HIPS printbed

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we have a lot of material to use as printbed for PLA printing, we have capton, blue tape, plexyglass, ecc.. i have find a better one in a HIPS (high impact polystirene) plate took from an old HP printer with scanner (the white plate that press the paper on the glass), i have cut it about 20x20cm and i have try to print something with PLA, so the first print gone with nice result, at now i'm using the first hips plate for 1 year, i have print about 10kg of plastic, the plate have signs of damaging but still work perfect.

The HIPS printbed does not need any type of additive to print on and work at room temperature, it has been full tested only with PLA.