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António Fernandes
(@antonio-fernandes)
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2 Head XL Multicolor

Hello,

How I change the color/filament to other then two that are already on the extruders ? 

On Prusa Slicer if I select the "add color change" , there is only the two options (extruder 1 , extruder 2) , what if I want to add another spool with a difrent color ?

 

Thanks.

 

 

Posted : 16/12/2023 9:53 pm
Tobycwood
(@tobycwood)
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RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

You have only two extruders right?

So two colors.
Want more… order the upgrade… or you can pause and manually swap filaments the old one-extruder way.

Posted : 17/12/2023 1:46 am
António Fernandes
(@antonio-fernandes)
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Topic starter answered:
RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

Yes I have only two extruders.

Yes the ideia is to manually swap filaments, but how I chose that option in Prusa Slicer ? There is any option then choosing one of the extruders ?

Thanks.

Posted : 17/12/2023 10:47 am
BaconFase
(@baconfase)
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RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

You only have two extruders so what other extruders would you be choosing from?

M600 color change just pauses the print for you do the filament swap manually - nothing else.

The choice of your two extruders is to choose which tool is active for the manual swap.

 

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Posted : 17/12/2023 10:23 pm
Tobycwood
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RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

I think I know what you’re asking… there should be a pause option in the right click menu from the preview scroll bar. I don’t see it either, but it used to be there…

OK I see what it is. The pause is only there in the menu when there is only one object. Multiple objects and the menu only shows the extruders.

Posted : 18/12/2023 5:45 pm
Nikhil S.
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RE:
Posted by: @antonio-fernandes

Yes I have only two extruders.

Yes the ideia is to manually swap filaments, but how I chose that option in Prusa Slicer ? There is any option then choosing one of the extruders ?

This sounds like a English translation issue.  Extruder = print head.  So just do exactly what you showed in the picture, and the printer will stop at that point to let you change filament.

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Posted : 15/01/2024 8:29 pm
António Fernandes
(@antonio-fernandes)
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Topic starter answered:
RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

Hi,

I already did the color change of an extruder with the option  "Add color change (M600) for: " then choose the Extruder. 

 

At the layer selected it pops a message to change the filament, I do a manual change  of the filament, select purge, then ok, and the printer resume the job. 

But in this procedure there is an issue, when I do the purge the filament, with a clamp I remove the purged filament but it don't stop to slowly extrude filament because of the head temperature. Then I resume the printing which leave a a chunck of filament all the way to the coordinates that was the color change on the print job.

There should be an wipe tower or someting like that, how I force an wipe after the purge filament and resume the print ?

 

Thanks

Best Regards

Posted : 16/01/2024 11:15 am
Georg
(@georg-2)
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RE: 2 Head XL Multicolor

Hey. I have explained color swap for the mini+ here in my printables model:

https://www.printables.com/de/model/477369-amiibo-coin-box-coins

Maybe this works ob the XL too. 

Posted : 17/01/2024 8:05 am
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