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I'd like to add a line of g-code to my ending script which keeps the stepper motors engaged after the build is finished. I've got a Flashforge creator pro, and after each print is done I always have to go into jog mode and raise up the build plate so that it's at a better angle to stick a paint scraper underneath the builds and wedge them off. Going into jog mode enables the stepper motors, so that when I push down on the build plate with the paint scraper the whole thing doesn't get pushed down.

Here's my current g-code ending script. I added a G1 Z100 F000 line and a M17, which raises up the build plate to the right height but for some reason the M17 command isn't leaving the stepper motors engaged after the build is done.

; **** Replicator 1 dual end.gcode ****
M73 P100 ; end build progress
G1 Z150 F1000 ; send Z axis to bottom of machine
M140 S0 T0 ; cool down HBP
M104 S0 T0 ; cool down right extruder
M104 S0 T1 ; cool down left extruder
M127 ; stop blower fan
G162 X Y F3000 ; home XY maximum
G1 Z100 F1000; send z axis 1/3 of the way up
G162 X Y F3000 ; home XY maximum
M17; Power on all stepper motors
M72 P1 ; play Ta-Da song
; **** end of end.gcode ****

I'm pretty sure these machines have hard-coded routines that they run at the start and end of the print. For example, if you ever click Stop while a print is running, you will notice that is does some automated things like lowering the bed and disabling the motors. I don't think you can change some of these things..

Would there be a way in gcode to have the stepper motors engaged and dwell on for a minute or two before the machine thinks that print is quite done?

You could just do some very slow G1 movements back and forth. That would keep the steppers engaged but still essentially delay for a few seconds.