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Prusa MK4 or Bambu labs p1s (lemmy.world)

submitted 1 year ago by TelepathicWalrus@lemmy.world to c/3dprinting@lemmy.world

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Hi there,

I'm considering upgrading my old ender 3 and it looks like the prusa MK4 or bambu labs p1s are the current best options out there.

I like the bambu labs for the fast print speed and x/y print bed. I also love the idea of the AMS - it would be awesome to print in colour! But being closed source puts me off a bit as I currently use octopeint and obico to monitor my ender 3 which, as far as I can tell, Is not possible to use with bambu labs. Also having to upload gcode to the cloud is not ideal.

The prusa however is great because of the open source nature. However the slinger bed and slower prints are putting me off. I have also read that the mmu can be temperamental at best, so printing colour may not be an option?

Any thoughts/recommendations?

Thanks

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[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

Doesn't it need to be online to print or something? What firmware is it using?

Edit: Yes it has to be online to print. There go any fosscad ideas you might have. Personaly if your sending people your gcode you already lost. Good luck claiming you're the creator of files against a company.

Firmware is proprietary. IMO not worth at all. I'll probably be picking up a Voron kit here soon.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 10 points 1 year ago (1 children)

https://3dprinting.com/news/bambu-labs-3d-printer-glitch-results-in-unwanted-nocturnal-creations/

A bunch of them started printing spontaneously not that long ago.

[–] Alfiegerner@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

There is lan only mode to avoid the cloud, or you can move gcode via sdcard.

[–] natecox@programming.dev 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can print offline from an SD card, online is only required if you want to start prints from the slicer or monitor the print via the phone app.

[–] blindbunny@lemmy.ml 8 points 1 year ago

Firmware is still proprietary, hard pass from me.