RE: I think Prusa should start to take more in consideration that
Sorry but i don't get exactly whats the problem with remote workflow. First of all one of main aspect of remote workflow is the monitoring part. This needs a lan connection, one way or another or you have to go periodically and check each machine for its status. Secondly if you have a few printers even as an individual without coworkers you need a way to check which printers concluded their work. There are people were their printer is not next to them. Maybe on a garage, maybe on a different room or a different building. Coming and going just to plug a usb on printer to initiate a different print is as time consuming as you claim going to you computer is. Also if i have let say 3 printers and i want to initiate a print i prefer to , yes take my laptop with me, on a wifi connection and send the print directly from prusslicer to each corresponding printer instead of tangling one or more usb to plug the in each printer. I dont say that your workflow is wr0ng. If its good and works for you then by all means use it. But claiming that remote control only makes sense for companies with employees and wifi causes issues to a 3d printer ...well let say is not so well rounded and founded opinion. But still an opinion never the less. Personally i haven't heard anyone , until now claiming that WIFI is a problematic, unneeded service and its suited only for multi person organizations. Even when i had my MK3S i had a toshiba wifi sd since plugging and unplugging an sd to my pc to copy a file then do the same on the printer was actually counter productive, and actually at some point my sd slot on my old ibm started to complain. All in all you may be right but that doesnt give an excuse to PRusa for cutting corners with their wifi connection.
Remote printing control only makes sense for print farms big enough for employees to do all the machine interaction allowing the design office to operate without getting their hands dirty.
For those with fewer printers remote printing slows the workflow - you have to attend the machine to remove the previous print and load fresh filament then go to a workstation to send the file and start the print followed by checking the first layer ... if the print is not started immediately the filament sits there absorbing moisture and deteriorating to the point that eventually you may have to revisit the machine to change to fresh filament. Much easier to take the file with you and swap the drive in, load the appropriate filament and start manually.
Cheerio,
RE: I think Prusa should start to take more in consideration that
You might want to take a look at some Bambu Labs printers. I never am anywhere near the printer, and the only thing I don't do remotely is remove the print. The AMS has the filaments I need, first layers haven't needed "watching" in years, and if I do need to watch it, I do have a camera. And no PrintFarm here. If you are against "the cloud" there is "LAN mode."
Remote printing control only makes sense for print farms big enough for employees to do all the machine interaction allowing the design office to operate without getting their hands dirty.
For those with fewer printers remote printing slows the workflow - you have to attend the machine to remove the previous print and load fresh filament then go to a workstation to send the file and start the print followed by checking the first layer ... if the print is not started immediately the filament sits there absorbing moisture and deteriorating to the point that eventually you may have to revisit the machine to change to fresh filament. Much easier to take the file with you and swap the drive in, load the appropriate filament and start manually.
Cheerio,
RE: I think Prusa should start to take more in consideration that
I was one of those earlier adopters, about 18 months from preorder to arrival of my "fully assembled" 5 tool xl. It was very half-baked for the 4k'ish price. It came with .6 nozzles which I replaced with .4 nozzles. The biggest improvement over time has been the firmware. Now it's pretty reliable. I am kind of looking for a some sort of upgrade from prusa to show they still care about it. I have since updated one of my two mk4s printers to a core one and I'm still out on doing the 2nd upgrade, even though it's here sitting in a box waiting to be done. I agree that there is now competition out there that wasn't before and prusa really does need to step up it's game.