Bring back skirt prime pillar option
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Bring back skirt prime pillar option
Good for nozzle purge, and bed level check at start of a print. I know I can do a skirt with brim/skirt, but then you can't do both.
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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
+1 for this
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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
The simplest way to do an initial purge is to extrude a line at the front of the bed. there really isn't any need for a skirt.
Peter
Peter
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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
where is that setting?pjr wrote:The simplest way to do an initial purge is to extrude a line at the front of the bed. there really isn't any need for a skirt.
Peter
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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
Settings/Printer G-code/Prefix tab:
See the 3 lines in bold. This is for the Prusa Mk3.
Peter
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; Prefix G-Code
T<EXT+0>
M201 X1000 Y1000 Z200 E200 ; set default acceleration
G21 ; set units to millimeters
G90 ; use absolute coordinates
M83 ; use relative distances for extrusion
M140 S<BED> ; Heat the bed + 5 degrees for Mk2
M104 S170
M190 S<BED> ; Heat the bed + 5 degrees for Mk2 and wait
M109 S170
G28 W
M104 S<TEMP-15>
G80
M109 S<TEMP>
G92 E0
G92 E0
[b]G1 Y-3 Z0.2 F1000 ; go outside print area
G1 X120 E9 F1000 ; intro line
G1 X220 E5 F1000 ; intro line[/b]
G92 E0
G1 E-<DESTRING> F1500
G92 E0
Peter
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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
They aren't rendered in bold within code block
So basically look betwen and

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Re: Bring back skirt prime pillar option
hacker wrote:They aren't rendered in bold within code block![]()
Thanks; didn't realise that when posting. I learn something every day

Peter