Purge on print start
Hello! I was curious if there is a way to configure a printer profile to purge an amount of filament in the purge tower at the beginning of the print before actually printing the sliced part? I have a multiple extruder single hotend printer and when starting new prints some of the last color used is still hanging out in the hotend that needs purged before printing.
Thanks
RE: Purge on print start
One simple way is to print a larger number of Skirt lines...
then the imperfect filament would be printed into the skirt before starting the model!
regards Joan
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RE: Purge on print start
Hmm... not a bad idea. I should measure the amount of filament it takes to figure out how large a brim that might be. It's definitely larger than the default purge line.
RE: Purge on print start
One simple way is to print a larger number of Skirt lines...
then the imperfect filament would be printed into the skirt before starting the model!regards Joan
This seems to be a pretty good solution, thanks for the recommendation. The only drawback is the size of the part your printing. The smaller it gets the more lines are needed so I cant just set it and forget it :/
RE: Purge on print start
Yes you can. When in expert mode there is a red setting available called "Minimal filament extrusion length:" As long as there is at least 1 loops defined the setting is not greyed out. This makes the skirt use that much mm of filament. Note skirt and NOT brim. There is a difference.
RE: Purge on print start
Oh... ill have to try this as well...
RE: Purge on print start
Just do Purge Line at start of GCode
RE: Purge on print start
Yes, it's the good way!