Re: Is it worth trying to keep my Solidoodle 2 going?
n2ri wrote:but 3D printers are NOT like paper printers and dont even connect the same or only have the limited devices to operate as a paper printer. if they were you could use Windows "ADD NEW PRINTER" app and even plug a parallel port cable in. cant compare Apples and Pineapples just because they both have the word Apple in name dont make them the same thing. think bigger.
This is 3d printing forum. When we say printer it is understood as a 3d printer. A paper printer is not being discussed here. Think smaller. Printer equals 3d printer in this forum. The few times a paper printer was mentioned it was specified as a paper printer to indicate a different type of printer in the discussion from the norm.
When I said once the logic is removed a printer is just a printer I was talking about a 3D printer and yes all of them have the same basic hardware and operation. The only thing that sets them apart is the logic and firmware.
Seems to me this kind of thing has been hashed over before.. possibly even more than once...
As Carl has said - this is a 3D Printing forum. As such any discussion about "printers" here in this forum is in reference to 3D printers - unless clearly specified otherwise.
Would you go to a Chevy forum and talk about Toyota's or Volkswagen as if they were Chevy's?
No, you would not... if you did, you would be run off in a heartbeat.
So why do you insist on discussing anything about paper printers here? Paper printer operations do not apply here - period. Forget about them while you are here.
3d printing has never been like paper printing, and probably never will be like paper printing, so PLEASE - stop comparing the two!
Changing out the controller board on a 3d printer is not that difficult.
Getting the firmware configured and compiled correctly and uploaded to said controller board is the hardest part of the process.
The rest is simply making the correct physical connections for the various bits... endstops, motors, heaters, etc.
There are plenty of people here that have done this, including myself. Most of us are also willing to help those interested in also doing it - but - they have to be willing to take a little direction and understand the differences.
My suggestion to you, @n2ri, is to buy a kit printer (3d printer) and build it. Make it work.
Learn, and understand, the relationships of the various parts and how they go together to create a functioning machine.
If that is beyond your comfort zone, then it is probably best you leave well enough alone.
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