First layer problems get a lot of attention, but failures mid-print – when you aren’t watching – are more frustrating. What do you do when they strike? We’ve got you covered.

Mercifully, modern machines do a lot of the heavy lifting to mitigate what used to be common troubles with past generations of desktop 3D printer. That being said, there are simply too many variables and convergence points that can cause trouble – it’s almost inevitable when you’re first starting out that you’ll run into something that causes a print failure.

Here are a few common mid-print fails, what causes them, and how you can address them.