also full printed pieces bends a bit. I cure them 30min at 60°C. Any idea what I should change to… --- ## [Printing failed error](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/printing-failed-error/37754)
**Author:** [@dsarnaik](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/dsarnaik)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 20, 2024, 12:33pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/printing-failed-error/37754 "2024-05-20T12:33:30Z")
To preface, I have been using this printer now for 3 years, and it has been working properly, and I use it regularly. So I removed the print from yesterday, and went to print a new part and it did not print. The error t… --- ## [Form 3B Bricked By Firmware Update?](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3b-bricked-by-firmware-update/36545)
**Author:** [@bedfordbraces](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/bedfordbraces)\ **Replies:** 11\ **Last updated:** [May 17, 2024, 6:43am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3b-bricked-by-firmware-update/36545 "2024-05-17T06:43:16Z")
Hello! We have two Form 3B printers in our orthodontic office that I use for printing patient models for retainers. On a Thursday afternoon, my staff told me that one of the printers wanted to do a firmware update. I sai… --- ## [Printing does not start because of the Bulid Plate](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/printing-does-not-start-because-of-the-bulid-plate/38183)
**Author:** [@comtail](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/comtail)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 7:46pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/printing-does-not-start-because-of-the-bulid-plate/38183 "2024-05-13T19:46:29Z")
Hello guys, when I upload a print job, the screen says “Prepairing Print” (it takes too long as usual), then it just says “Error, Error to starting print”". On the main screen it says that I should clean the bulid plat… --- ## [New tank not recognised](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/new-tank-not-recognised/38173)
**Author:** [@rybu](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/rybu)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [May 13, 2024, 7:44pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/new-tank-not-recognised/38173 "2024-05-13T19:44:16Z")
Hi all, I just put a completely new tank in my Form 3 and the Form 3 thinks there’s no tank at all. The tank does have the little ?RFID? or whatever that circuitry is, so I don’t see an elementary reason for the tank t… --- ## [Inlay core 3D](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/inlay-core-3d/38153)
**Author:** [@kaulyne](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/kaulyne)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [May 7, 2024, 12:00pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/inlay-core-3d/38153 "2024-05-07T12:00:38Z")
Hello, I am a dental technician in France in the Grand-Est. I’m having problems printing templates and dies with holes for the Inlay Core. The holes never go all the way through, they feel like they’re clogged and I can… --- ## [Inlay core](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/inlay-core/38137)
**Author:** [@kaulyne](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/kaulyne)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 6, 2024, 9:41pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/inlay-core/38137 "2024-05-06T21:41:28Z")
Bonjour, je suis prothésiste dentaire en France dans le Grand-Est. Je rencontre des problèmes pour imprimer des modèles et des dies avec des trous pour les Inlay Core. Les trous ne vont jamais jusqu’au bout, ils sont co… --- ## [Première impression](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/premiere-impression/37432)
**Author:** [@TCamboulive](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/TCamboulive)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [May 2, 2024, 11:50am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/premiere-impression/37432 "2024-05-02T11:50:52Z")
Bonjour, Au risque de poser une énième fois cette question, étant un jeune (néanmoins vieux) utilisateur de la Form3+, pouvez-vous me rassurer et me renseigner quant au fait de laisser la résine dans le bac après la pre… --- ## [Mixer Detaching even after cleaning tank](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/mixer-detaching-even-after-cleaning-tank/33803)
**Author:** [@jdrews](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/jdrews)\ **Replies:** 25\ **Last updated:** [April 26, 2024, 2:34pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/mixer-detaching-even-after-cleaning-tank/33803 "2024-04-26T14:34:12Z")
Brand new Form 3+ had its first failure, but it seems to be something to do with the mixer. When the mixer moves towards the RIGHT (away from home), it works fine, but when it returns, it detaches from the magnets on on… --- ## [Dental frames with castable wax V1 failures](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/dental-frames-with-castable-wax-v1-failures/38058)
**Author:** [@Pascaldeslandes](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Pascaldeslandes)\ **Replies:** 1\ **Last updated:** [April 25, 2024, 3:06pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/dental-frames-with-castable-wax-v1-failures/38058 "2024-04-25T15:06:13Z")
since some week , i have too many printing failures with my 3B, i can’t print more than one frame at a time, and often it fails, only the base plate is printed and “glued” in the tank . boring ! --- ## [New tank reading as expired](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/new-tank-reading-as-expired/37924)
**Author:** [@diggerydoom](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/diggerydoom)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [April 4, 2024, 4:53am UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/new-tank-reading-as-expired/37924 "2024-04-04T04:53:42Z")
Hi all - I have just put a new tank into the form 3 for Tough 2000. As soon as it was picked up, it read as expired. Apparently it has had 19811 days with resin in. Is there a way to reset this? --- ## [Form 3+ Help – Prints Leave Thin Resin Film](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-help-prints-leave-thin-resin-film/37902)
**Author:** [@blueblue2200](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/blueblue2200)\ **Replies:** 2\ **Last updated:** [March 28, 2024, 6:37pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/form-3-help-prints-leave-thin-resin-film/37902 "2024-03-28T18:37:07Z")
Hello! Our Form 3+ lately has been having issues when completing prints where detailed areas typically produce a thin layer of resin that covers finer details of the model. It seems like the resin maybe drips and cures i… --- ## [Fix for persistent cartridge missing error! Maybe other electronic glitches too](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/fix-for-persistent-cartridge-missing-error-maybe-other-electronic-glitches-too/37697)
**Author:** [@Vectordrive](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/Vectordrive)\ **Replies:** 3\ **Last updated:** [March 26, 2024, 8:24pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/fix-for-persistent-cartridge-missing-error-maybe-other-electronic-glitches-too/37697 "2024-03-26T20:24:25Z")
I have had the unfortunate circumstances of having my Formlabs 3+ constantly spitting out cartridge missing errors for no apparent reason, and the cartridges chips were fried, meaning undetectable by any other printers e… --- ## [Optics unit not parking itself](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/optics-unit-not-parking-itself/37619)
**Author:** [@as4399](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/as4399)\ **Replies:** 6\ **Last updated:** [February 9, 2024, 2:21pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/optics-unit-not-parking-itself/37619 "2024-02-09T14:21:20Z")
After my latest print the unit made a loud sound upon print completion. I went to check on it and noticed through the resin tank that the optics unit was not parked away but sitting right in the middle. I’ve also n… --- ## [Cracks in relatively simple model printed without supports](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cracks-in-relatively-simple-model-printed-without-supports/37732)
**Author:** [@jonasgruska](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/jonasgruska)\ **Replies:** 0\ **Last updated:** [February 8, 2024, 10:47pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/cracks-in-relatively-simple-model-printed-without-supports/37732 "2024-02-08T22:47:05Z")
I enjoy the simplicity of building directly on the build-plate (the flexible one). However today I have encountered rather ugly cracks in the print. Any ideas what could be the problem? Using latest firmware, latest ver… [Previous page](https://forum.formlabs.com/c/support-troubleshooting/form-3/35.md?page=3) [Next page](https://forum.formlabs.com/c/support-troubleshooting/form-3/35.md?page=5)