[Hardware] Spool Swaps in the F170

Hi Everyone,

As I mentioned in the refresh session yesterday, please run the ABS and QSR spools until they are empty in the F170 Stratasys printer. Your print job will pause until the spool is changed, and then will continue once the spool has been swapped. Swapping early means more swaps for additional builds, which delays future print jobs for others. It also leads to waste where reels are recycled before they have used all the material.

We've been getting the same colour to allow us to keep using the spools until they are finished. The ABS material is very expensive compared to the PLA costs, and we don't want to waste any more than we have to. Please make sure that we use all the QSR support and ABS before switching spools.

-John