Craft and making · CM-04

3D Print Log

A free printable 3D print log — model, filament, temperatures, layer height, speed, infill and result, plus a printer maintenance checklist.

First page of the 3D Print Log — Record the settings that produced each print, so a good result can be repeated and a failed one diagnosed instead of guessed at.
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One page. Choose your paper size — both versions are laid out identically, so neither one gets shrunk to fit.

Print it and write on it

Fill it in type and save

The fillable versions have real form fields — open them in any PDF reader, type into them and save. Printing help.

What this sheet is for

Record the settings that produced each print, so a good result can be repeated and a failed one diagnosed instead of guessed at.

Who it is for

Anyone running a printer at home, in a workshop, a makerspace or a classroom.

How to use it

  1. Fill in the settings when you start the print, not when it finishes.
  2. Record the filament brand and colour — behaviour differs between them.
  3. Write down failures and what they looked like. The failures are the useful entries.
  4. Tick the maintenance list at intervals you set yourself.

What is on the sheet

The layout is fixed at a size that fits both A4 and US Letter, so the A4 and Letter files are visually identical and print at full size on either. Rows are set at a height that an adult can actually write a date and a few words into with a pen — most printable tables are built in a word processor and never tested with one.

Questions

Why no recommended temperatures?

Because they depend on your printer, your filament, your nozzle and the room it is standing in. Copying a stranger's numbers is exactly the habit this log exists to replace: after twenty prints, your own log is the best reference you will find.

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