How change the routine before you start printing?
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Hi,
I'm starting to print with the modified TLM … and I have some doubts.
When you send a job to print Can you modify what the printer does before you start printing?
why do I ask this question ...
Before printing, I calibrate and use the bed compensation. When I have made these protocols, I send a file to print, for now in PLA, layer height 0.2.
But, despite being the printer calibrated and with the bed compensation made, start printing away from the bed, I think, I'm not sure, that part of the fault has the orders that the printer executes before printing, mainly that it makes a Homing of the axes. I guess that by doing this, the printer is easy to lose the height it has as Z = 0 "good", especially since it is a fairly high delta printer, 500 mm
That's why I wanted to see if it is possible to change the gcodes (what the printer does) before printing, to remove the homing, and even see if it can be included, that before each impression is calibrated
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The gcodes that run at the start of a print are determined by your slicer.
-Slice a file and then load the gcode file in a decent text editor like notepad++ you can see the lines of gcode, and what runs.
-Now add something to your slicer's start gcode section and reslice.
-Open that gcode in text editor. Every gcode ABOVE your first custom entry is the autogenerated gcode the slicer inserts.You might be able to change some of this, for example most slicer auto enter temperature gcodes unless you specify them in your custom gcode.
I hope this helps and that I did not get the wrong end of the stick.
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The gcodes that run at the start of a print are determined by your slicer.
-Slice a file and then load the gcode file in a decent text editor like notepad++ you can see the lines of gcode, and what runs.
-Now add something to your slicer's start gcode section and reslice.
-Open that gcode in text editor. Every gcode ABOVE your first custom entry is the autogenerated gcode the slicer inserts.You might be able to change some of this, for example most slicer auto enter temperature gcodes unless you specify them in your custom gcode.
I hope this helps and that I did not get the wrong end of the stick.
Helps… Thanks, and yes, slicer, Start Gcode....
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I have changed in slicer, start gcode erase G28 from start….and Works, first try....
This... give me an answer....
What Start/Finish .gcode do you use? (printer type/model)
Thanks
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Start gcode
G4 P2000 ;pause for paneldue M104 S130 ; set extruder temp G28 ;home M190 S[first_layer_bed_temperature] ;heat bed G32 ;autocalibration - set grid on/off in bed.g M564 S0 ;disable movement limits G1 Z15 X47.7 Y-160.1 F3000 ;move to front M109 S[first_layer_temperature] ; set extruder temp G1 E20 F100 ;extrude 20mm slowly G4 P1500 ;pause G1 Z4 X40 Y-168 F6000 ;move down to swipe filament off G1 Z2 X0 Y0 F6000 ;move to bed centre M564 S1 ;restore movement limits M220 S100 ;optional speed control default 100Most of it is self-explanatory. What I do is after heating bed and extruder, autocalibrate as I want bed heated and nozzle semi-heated, then disable movement limits (caution doing this) to allow me to stick my nozzle just over the edge of the bed, heat to 1st layer temp, so any ooze doesn't fall on the bed, and extrude a little filament to prime, which falls on the floor next to the printer. This way I get "auto-start" I don't need to attend to the machine after starting a print. The speed control gcode is in case I want to print something very slowly like flexible, I can set this temporarily in slic3r.
End gcode
M220 S100 ; set speed back to 100% M104 S0 ; turn off nozzle temperature M140 S0 ; turn off bed temperature M141 S0 ; turn off chamber heater G28 ; home M84 ; disable motors M106 S0 ; part fans offHere I set speed back to 100% in case I have been doing high speed printing, I don't want to try to home at 200 mm/s!
Please note the use of variables like [first_layer_temperature] are specific to slic3r/Prusa slic3r, I'm not sure they work with any other slicer.
Printer is a Kossel XL Delta.
