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prusa i3 mk2 multi color printing
Posted: Thu Jun 22, 2017 9:58 pm
by qsligh
I've been using S3D with my CTC and wanted to expand my skills and ordered a Prusa i3 MK2 equipped with the multicolored printing. I wanted to know if S3D will allow me to configure multi-colored prints within the application?
Re: prusa i3 mk2 multi color printing
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 4:17 am
by brian442
There have been a lot of color mixing extruders over the last few years and I've used S3D with several of those just fine. I would think the process would be the same for the mk2 (it uses the same technique as a lot of the other extruders that already existed).
The firmware usually works by assigning a virtual "tool" to each color. So then you just switch to that tool to print in a specific color. You can usually choose what colors you want to setup for a print, but then it's no different than any other multi-extruder printer.
Re: prusa i3 mk2 multi color printing
Posted: Fri Jun 23, 2017 6:31 am
by wirlybird
The post processor doesn't support S3D at this time. Slic3r PE is the way to go for now.