Go to Preferences and enable this 
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Excellent! I wonder how many gigabytes/terabytes I should plan on getting then.
On the other hand, if I had a week long print, that would end up consuming nearly 5 terabytes.
The wiki says the H2D can support petabytes of files.
The only limiting factor might be how many continuous watts the H2D’s USB can comfortably provide. The Bambulab wiki doesn’t say. Unless somebody here knows, I guess we need to get clarification from Bambu.
Either that, or we err on the side of caution and just externally power it (“just to be sure”).
Vast overkill considering the Bambu specification.
A USB Thumb drive will suffice!
I appreciate you testing this. I was just about to pull the trigger on a 4TB external SSD. Looks like I’ll just get a 1TB USB drive. Dang!
It would be nice if it could record in a circular buffer like a dashcam does. i.e. anything in the trailing 24 hours is recorded and reviewable. Long than that and the storage space gets overwritten. That way you wouldn’t need gobs of space.
Looks like a good tip. On its amazon listing, Samsung advertises it can withstand 85C operating temperature:
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I also made a little anti-snag cover for it, it pops off easy so you can pull the drive and check the recordings.
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My guess would be that with a slow memory stick the USB routines are taking too long and impinging on the control routines.
Thanks for your posts. I just now ordered the 512GB version, as that should cover about 24 hours of continuous recording, and I’ll just see how it goes.
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I have the SanDisk 64GB Ultra Fit USB 3.2, and it works perfectly
Thanks for sharing this information! I just got my printer two nights ago and I run into layer shift for all my first three prints! And I am only using 3GB…not I am wondering if that’s cause for my failure print.
This is a setting I was hoping for. Delete videos after so many days or keep ‘X’ amount of videos like bambu studio does for recent files.
I’ve been using this 128GB usb drive and tested it out on the printer and with a USB speed tool. I do not have any quality issue difference with or without it being used. I tested it on 4 identical files. Its small too and only sticks up 1/2" from the printer. The upload speed to a computer is only 30mbps tested by me but the write speed to the usb is between 200-250mbps. Decent compromise for something that doesn’t stick up much on the printer. Its only $16 too.
I bought an external enclosure for my old Samsung SSD 840 Evo 250GB and have been using it on my H2D for 2 weeks without any errors/problems when printing.
Without SSD:
With SSD:
The SSD is also correctly recognized in the menu:
Yes some low power enclosures might register when plugged in, but you will run into problems as you typically need up to 8-9w of power when its not idle. If it is not getting enough power when writing the data will get corrupted.
I would plug that SSD into your computer USB-C port and see how much power it pulls when actively reading/writing. If its more than 5W it will likely cause problems in the long run.
Hello, I also started to have some problems, after I started printing from a USB drive, the printer periodically froze and rebooted and artifacts in the form of drops of plastic appeared on the model.
I noticed that during the printing process. It gets very hot, almost to 60°, and that’s when the problems start.USB 3.0 SanDisk 128gb
I’m not 100% sure if this is related to the USB drive, but after I changed it to a Samsung USB drive, this problem disappeared and has not appeared since.
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