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ToHeCo
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IDEX Printing with PrusaSlicer

Hello everyone!

I'm using a Tenlog DL3 pro it is supposed to be used with CURA but I want this to run on PrusaSlicer. 

The profile is looking good so far but the only bug issue I'm having is that: It parks the next printhead above my piece when the other is done printing and it oozes some fillament and burns the price below a bit.

I'm looking for any settings to change the tool switch 'position' or 'park' to prevent this.

In my CURA profile the print head stays at this X-home position when its prepareing to print agian. So how do I do this in PrusaSlicer?

If you have any experience with this or you might know a solution then plaese write me back 🙂

 

Thanks for your time everyone and have a good day! 

Posted : 23/02/2021 10:43 am
bobstro
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RE: IDEX Printing with PrusaSlicer

I don't have a multi extruder setup myself, but I suspect the key is to issue a park command in the tool change custom gcode field under Printer Settings.

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Posted : 23/02/2021 2:11 pm
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ToHeCo
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Topic starter answered:
RE: IDEX Printing with PrusaSlicer
Posted by: @bobstro

I don't have a multi extruder setup myself, but I suspect the key is to issue a park command in the tool change custom gcode field under Printer Settings.

Hello, I'm looking into the differences in post-processed .gcodes between PrusaSilcer an CURA and, yes PrusaSlicers seems to call out custom 'fillament gcode' everytime it switches print head. I did not specify anything there. but I wonder why I did not have to do this in CURA. The only thing I ever did in CURA is specify Start and End gcode. I'm a bit of a noob so I don't know yet what I have to edit in my printer settings to get the same outcome in PrusaSlicer. all tips are welcome 🙂

Posted : 23/02/2021 10:17 pm
jpac
 jpac
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RE: I made a PrusaSlicer profile for Tenlog TL-D3 Pro

Hello ToHeCo - I hope you're having success with your Tenlog printer. I just got one and wanted to use PrusaSlicer with it. Since I had no luck finding a pre-made profile, I created my own. You can find it here: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:4923507

I hope you find it useful!

I also had the issue you described, that it would park the extruder over the bed when it switches extruders. I added some custom gcode "before tool change":

G91 ;relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300  ;retract the filament a bit before lifting the nozzle, to release some of the pressure
G1 Z+0.5 E-5 F9000 ;move Z up a bit and retract filament even more
G28 X ;move X to min endstops
G1 E+6; prime nozzle
G90 ;absolute positioning
This post was modified 3 years ago by jpac
Posted : 04/08/2021 11:15 pm
Brandon
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RE: IDEX Printing with PrusaSlicer

Is there any way to get prusaslicer to prime the nozzle for the "next tool" during tool changes?

Posted : 24/03/2022 2:10 am
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