How to continue print after running out of filament
This is probably a FAQ, pointers to the answer greatly appreciated.
What are the best practices for continuing a print after running out of a spool of filament?
Do you take the partial print off the bed and restart from some point?
Or do you leave it on the bed and continue?
RE: How to continue print after running out of filament
The only practical way is to resume the print after replacing the runout filament. If you stop the print and remove te partial printed model you will never be able to print the missing part and glue it together (if that's what you where implying by "Do you take the partial print off the bed and restart from some point?")
See: https://help.prusa3d.com/article/ir-filament-sensor-mk2-5s-mk3s_112214
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RE: How to continue print after running out of filament
If I know that I'm going to run out of filament I watch the print and make the change when appropriate, if you're using Octoprint the easiest way I've found is to use the terminal and issue an M600. Otherwise the filament sensor will detect the end of the filament and signal a change. Typically though if I expect I'm going to run out and won't be able to do the change quickly when it signals, I'll do the swap before starting the print and will use the nearly empty spool on a print when I expect to be close to do the change. That's just me, I have done multi-color prints where I program in changes and have had the printer wait hours before I can get to it to do the change. You have to decide what you're comfortable with.
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RE: How to continue print after running out of filament
if you're using Octoprint the easiest way I've found is to use the terminal and issue an M600.
Thanks. yes, I've got a RPI zero 2 w, flashed and just about ready to install so I will have octoprint in a few days.
RE: How to continue print after running out of filament
I have snipped a filament that was tangling (leaving about a foot of filament to continue autofeeding), untangled the filament on the spool, then snipped the old line close to the feeder, and manually fed the new filament into the feeder while it continued printing. You have to be careful not to impede motion, but this also works for a mid-print color change.