Alternate Nozzles with MMU3
I just finished assembling my MMU3. I loaded printer settings for .4, .6 and .4hf nozzles. I also have a .25 and .8. Can I set up for those? Are there settings I should change or can I just change the nozzle type in PrusaSlicer? Thanks in advance for the help.
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I use it with the 0.25 mm nozzle. You should start with a MMU preset and change parameters (can't exactly remember what I did but "Nozzle diameter" might actually be enough). I found there are quite a few parameters, most are fairly robust.
Changing a non-MMU preset to MMU might be harder. I suspect there are changes in G-code, it simply didn't load the filament when I tried. I'm sure it could be sorted out by A/B-comparing presets
Hint: there is the "preload filaments" option on the control panel. Use that to exercise a few dozen cycles "under supervision" with a new MMU.
0.25 mm has the advantage that blob-of-doom vs spaghetti monster slug-out incidents are rather microscopic 🙂
RE: Alternate Nozzles with MMU3
Thanks for the info.
RE: Alternate Nozzles with MMU3
I just remembered something: For higher objects you may need to pay attention to the wipe tower settings or it may shear off halfway.
RE: Alternate Nozzles with MMU3
Also, the filament may wear out with the small nozzle (depending on the print, of course) as the filament moves a lot back-and-forth without much going forwards.
It will flatten and eventually cause extruder sensor errors or if you're lucky just a warning that there were "multiple filament loading errors during the print".
This happens to me usually ~6h into a two-filament print.
It could probably be solved by cranking up purge volume (fairly low in my presets e.g. 10 mm³ in my everyday use, running into said problem where the last ~400 mm of filament become considerably thinner).