I’m wondering what happens in the slice, print plate, send to cloud and then load to machine process. Does the whole file get sent to the machine through wifi ?
I’m wondering what would happen if I logged out of my desktop with a print in progress. The outcome I would imagine will be based on what happens with that gcode file. Is it now sitting on the printer and I’m just watching the progress or is it continuing to send batches of gcode over till completely done. Not looking to abort a print in the middle or cause unnecessary issues with the printer. TIA
The simple answer is that nothing happens at the PC after the file is transmitted. Your intuition is correct. The whole G-code file is transmitted to the printer and once it has been received, it is parsed by the onboard system and the job of the slicer is complete and the PCs job is completed. You can even shut off your network and the printer will continue to print.
If you want to see this in action, FTP to the printer, you will see the root directory of the SD card. Send a file via the Slicer and then refresh your FTP. You’ll see that the SD card has the file you just sent it and that’s where the printer reads from after it receives the command to print.