Interesting technique. For this type of accent work I usually extrude the text into the surface 1-2 layers deep. At that layer I’ll swap filaments, print 2 more, than swap back to my original color. This achieves the same effect in a slightly different way.
I have some Octoprint Pause scripting that will auto park the print head and lock all motors. It will hold the job while you swap filaments. Upon restart it will do a purge in place, rehome XY, then continue its job from its pause coords.
RedEyeFlightControl@lemmy.world 1 year ago
Interesting technique. For this type of accent work I usually extrude the text into the surface 1-2 layers deep. At that layer I’ll swap filaments, print 2 more, than swap back to my original color. This achieves the same effect in a slightly different way.
I have some Octoprint Pause scripting that will auto park the print head and lock all motors. It will hold the job while you swap filaments. Upon restart it will do a purge in place, rehome XY, then continue its job from its pause coords.