There is a Mendel90 printer at LAG, we don't know what is the actual name / model of it.
Currently we use the Repetier software to control it.
Printer may or may not be currently working, to get it to work:
The printer needs to be calibrated properly (Z axis)
There is (was?) the software (Repetier and Octoprint) on the lag laptop, please do not replace that with windows!
The extruder is a "J-Head" with a Ceramic 30W? heater
The control board is a "Melzi ardentissimo" / "Melzi 1.0/2.0 eBay Hybrid"
It is currently running some v1.? of the Marlin firmware
It should be possible (and maybe good?) to upload the Repetier firmware, but we have to create a proper config.h file for it (wizard)
repetier firmware has support for automated Z-probing
we could try to build a Puck probe like this