METAL X PRINTER USER GUIDE
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MATERIAL STORAGE / DISPOSAL
failed prints, and unnecessary waste of time and materials. This article outlines proper care and storage of
metal print material.
HUMIDITY
humidity. However, you should avoid operating your printer or storing your print material in extreme conditions.
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TEMPERATURE
While the metal print material is fairly robust against environmental humidity, it is quite sensitive to changes
temperature, growing increasingly brittle at low temperatures and potentially beginning to thermally debind
in high heat. We recommend storing material and operating the printer within the temperature range given in
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o
C, 66-85
o
F). Spools should be kept under 40
o
Celsius for long-term storage.
Do not store spools in direct sunlight, even inside their original packaging.
mishandled. To avoid tangles, always store spools —both full and partial—in a vertical orientation with as
Note: Do not drop the spool.
should assume that the material is compromised (cracked or broken) and not usable.