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giles.p
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Copy files directly to printer's SD card?

I'd like to be able to mount the printer's SD card as a USB mass storage in Windows. Is this ever likely to be possible, or would it be too much for the controller? (What does Marlin know about SD cards?)

Posted : 22/01/2019 8:38 am
bobstro
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Re: Copy files directly to printer's SD card?

If you mount the card in an SD Card reader, it should in Windows. If you mean as a network drive mapping via wireless, the printer itself is too under-powered, but you can do this with a newer Toshiba Flashair SD card with some success.

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Posted : 22/01/2019 9:06 am
giles.p
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Topic starter answered:
Re: Copy files directly to printer's SD card?

Yeah I can pull the card out and mount it on the PC no problem. Just would be nice to mount it directly from the PC, since it's plugged into the printer via a USB cable. One of those "would be nice" things.

Posted : 22/01/2019 12:27 pm
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