I want to print some plant stakes on my P1S or my A1mini (arriving soon) where the top 3-4 layers will be in a different color but I don’t have an AMS. I understand I can pause the print at the layer where I want the new color to be, but it’s not clear whether I can use the Load/unload buttons on the printer/bambu studio, or if I will have to use a different method to load and unload the filament. Can anyone clarify the correct procedure for changing your filament mid-print?
Right now, if my filament runs out, I can press the load button to load new filament in, but I’ve seen people report on older posts made a year ago, that that button is not available if you’ve just asked the printer to pause there, not because you’ve run out of filament. So I’m a bit confused.
Yes, that’s what you do, pause the print, the head will go to the purge location, unload the filament, head will move in front to cut it, back to purge location and it will unload. You change your filament, push it to the extruder, press load (I do it several times until the new color is perfect), hit resume, the hotend will heat to the right temperature and print will resume with the new color for the remaining of the print.
Using Bambu Studio, you can tell the slicer when to pause and as often as there are layers.
If you so desire, you could have it PAUSE on every single layer so you can swap the filament out each time, making a very long-winded process of having alternating layer colours.
The principle is this:
Slice the plate
(You’re taken to the preview)
On the right side of the window you have the “layer bar”, this is your friend
Move the layer bar indicator downwards to where you would like the print to PAUSE automatically.
Right-click and select the “Add Pause” option.
Slice the pate again and you will see your new PAUSE on the layer bar.
Repeat for as many times as you need PAUSE to occur.
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