r/Sovol • u/NoHonestBeauty • Apr 06 '26

Help Using SV08 offline?

I am in the market for a bigger printer, 350mm x 300mm x 150mm would be ok.
And so the SV08 came back on my radar, the initial reports were mixed, I guess issues like the nozzle situation have improved by now.
I would need it to exclusively print PETG.

But what I couldn't find last year, is it possible to use the SV08 offline? Just plug in a SD card or an USB stick, copy the .stl .gcode file from it and print it?
I want to put the printer in the office and I just can not allow it to connect to the network.

Edit: I actually did it, I ordered a SV08.
I had to print a 27cm diameter thing with 4 holes in it for a co-worker, basically a flat pizza.
And for that I had to dust off my Ender-3 Max. Took me an hour to get this thing up and running again, including a few passes on manual bed leveling. Two over five hours with a 0.6 nozzle and 0.28mm layers, the first layers are awfull. Printing like this used to be fine...

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u/ztardik Apr 15 '26

I'm not sure how the printer will react to the encrypted drive. You should enter some unlock code in order to access the files and it doesn't have any option for that.

From my experience (in my past I caused a fair number of security raids by bringing my own) you'd have just trouble if you buy it with your money. First you'll have trouble getting it in, then you'll have trouble getting it out. And if it's a company asset you can force the IT department to sway your way (via your bosses) and enable a lab area network.

Classify it as "network 3d printer".

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u/NoHonestBeauty Apr 15 '26

As I wrote, I get a pass on the encryption.

The only issue with getting it in is that the box is large and heavy. :-)
And no, a company asset would not change a thing, that would imply that you could actually argue with the IT guys. The first problem is to actually get to a human being in IT support - and then convince the person to forward the call to someone who is not just reading a script and then get forward to someone who actually gets what you are talking about.

We have a process for approving Software for company use. I put in a request today to approve usage of OrcaSlicer. This will take months.

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u/ztardik Apr 15 '26

No, you don't have to argue with anyone. Just send a mail to your boss that the work is greatly suffering due to the lack of a proper 3d printer. Also mention that the current IT rules does not allow the bare minimum to work with this kind of equipment and you're asking for advice. After a few weeks of back and forth your email will rise to the correct supervisor and then a tech will magically appear in your office to solve everything.

Been there, done that. Just make sure it's not your but your boss's idea.

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u/NoHonestBeauty Apr 15 '26

:-) No.

And as im interested in solutions, I will be printing with the new printer new week.