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New printer

jcdammeyer said:
It's possible to use the local network but by default the file goes up to the cloud and then back down to the printer. I think video does the same thing. There is a switch that I haven't tripped that leaves the cloud out. But like my Blink Camera I think that comes at a cost of something not being available. At the moment I've not looked further.
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I think if you don't link to the cloud, then it is sneakernet only. No wifi.
 
DavidR8 said:
Now that ability to print supports in a different material is a cool feature.
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Their support material isn't cheap but apparently you can also use PET-G as support for PLA. Just the temperatures are now different whereas the Bambu support material extrudes at the same temperature. Less delay between filament changes.
BTW. it does appear to go through a lot of filament to clear out the old. Not sure it needs to pump out as much as it does.

Oh and one other neat thing that I've always done manually. The extruder tip cleaning is automatic and the extruded material used to prime the systems is collected and comes out a chute in the back. I have an old ice cream container sitting there to catch that scrap.
 
Doggggboy said:
That's what I thought you were getting at. Well that seems a bit invasive, sheesh.

I think if you don't link to the cloud, then it is sneakernet only. No wifi.
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Nope. Still local Lan. But it won't talk to your cell phone app. That's one of the down sides. I get a note when it's finished printing. I can also link to it via the cell phone app and watch what is happening.
 
jcdammeyer said:
Their support material isn't cheap but apparently you can also use PET-G as support for PLA. Just the temperatures are now different whereas the Bambu support material extrudes at the same temperature. Less delay between filament changes.
BTW. it does appear to go through a lot of filament to clear out the old. Not sure it needs to pump out as much as it does.

Oh and one other neat thing that I've always done manually. The extruder tip cleaning is automatic and the extruded material used to prime the systems is collected and comes out a chute in the back. I have an old ice cream container sitting there to catch that scrap.
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You can set the amount of purge in the slicer for both the pooping and the purge tower.
 
jcdammeyer said:
Nope. Still local Lan. But it won't talk to your cell phone app. That's one of the down sides. I get a note when it's finished printing. I can also link to it via the cell phone app and watch what is happening.
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That’s one thing I love about Klipper. I can monitor via a web app or an iPhone app.
 
TorontoBuilder said:
physical transfer of files via storage devices aka usb fob only. How I have to print with my ender
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OK, ya. I do that all the time with my Canon DSLR, sometimes my laser printer, often for flashing updates, etc etc.

Why the heck would they call that "sneakernet"? Seems like a very misleading term. Usb stick transfer, memory stick transfer, hardware transfer...... All would make sense.

Just like grass. What was wrong with grass? Why did they change that to weed? Don't they know us old guys can't keep up with all the lingo changes?
 
Susquatch said:
OK, ya. I do that all the time with my Canon DSLR, sometimes my laser printer, often for flashing updates, etc etc.

Why the heck would they call that "sneakernet"? Seems like a very misleading term. Usb stick transfer, memory stick transfer, hardware transfer...... All would make sense.

Just like grass. What was wrong with grass? Why did they change that to weed? Don't they know us old guys can't keep up with all the lingo changes?
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At the risk of offending you it's called sneakernet because USB sticks are more often than not used to move files from one place to another.
 
Absolutely no offense taken.

Especially cuz I still don't get it...... (thick headed old man).

I understand using USB sticks (aka thumb drives) to transfer files.

But what does moving files from one place to the other have to do with sneakers or nets?

I'm just thick sometimes, but I am also curious. So please offend me. I actually appreciate it.
 
Susquatch said:
Absolutely no offense taken.

Especially cuz I still don't get it...... (thick headed old man).

I understand using USB sticks (aka thumb drives) to transfer files.

But what does moving files from one place to the other have to do with sneakers or nets?

I'm just thick sometimes, but I am also curious. So please offend me. I actually appreciate it.
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Because nerds wear sneakers. The net part is the same as Ethernet
 
But isn't the convenient bounce to cloud a ripe opportunity for them to say: 'interesting file there John, I think we'll just make a copy of that on our own server'? I mean on one hand I might not care who sees my 3D widgets. But this exactly why I will avoid cloud based CAD file sharing / collaboration / backup / ransom... They will have to dislodge the mouse from my cold dead hand, LOL. I haven't followed the story too close but apparently DJI is getting slammed in congress, potentially banned for uploading drone coordinates/footage to you know where. Sorry for discussion detour, I'll end it here. I'm sure there are 20 other examples of this same thing going on in my home appliances I'm not even aware of.
 
A mere 10 years after you, the 'nerd in a t shirt' took over the universities, ,and then Silicon Valley. The 'sneaker' part was walking your USB stick - originally it was a floppy disk - to someone else's computer.
 
Just to get back to transferring via internet. I've been doing drag and drop on the old printer for 8 years. No Sneakernet. No mucking around with the front panel to chose what file to print. Instead a Raspberry Pi2 in fact for the old system with a Pi Camera and OctoPi instead of Raspberry Pi. It runs software on the browser called OctoPrint. The Pi attaches to the port you would use if you were using the older RepetierHost to connect to the printer.

For example: With your PC, after slicing you can look at what will be printed. Now you have the choice to print to a file. Or if you have your printer connected via USB cable

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Set say as COM1:
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If it talks you can then click on print and away you go. User interface but no camera unless your PC has one connected to it's USB port.

Alternatively you connect that Raspberry (Pi4 nowadays) to the printer USB port and connect to it via WiFi or an Ethernet cable.

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The above screen is from the browser to ip address 192.168.0.28 Sign into the Pi Octoprint program and then drag and drop your file onto the file list. Tell it to print and watch it do what it does with the Pi Camera.

Yes. I've simplified the installation. But there are tutorials out there on how to do all this. The point is that Klipper using say ORCA looks way more like my new Bambu user interface. New tings to learn.

But no sneaker net.
 
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