From the day i received my P2S i’ve been only sending prints through Bambu Studio / Handy. But today I wanted to print a 3mf file from a USB stick.
The printer does recognize the USB stick, as it also creates the Time Lapse folder.
But it can’t see any other files (.stl .3mf). I tried 3 other USB sticks and loaded more .stl .3mf files on it (which I knew are good) but they just don’t show up when I want to load a print from the USB. I’ve tried both LAN only mode and cloud mode. No difference.
I’m not familiar with the P2S, does it come with an SD card? If it’s anything like the X1C, you’d have to print from the SD card, not a USB drive connected to the USB port.
Hi! To print something from the USB it still needs to be sliced. In other words, you would slice the .stl or .3mf in Bambu Studio and then save the gcode file it creates on the USB. Then it will show up on the printer when you move the USB over.
Well, I did exactly that to check. I didn’t see pre-sliced / downloaded files show up, so then I sliced a model in Bambu Studio and saved it directly to the USB. But this one doesn’t show up either!
I just checked: if I export raw gcode it works! It’s showing up in the P2S display.
But do I understand correctly that you can’t send pre-sliced .stl or .3mf files to the printer over USB? only .gcode?
.stl ist just like a .step or any other forma that discribes 3D solid geometries.
But the printer needs .gcode to know what to do. .gcode itself doesn’t just include the geometry, it tells the printer where to start, stop, accelerate, temperature etc. etc.
Therefore a .stl alone on the usb is unreadable to the printer.
Correct, when you send a print directly from Bambu Studio over LAN or the cloud it’s sending gcode. If you print a model through the Handy app it’s slicing it online and sending gcode.
. I’m still in my 3D learning curve !