# Bad prints on form3

**URL:** <https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bad-prints-on-form3/25335>\
**Category:** Form 3/3+\
**Created:** [November 10, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bad-prints-on-form3/25335 "2019-11-10T12:32:06Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 3\
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**Author:** ![corrieholls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@corrieholls](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/corrieholls)\
**Post date:** [November 10, 2019, 12:32pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bad-prints-on-form3/25335/1 "2019-11-10T12:32:06Z")

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Hi Guys looking for help and advice her, small business in which we currently have two form2, we have just taken delivery of a form 3 , and are having a second delivered direct from formlab any day.  
At first an item i print i just swapped machine on preform to send it to the new form 3, i dint realize i had to remove the supports and re install, so obviously wasn’t impressed by the print.  
i then re bought the drawing in direct from stl, set up auto orientation and how i would normally set orientation, added supports which i normally have at 0.20 or 0.25 as its only thin areas to touch too , this item prints perfectly on the form 2, but the prints so far are rubbish, with grooved lines, distortion in its shape as it is a rectangle box, my worry not only this not working but a second on the way, which is a part ex,

i print in 0.025 on all prints i make, ive even tried this at 0.1 and still failure

i am now printing three versions , preform set up , my set up and a version flat on raft, this preform drawing and diagnostics ill be sending to the supplier, and formlab

i’ve had 4 months of issues with form 2 and this was meant to be a solution to the wide banding and issues of hours of failed prints. at the moment i think they will be going back and walk away from formlab

if anyone has had similar issues or any ideas please could you let me know

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**Author:** ![corrieholls](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/58f4c7/32.png) [@corrieholls](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/corrieholls)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 2:20pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bad-prints-on-form3/25335/2 "2019-11-11T14:20:21Z")

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**Author:** ![AllOnScale](https://sea1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/user_avatar/forum.formlabs.com/allonscale/32/17287_2.png) [@AllOnScale](https://forum.formlabs.com/u/AllOnScale)\
**Post date:** [November 11, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/bad-prints-on-form3/25335/3 "2019-11-11T20:15:33Z")

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Hi, your issue is being discussed in the latest review…[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U92aD-hgs](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W1U92aD-hgs)