Questions tagged [octoprint]
Octoprint is a web interface for 3D printers. It is hosted on http://octoprint.org/ and programmed by Gina Häußge.
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Seeking a Centralized Interface Solution for Managing Multiple 3D Printers in a MakerLab
I'm responsible for a MakerLab in an engineering school, equipped with a diverse set of 3D printers: 5x Prusa MK3s+, 2x Prusa MK4, 2x Bambulab X1 Carbon, and 1x Formlab. Students currently initiate ...
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What is the potential impact of security risks associated specifically with 3D printers or their hosts?
Recently a bunch of Anycubic 3D printers have been hacked as reported in an article from bleedingcomputer.com.
According to a wave of online reports from Anycubic customers, someone hacked their 3D ...
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Getting OctoPrint to continue printing when I put my PC to sleep?
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Last night, I sliced a Califlower in Cura, used the "Send to OctoPrint" option to send it to the printer via the OctoPrint Connection plugin (the standard Cura OctoPrint plugin at ...
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Ideal camera position For OctoEverywhere's Gadget AI
I'm trying out OctoEverywhere's Gadget AI print failure detection.
It's been working surprisingly well, but I wondered if there was an ideal camera position, image format, or whatever to ensure it ...
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Is there a way to read the printer LCD screen into OctoPi?
Is there a way to 'read' the LCD screen from a 3D printer as is, using a Raspberry Pi?
I'd like to connect the printers LCD screen to my Raspberry Pi to be able to view the screen as is, in OctoPi, in ...
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Is there a lightweight OctoPi multi-camera implementation?
I've seen and read many videos and articles about a multicamera setup in OctoPi. Most of them including Setting up multiple webcams in OctoPi the right way describe:
However, watch your CPU usage as ...
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Can you use Power-loss Recovery when printing from OctoPrint?
As per the Marlin documentation for G-code M413 - Power-loss Recovery:
When Power-loss Recovery is enabled, and Marlin runs a print job from the SD Card or Flash Drive, it periodically saves the ...
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Is there a distribution of OctoPrint for Raspberry Pi 4b that's not headless?
I finally managed to get my Raspberry Pi 4b and make it work with a touchscreen. Previously I was using Pi 400 but I want to move to the touchscreen setup.
Is there a distro of Octoprint for Raspberry ...
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What are the best light positions and directions to highlight the print and reduce shadow and light reflection on my OctoPi cameras?
I'm setting up multiple cameras; I have two running: one camera moving with the bed (static distance to the print) and one camera on the frame (stationary to the printer). I will add a third camera ...
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Is there a way to send a thumbnail to the printer LCD screen when printing over USB from OctoPrint?
I'm using Cura Thumbnails using a plugin in Cura 5.5. Also, I use the Marlin-based mriscoc firmware on a Creality Ender 3 V2 with OctoPrint using OctoPi on a Raspberry Pi 4.
The firmware supposedly ...
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Does additional thermal runaway in OctoPrint add anything and shouldn't it use a smart plug to kill power instead?
With the following thought in mind: 'Two eyes are better than one' does additional Thermal Runaway detection in OctoPrint add any benefit?
This OctoPrint-ThermalRunaway Plugin seems to add a basic ...
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How does Adaptive Mesh Leveling (AML) actually work?
I recently started using the new mriscoc firmware for my Creality Ender 3 V2 and it is truly performing above expectations. Even considering that Jyers UI was already a step up from the original ...
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Can the Creality Digital Spool Holder be changed to trigger measurement externally and use the spool weight in OctoPrint?
Did anyone try to disassemble the official Creality Digital Spool Holder and to make adjustments to access to the data and to trigger measurement, for the purpose of using and showing the remaining ...
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Is there a way to reflect 'filament color change' in Cura-generated thumbnails?
I'm using the OctoPrint plugin Cura Thumbnails along with the Filament Change post-processing plugin in Cura 5.5:
I want to create multi-color thumbnails that keep into account the 'Filament Change' ...
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Do OctoPrint or Marlin support "ironing" and additional printing states?
Currently, OctoPrint shows a printer state such as "Printing" as shown below:
But is there is a way such as via a Cura script or OctoPrint Plugin to insert a special g-code and let ...
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