Print job won't start
Posted by edgar.b
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Print job won't start August 23, 2013 03:23PM |
Hey there,
I finished building and calibrating my self-built RepRap Prusa, made some test prints and it was working like a charm. Then suddenly, when I was about to print my first "real" thing, it doesn't start the printing process. All the axes move to their endstops perfectly, but once they are finished doing so, they simply stay there.
The software (Repetier Host with Slic3r, with the repetier firmware) tells me, when the print job is going to be finished, no errors, no warnings, just the first part of the GCode. The temperatures are set and stable, I can move all motors and extrude with no problems with the software, it's just the print job. Important note: The dry run is working!
I tried different Baud rates (now 250000 which was working at the beginning), models and tested a lot of different configurations (trying not to mess things up too much though it might be already too late
), either the axis aren't moving at all or just to the endstops.
Pronterface is working, but I'd like to use Repetier, it's simply perfect (besides my little problem). Software and Firmware are up-to-date.
I hope I got everything said, if you miss something, I try to answer asap (I can't stand watching my printer being there, quiet and motionless
)
Thank you for your help!
I finished building and calibrating my self-built RepRap Prusa, made some test prints and it was working like a charm. Then suddenly, when I was about to print my first "real" thing, it doesn't start the printing process. All the axes move to their endstops perfectly, but once they are finished doing so, they simply stay there.
The software (Repetier Host with Slic3r, with the repetier firmware) tells me, when the print job is going to be finished, no errors, no warnings, just the first part of the GCode. The temperatures are set and stable, I can move all motors and extrude with no problems with the software, it's just the print job. Important note: The dry run is working!
I tried different Baud rates (now 250000 which was working at the beginning), models and tested a lot of different configurations (trying not to mess things up too much though it might be already too late
), either the axis aren't moving at all or just to the endstops.Pronterface is working, but I'd like to use Repetier, it's simply perfect (besides my little problem). Software and Firmware are up-to-date.
I hope I got everything said, if you miss something, I try to answer asap (I can't stand watching my printer being there, quiet and motionless
)Thank you for your help!
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Re: Print job won't start August 25, 2013 05:16AM |
Thank you a lot for your help!
The solution wasn't a different firmware (though I'm running the repetier dev version atm). Repetier Host says the printer is idle when the temperatures are +-5°C off the temperature I set, but the firmware waits until the temperatures are about +-2°C off, so the printer appears to be frozen.
For the record as a matter of form:
Mendel Prusa i2
Arduino Mega + RAMPS 1.4
Repetier 0.83 + Repetier Host 0.90C
Windows 8
Now working perfectly
The solution wasn't a different firmware (though I'm running the repetier dev version atm). Repetier Host says the printer is idle when the temperatures are +-5°C off the temperature I set, but the firmware waits until the temperatures are about +-2°C off, so the printer appears to be frozen.
For the record as a matter of form:
Mendel Prusa i2
Arduino Mega + RAMPS 1.4
Repetier 0.83 + Repetier Host 0.90C
Windows 8
Now working perfectly
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Re: Print job won't start May 23, 2015 08:22PM |
Hello edgar.b,
I realise this issue arose for you some time ago, but if you are still about I'm having a very similar problem, could you tell me how you fixed/bypass printer idle from temperature differential? You said something about the firmware waiting for +-2 degrees?
Incase you need to know, I'm on windows 8, using repetier host as well.
Cheers,
Dan
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2015 08:23PM by iorek_nhuvasarim.
Thank you all.
Peace out!
I realise this issue arose for you some time ago, but if you are still about I'm having a very similar problem, could you tell me how you fixed/bypass printer idle from temperature differential? You said something about the firmware waiting for +-2 degrees?
Incase you need to know, I'm on windows 8, using repetier host as well.
Cheers,
Dan
Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/23/2015 08:23PM by iorek_nhuvasarim.
Thank you all.
Peace out!
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Re: Print job won't start May 24, 2015 06:02AM |
It's ok, thank you anyway but I tinkered last night and discovered that I had simply mistyped my bed size in one box, wasn't temperature after all
Thank you all.
Peace out!
Thank you all.
Peace out!
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