Pausing to change filament

Hey all,

I posted this on the BL Reddit group and didn’t get an answer…

I don’t know how to pause a print and then change a filament. Seems simple, but internet searches have come up empty.

I have a P2S running an HT. I know how to insert a pause by layer after slicing. But when I do that, the old filament is not able to be swapped out and is stuck in the extruder. If I put a change filament after slicing, the print does not stop and nothing happens.

What am I missing? TIA for your help!

You need to use change filament but you also have to define that second filament and select it for your filament change

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Awe! So by selecting the other filament it will pause and let me swap?

I can’t answer this question off the top of my head right now, but I’ve always done it differently:

  • Set a manual pause in the slicer
  • Waited until the pause is active
  • Went to the printer: Press “Unload Filament”
  • Inserted the other filament and pressed “Load Filament”
  • Resumed printing

Because if I understand you correctly, that’s the problem here, right?

Then all you need to do is: “Unload” the filament - during the pause.


Surely there are several ways to solve the problem…

When I did a pause, the P2S would not let me change the filament on the screen, it was not an option unfortunately.