Multi Color, without an AMS

Provided you use the same type of filaments so they bond together and do not wait too long between the printer pausing and you swapping materials, all should be fine.

  • PLA needs to fuse with PLA
  • ABS needs to fuse with ABS
  • PETG needs to fuse with PETG

You cannot fuse these combinations just using the PAUSE command:

  • PLA with ABS, PETG, TPU
  • PETG with ABS, PLA, TPU
  • ABS with PETG, PLA, TPU
  • TPU with ABS, PETG, PLA

Essentially, a like-for-like match must be used.

I just uploaded this model in my series of Fidget Spinners.

It has 16 different print profiles and all versions that can be printed without an AMS have a print profile to facilitate that.

6 different PAUSE-based print profiles allow the user to swap colours when they get to a different layer by manual intervention and without an AMS available. The printer automatically PAUSES and the user can remove the existing spoll and swap it to another.

These include the 7-colour Rainbow profiles, the 6-colour Rainbow, the 5-colour stripes, the 3-colour edges & triple, and the 2-colour dual profile.

They work perfectly and fuse without issue.

You need a reasonable amount of surface area to allow the bond to hold. Text that isn’t too small should be fine though.

You can see this demonstrated in my Shoe Lace-charms which have a small back and the text is bonded to the top. All could be achieved using the PAUSE command.

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