The ability to rename the printer to something more appropriate. (Form 2)
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The name is the serial number & Unique ID. If you were to change it, youâd loose that, and FormLabs would not be able to provide support.
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Well that is very unfortunate for me. Anyone else have a ridiculous and unprofessional name for their printer? âHumorousPigâ is not what I would have chosen! Iâm very upset and my OCD isnât helping. If Formlabs can do anything about this I would be very gratefull.
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I would like to see a user defined description. Leave the serial number alone but allow the user to create their own name to show in the dashboard or any paperwork. This way you could have âCompanyName 1â for your printer but still retain the serial number for tracking/warranty with Formlabs.
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Printer names/serial numbers are combination of one randomly selected adjective and one randomly selected animal name. I can understand that you think it is unprofessional but I think Formlabs thought it was a fun way to do serial numbers. Plus, they thought you could print/design yourself a printer mascot, which I think is a fun idea.
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@Joestefano Just be glad you donât have this guyâs printer!
And just to reiterate, you cannot change printer names.
- Kevin
Joe,
Iâm sure quite a few people have suggested a change for those âserialnamesâ. I also see that a machine like that can become something âpersonalâ and a more suitable, personal name would be desired.
Youâll have 3 types of people; those who hate the serialnames, those who find them funny (I assume some people of Formlabs belong to that category) and those who donât care or get used to it.
Iâve had altogether 4
Formlabs Machines:
GracefulBoar
CharmingInfant
RoyalEchidna
WryBear.
The positive aspect of those serialnames is not having endless number and letter combos but 2 actual words, which are easier to remember.
And just like Aaron here says - maybe Formlabs can have a set of serialnames one can choose from before ordering or during order process. While specific requests might be a bit tricky as people will start having all kinds of requests and sometimes those names might already be taken just by chance. This would be like those vanity license plates.
I personally am not much of a friend of those serialnames either but in the end much more important is that the machine does perform as it is claimed it does.
This is definitely funny and also a great idea IMO as it allows for easy sharing of the âSNâ. Completely agree with that.
Thereâs just no reason why we should not be able to rename the printer in the dashboard is all.
OkayâŠso youâre telling me ânutleyâ is supposed to be some sort of animal name? Exactly what would a nutley mascot look like??
Even while typing this text, the editor keeps marking ânutleyâ in red as a misspelled word! Autocorrect keeps changing it to ânuttily.â Seriously, what the heck is a nutley supposed to be?
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I have AromaticPony 
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I wonât lie, I am stumped on that one. If you Google it or try to find a definition it will only give you the town in New Jersey. Sorry man, unless someone at Formlabs is from the âgloriousâ town of Nutley, New Jersey, I have no idea where they got that one.
To be fair, this is the first ever device S/N I remember off the top of my head, and I will probably never forget it for the rest of my days. Glory to ExcellentDoge!
please for the love of god let me never see my serial number again.
mine is pretty cool future Reindeer
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I guys, Iâm sorry but I think that making up âfunnyâ name makes that whole thing less professionnalâŠ
I just got my Form3 printer for my company and we work in a french speaking evironnement, so my coworkers donât even get âthe jokeâ and keep asking me what that description on the screen means.
yeesh, mine is CompleteYak
Just bought my first Form3 printer, I love it! But, I think it is very unfortunate that FORMLABS thought it was a good idea to control what one names the printer you have purchased from them. It bad user experience for FORMLABS to make it impossible to rename a printer that you own!
Nutley is a town in New Jersey. Iâm guessing whoever gave your printer its serial number overrode the adjective/animal rule and declared their love of their home town by naming your printer âGloriousNutleyâ. 
There is a very good reason why Formlabs given each printer an unique memorable name, in that follow each printer via the Dashboard and Support. Can you image how that would be impossible if they had to deal with 20,000 printers called âMyForm3â?
Itâs just a silly affectation. There is no reason why the printerâs name has to have anything to do with the printerâs âglobally unique identifierâ.
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