LulzBot TAZ 6 3D printer
Equipment category: GREEN
Purpose
Used for 3D printing prototypes or final parts. Filament is provided. For small jobs, the material is free. For large jobs, bring your own spool.
Instructions
- There are 24 LulzBot printers in the Student Design Lab and 10 in the Student Shop.
- Sign up for a spot in the print queue using the LulzBot print queue form.
- Wait to receive an email from staff. Check your spot using the Student Design Lab LulzBot printing queue spreadsheet.
- Go to the appropriate lab and talk to a student worker at the front desk to be assigned a printer and to check out filament.
- Load the filament and print your design. (Limit of 1 tray of parts per spot in the queue.)
- Go to the URL "meXX.cselabs.umn.edu" and type in the number of your printer in place of "XX".
- Log into the website with these credentials:
- Username: student
- Password: makerspace
- If the printer is not connected, click the "Connect" button. Sometimes clicking the button doesn't work on the first try, so try clicking it a second time and it should connect.
- Upload and print your part.
- For additional guidance, University of Minnesota students, staff, and faculty can use the LulzBot tutorial guide (Google doc).
- Return the filament to the front desk and pick up your part.
After-hours printing
If you have 24/7 U Card access to the Student Design Lab, after-hours printing is on a first-come-first-served basis, and you must either use your own filament or check out filament from the lab during open hours.