<![CDATA[SoliForum - 3D Printing Community — Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/topic/7570/print-without-pc/ Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:38:54 +0000 PunBB <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65817/#p65817 I use a RasPi with OctoPi and a TFT touchscreen when I need standalone operations.  Even when I'm printing from my desktop, I use OctoPi to view the Pi camera to monitor the print job.

]]> Tue, 09 Sep 2014 04:38:54 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65817/#p65817 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65699/#p65699 I'm really liking this.. it's like a "regular" printer - create your print job and "send" it to octopi..

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2014 17:46:41 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65699/#p65699 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65672/#p65672 The RasPi has several advantages compared to the old desktop PC, namely space, noise, power consumption. Old PCs have less efficient power supplies. Maybe an old laptop would be a better fit. Octoprint runs fine on x86 Linux as it has been written in Phyton.

To switch the printer on/off, the WeMo solution appears to be expensive, plus I remember they have got some security vulnerabilities. It is cheaper to connect relay board to the GPIO pins, or if you are using an ATX power supply, the PS_ON wire.

https://github.com/foosel/OctoPrint/wik … m-your-RPi

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2014 11:07:20 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65672/#p65672 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65644/#p65644 eflyguy wrote:

I bought mine locally as it was cheaper than amazon (although with tax it's about even) - still,

34.99 RPi B+
5.99 Class 10 8GB MicroSD
9.99 TP Link USB Wireless adpater
7.49 2.5A MicroUSB power supply

$58.50 plus tax.

Same, except the power supply and 4gb card were already laying around. I run the printer 12 hours a day, 7 days a week. Assuming that PC of yours pulls 100 watts, the RasPi pays for itself in a year in reduced power consumption, for me at least.

Not sure its "bull".

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2014 02:56:05 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65644/#p65644 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65641/#p65641 (Plus, this is about making, right? wink )

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2014 02:30:27 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65641/#p65641 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65640/#p65640 I bought mine locally as it was cheaper than amazon (although with tax it's about even) - still,

34.99 RPi B+
5.99 Class 10 8GB MicroSD
9.99 TP Link USB Wireless adpater
7.49 2.5A MicroUSB power supply

$58.50 plus tax.

]]> Sun, 07 Sep 2014 02:29:32 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65640/#p65640 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65614/#p65614 I love a RasPi and all but $35 is bull. After you get all the vitamins it comes to 100 US, as much as a much more capable old used XP laptop. Or even a craptastic(I am a proud owner) OLPC device. Yeah, so for a farm, add a USB hub and run octoprint. I have half a dozen x86 pc's here that the township wants to charge me $20 a piece to dump, along with their crt's, free to a good home.

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 21:39:02 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65614/#p65614 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65613/#p65613 I will likely give it a go as well I have the pi and needed add ons except a wifi dongle and web cam .wally world pretty much a bust.
putting the octipi image on a class 10 sd card as I type.

Tin

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 21:36:54 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65613/#p65613 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65609/#p65609 has anyone used the Viki printer control.
http://www.panucatt.com/product_p/vikilcd.htm

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:54:51 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65609/#p65609 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65608/#p65608 Great job  I would be interested in a step by procedure

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:48:11 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65608/#p65608 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65607/#p65607 I just got mine working. Honestly the wifi setup was the biggest battle - none of the RPi forum threads or anything else I could find would get it working. Eventually found a configuration that worked, however, and now I'm "cooking with crisco" (as my deceased best friend always said!) I plan to put together a thread on how to actually get it working - i.e. every step of the process.

First attempt started printing in mid-air, but I homed everything and started again, I'm on layer 4 of the left carriage replacement - so far, so good..

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 20:34:56 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65607/#p65607 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65565/#p65565 I just hacked a script to control a WeMo WIFI socket from within Octoprint. Now I can connect to Octoprint from anywhere and power the printer on or off. Useful when I'm printing a big piece and have to leave it running when I go out somewhere - I can check the status on the webcam and if it's complete I can issue a 'power down' command.

If anyone wants details let me know and I'll post a quick how-to.

]]> Sat, 06 Sep 2014 04:41:11 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65565/#p65565 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65295/#p65295 The howto in the post I linked above should cover it. If not, post questions in that thread.

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:58:25 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65295/#p65295 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65294/#p65294 Hell, needed a hard drive for my wife's computer, and the local MicroCenter has a maker section - the B+ was cheaper than Amazon! Now to read up on how to get it all working..

]]> Wed, 03 Sep 2014 19:56:29 +0000 https://www.soliforum.com/post/65294/#p65294 <![CDATA[Re: Print without PC?]]> https://www.soliforum.com/post/65280/#p65280 cool.. Thanks

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