Cannot print single filament - Always "loads" filament 1 (even when told to use different slot) then never extrudes.
I just finished setting up my MMU2s on my i3 MK3S (remote controlled with an octopi, everything running the most recent versions), I had a semi-successful print of of a clown fish (FINDA sensor was having issues with one filament, so I cancelled the job and got it adjusted and it seems fine now)
But as I'm trying to print some parts for the buffer and input, specifically these:
I cannot get it to print in single color mode. I have tried both the standard i3 MK3S and the MMU2S single profiles here: https://imgur.com/0F6v9gz (only difference between base and -octopi is the octoprint settings)
In the case of the MMU2S Single it asked me which filament to use when I started (as expected) I selected slot 2 since it was the color I wanted and the following sequence of events occurred:
- Bed and Hot-end heated to temp
- homing and mesh bed levelling
- MMU2S moved to select slot 2
- Loaded slot 2 down to hot end
- Printed the purge/pressure line outside the normal print area (as usual)
- moved to start point of print
- Retracted filament from hot end and into buffer
- moved to slot 1
- loaded slot 1 down into hotend
- proceeded to follow the path of the GCode without actually extruding anything. (watched for several minutes)
Using the standard i3 MK3S the only difference is that I told the printer to "Load to hot-end" slot 2, it did the normal thing of purging and asking if the color was ok. I sent the print from Octopi and the sequence of events from point 5 above, in this case I double checked the extruder motor, and it was stationary, so not even attempting to load filament to the extruder.
RE: Cannot print single filament - Always "loads" filament 1 (even when told to use different slot) then never extrudes.
I am having the same issue when using PrusaSlicer 2.0. With prior versions of Slic3r PE I did not have this issue. It may be related to this PrusaSlicer 2.0 github issue
https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/2358
RE: Cannot print single filament - Always "loads" filament 1 (even when told to use different slot) then never extrudes.
I am having the same issue when using PrusaSlicer 2.0. With prior versions of Slic3r PE I did not have this issue. It may be related to this PrusaSlicer 2.0 github issue
https://github.com/prusa3d/PrusaSlicer/issues/2358
Interesting. I actually managed to get mine to work last night. With a couple caveats:
- I had let the printer sit turned off for a couple days
- I rebooted the octopi that was running the printer (unknown if any updates were installed in the process)
- I told the printer that all 5 filaments were loaded (despite only 3 actually being loaded, I popped the PTFE tube and fed a waste filament backwards to trip the FINDA)
- I was printing at the .07mm ultrafine preset on the Octopi - Prusa MMU2S single printer preset.
I'm thinking just rebooting everything and telling the printer that there were 5 filaments loaded is what did the trick.