# Newbie Looking to estimate maintenance and consumable cost of Form2 or Form3

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**Category:** General Discussion\
**Created:** [October 12, 2019, 8:52pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/newbie-looking-to-estimate-maintenance-and-consumable-cost-of-form2-or-form3/24963 "2019-10-12T20:52:39Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 13, 2019, 9:22pm UTC](https://forum.formlabs.com/t/newbie-looking-to-estimate-maintenance-and-consumable-cost-of-form2-or-form3/24963/8 "2019-10-13T21:22:39Z")

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I was able to download the software without a printer serial number, you can enter your email address instead.

But you’re right, it saves and exports to a proprietary format, which isn’t usable on other printers, nor can you export the positioned and supported model either. Another thing I noticed is that it generates way too many supports (in default mode).

 ![ZSuite%20support](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex025/uploads/formlabs/original/2X/4/48f3f727085ab8937ac60ad9b58b30564eb27be1.jpg)

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