What if my Makerbot rep2 turns off? Does it resume printing after?

[Zumel Michel]

Hello:

I am new to the board. I am printing somethings that is going to take 13 hours to print, and I won't be back until Monday. But it's been raining a lot in Miami so I'm afraid the power might turn off and I can't resume the printing on Monday. Is there a way to pause the printing, and be able to turn off the printer and resume another day? Please help. 

Thank you

[Ryan Carlyle]

If the printer powers down, the print is ruined. End of story. You can resume after a pause but if you lose power you lose position registration and the printer doesn't know how to restart.

[Jeffrey Ballard]

I recommend a UPS power supply (battery backup) for powering both the computer and the printer.  That way power surges and brief power outages wont stop your printer.  I had a surge 90% through a 10 hour print once....  Never again.

On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 6:32 PM, Ryan Carlyle <temp...@gmail.com> wrote:

If the printer powers down, the print is ruined. End of story. You can resume after a pause but if you lose power you lose position registration and the printer doesn't know how to restart.

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[Dan Newman]

On 20/06/2014, 3:41 PM, Jeffrey Ballard wrote:
> I recommend a UPS power supply (battery backup) for powering both the
> computer and the printer. That way power surges and brief power outages
> wont stop your printer. I had a surge 90% through a 10 hour print once....
> Never again.

And printing unattended isn't support by Makerbot. Indeed, they strongly
urge you to never print unattended. Just another printer-caught-fire report
over in another group. (It wasn't a makerbot, but fires do happen with 3D
printers.)

Dan