My setup mistakes My school talks a lot about grit, learning pits, and growth mindset. I definitely started out in the pit and revisited it a few times while I was working on setting up our two 3D printers! I didn't know anything about setting up a 3D printer and had never used one before when I sat down to do it about two weeks ago. If I can set one up, you certainly can too, but maybe you can avoid a few of the rookie mistakes I made.
The printer I ordered (New Matter's MOD-t) came with a few setup instructions and directions on where to go for full instructions and pictures on their website. The website's instructions were thorough and very user friendly. They made setup easy! I got one of the printers up and running on the counter using my laptop quickly and was amazed at how easy it was...but then I realized I had made two mistakes that would need fixed: Mistake #1 was setting up the first of two printers through my teacher laptop instead of through the computer it'd be hooked up to on a regular basis. I thought we'd be able to house the printers on the counter and print wirelessly. Nope! The printers do have that capability, but my space just can't support that the way I wanted, and the computers I'll need to use for printing are all hardwired to the internet. So I then quickly enlisted the help of our building technology specialist, who helped me remove two of the computers to put a 3D printer on each end of that front row of two of computers. We had to undo the wiring of those, and then I setup the wiring of the printers to connect them to those computers.
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