The camera can be disabled in three ways:

• 1st method: you can put a cap that comes with the printer (in the accessories box). This is also
  available as a file that you can print, in the preloaded print jobs.
• 2nd method: you can disable the camera in the printer UI. This is something that is also shown
  during onboarding steps. Note that camera and timelapse are not the same. You can disable
  timelapse and still have the camera enabled.
• 3rd method: unplug the wire to completely disconnect the camera, similar to Form 4 and Form 4L.
  
  
  

Form Studio 1 uses a resin tank (Form Studio 1 Resin Tank) built with a film engineered for Formlabs Alpha Resins. This film removes the need for continuous mixing. The tradeoff is a narrower range of chemical compatibility: this tank works only with Alpha Resins and select others.

Form Studio 1 can also print Tough 1500 and 3rd party materials in the Form Studio 1 Resin Tank Pro, but without a mixer, print speed runs slower than Form 4. For a heavy Tough resin workload, Form 4 is the better fit.

Form Studio 1 still mixes resin when it needs to, either to even out heating or to reduce settling after resin sits in the tank. In those cases, the printer runs a build platform mix routine, shifting the build platform through the resin. This is the same basic mixing approach used in many LCD printers.

Form Studio 1 tracks resin volume the same way Form 3/3+ does: by usage. Each printed layer consumes a measured amount of resin, and the printer logs that amount to the cartridge. Form Studio 1 refines this method slightly, but the underlying approach is unchanged from Form 3. Usage tracking is an indirect method, so it carries a higher error rate than direct, weight-based tracking. This tradeoff exists on Form 3 as well; it is not unique to Form Studio 1. The resin release mechanism is also unchanged from Form 4.

No, Form Studio 1 is not compatible with the Resin Pumping System.

The Form Studio 1 Resin Tank uses a film engineered for Formlabs Alpha Resins. It is engineered to deliver fast printing and an improved supported surface finish with Alpha Resins. The tradeoff is the tank film is not chemically compatible with all materials.

Tough 1500 Resin V2 is not compatible with this tank: certain components in those resins damage the film. Many third-party resins carry similar incompatible ingredients. That is the reason for the restriction and why they made the Form Studio 1 Resin Tank Pro

Users making their own settings for Alpha Resins in Resin Tank Pro should expect roughly 60% print speed of what the Standard tank delivers, and the Standard tank costs less. There is no upside to running Alpha Resins in the Pro tank.

Form 4 runs a higher-powered Backlight Unit at 16 mW/cm², with 63 individually lensed LEDs. Form Studio 1 runs a lower-powered BLU at 6 mW/cm², with 28 LEDs. Low-cost printers typically use a COB (chip-on-board) architecture with a single Fresnel lens. Both Form 4 and Form Studio 1 output more power than low-cost printers, which typically run around 2 mW/cm². On the LPU, Form 4 uses a 50 micron pixel and Form Studio 1 uses a 35 micron pixel, while low-cost printers go as small as 14 microns. Pixel size alone does not determine part accuracy, feature resolution, or surface quality. Both Form 4 and Form Studio 1 outperform low-cost SLA printers even where their pixel size is larger.

Form Studio 1 connects over Wi-Fi, on both 2.4 GHz and 5.0 GHz bands. There is also an ethernet option. To connect, customers go to the printer UI, then Settings, then Connectivity. The printer runs fully offline. We recommend connecting to an account to unlock the full feature set, including remote print monitoring and the mobile app. Without a connection, customers update firmware through PreForm over a USB connection.