This one didn’t print right but I’m gonna try it again later I might change up the color too
this post was submitted on 19 Oct 2023
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You can also just pause it and change filament manually.
Just remember to push through some of the filament until the color comming out is right.
You mean going trough the menu ? I have never used this feature. When you "pause" the print, does the printer head goed to the origin (to be able to push the filament" ? I can imagine that it depends of the printer...
I mean inserting the pause gcode command in the slicer. The idea is that this command is very basic, so every printer supports it, as opposed to a filament change command.
I used Cura and IIRC you could add "move away from the print and move back when unpaused" commands.
I haven't 3d printed for far too long, so my memory is very blurry. You might be better off looking for a Youtube video or googling for a tutorial, but it wasn't rocket science once someone on the internet explained it to me.
Edit: maybe try searching for something like "3d printer filament change pause"
Thanks ! I have tried this in Cura ("pause at height" script instead of "change filament"). You can select the pause gcode instruction. Most of them does not works... but one of it works!! My first two-color print!!
I still have to manage how to purge without making a mess on the bed.
No problem! I'm glad you got it working!
I would just pull the first filament away from the bed and the rest usually follows along and you get a little birds nest.