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09-29-2015, 12:50 PM #11
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09-29-2015, 12:53 PM #12
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09-29-2015, 02:19 PM #13
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Yes, still applies. The printer itself doesn't understand gcode directly over the wire or from an SD card. You can only use printer hosts that understand and send x3g protocol (ie not Cura).
At higher speeds you'll get better results from the SD card because you'll avoid pauses due to serial communication interruption (even 10ms pauses are sufficient to cause a zit on your print). You can avoid passing it back and forth by using a FlashAir and putting things on the SD card wirelessly.
That said, these days I mostly print from OctoPrint running on a Raspberry Pi connected to the printer via USB and upload gcode directly to that. But that's because I want to put as many hours on my plugin as possible for testing purposes.
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10-05-2015, 05:43 PM #14
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When I tried using Makerware it just kept saying "Connecting..." forever. Console log showed that it was correctly seeing and identifying the printer. Is there some simple trick to this?
New member with print issue
06-11-2024, 08:57 AM in Tips, Tricks and Tech Help