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Topic: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Now that I have been using my printer for a year (with great success) I have found myself at a cross roads. As of lately I am beginning to print more and more and want see what I can do to improve print quality. My current setup is an original 1.0 using stock material. Currently I use slic3r exclusively to generate my gcode. Once complete I manually edit the gcode heading and upload the file to the SD card in the back of the printer and save it as the demo print. With slic3r I have control over temperatures, speeds and most other aspects of printing.

My question is for those of you using repetier 0.92. Is it worth flashing my printer to run repetier or just sticking with what I have?  If I choose to stick with what I have I am definitely going to build a resetter and use a different brand of filament.  I just don't see the benefit of risking it since I already have control over most printing parameters.


Thanks in advance and happy printing!

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Definitely worth flashing !
You can always go back to stock anyway, although I can't see you wanting to.
Like yourself, I put off flashing for several months but I wish I hadn't.
You won't need to edit the gcode or build a ressetter. That's just a couple of benefits of which there are many.
Print quality is improved and a big plus for me is how much quieter the printer now is.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Salmonson63 wrote:

Now that I have been using my printer for a year (with great success) I have found myself at a cross roads. As of lately I am beginning to print more and more and want see what I can do to improve print quality. My current setup is an original 1.0 using stock material. Currently I use slic3r exclusively to generate my gcode. Once complete I manually edit the gcode heading and upload the file to the SD card in the back of the printer and save it as the demo print. With slic3r I have control over temperatures, speeds and most other aspects of printing.

My question is for those of you using repetier 0.92. Is it worth flashing my printer to run repetier or just sticking with what I have?  If I choose to stick with what I have I am definitely going to build a resetter and use a different brand of filament.  I just don't see the benefit of risking it since I already have control over most printing parameters.


Thanks in advance and happy printing!


By flashing to Repetier you will also gain the ability to correctly calibrate your printer which I can assure you it is not right now. You can make sure when you call for a 20 mm cube you get a 20mm cube. You can make sure your esteps on your extruder are set right so you actually get the amount of filament that you should be.

Also the stock firmware is supplying way too much current to your motors and will burn them out faster than normal. This also crates a large amount of noise. Just going to Repetier firmware will lower the current and also make the machine 100% quieter. You will actually have a hard time hearing it in the same room with other ambient noises unlike now where it is the center of all noise. That alone was enough for me.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Thanks for the quick responses. I hadn't heard about the benefit of making the machine quieter by not overdriving the motors!  Sounds like flashing is the way to go. Now I'll just need to find a good tutorial video and go for it! 

Is repetier 0.92 still the newest version or is there something newer?

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Yes .92 is the latest. I made the switch and don't regret it.  If you are on a 1.0A though, be aware it is a one way trip.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Perfect.  Im sold!  Are there any good resources for what steps need to be taken after flashing.  I know about bed leveling but is there a complete list somewhere that shows the steps from flashing to the printer being ready to print.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

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Perfect.  Im sold!  Are there any good resources for what steps need to be taken after flashing.  I know about bed leveling but is there a complete list somewhere that shows the steps from flashing to the printer being ready to print.

I posted this thread when I did mine.  It should direct you to most of the resources you need:

http://www.soliforum.com/topic/12400/my … resources/

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Don't think I had to do anything after flashing apart from adjusting the bed slightly.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Well I'm just about to finish my first print after flashing!  Everything is going very smooth.  Thanks for all the help in this thread!  I already have a roll of hatchbox filament showing up tomorrow.  Hoping this will improve quality even more since I will be ditching the XYZ filament.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Salmonson63 wrote:

Well I'm just about to finish my first print after flashing!  Everything is going very smooth.  Thanks for all the help in this thread!  I already have a roll of hatchbox filament showing up tomorrow.  Hoping this will improve quality even more since I will be ditching the XYZ filament.


Do you notice a difference in sound. On mine it was as different as day and night. It was actually hard to hear it in the same room.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Mine is a bit quieter I wouldn't say it is a huge difference but noticeable.  Do I need to change any of the stock setting stored on the printer's eprom (acceleration, jerk, ect)? to make it quieter and reduce the stress on the system?

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

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Mine is a bit quieter I wouldn't say it is a huge difference but noticeable.  Do I need to change any of the stock setting stored on the printer's eprom (acceleration, jerk, ect)? to make it quieter and reduce the stress on the system?

Nope, good as it is.. The issue is stock firmware sets the current to high since it is digitally controlled on this board. This makes the motors louder, hotter, and prone to accelerated failure.

Repetier firmware is tuned better to drive the motors with lower and proper current ranges.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Alright not sure if anyone has experienced this or not but my first couple layers are laying down very weird almost like I have brim option selected (which I do not).  I am using repeater host with slic3r 1.2.9.  I am messing around with my z offset to see if I am too far away from the bed.  I am also using slic3r separately to see if the error is introduced when repeater host exports with slic3r.http://soliforum.com/i/?KjfOEdK.jpg

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

Are your first layers being done at the same temp as the rest of the model? You should really set z offset so it get you on the bed then use the bed levelers to zero it in.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

That does look like some type of support/raft.  If you are sure you don't have those features turned, on you may need to play with the z-offset/platform to level things and make sure that first layer is going down properly. 

I assume you did bed calibration.  If not I would definitely recommend the paper method that Carl outlined in the stickied post.  You will get it dialed in.  Everytime I changed something I needed to redial things in.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

The first layer is printing 5 degrees hotter than the rest.  The bottom of the print looks good and it looks to be laying down great.  I did go through the calibration using the paper method so I should be dialed.  Guess I will keep experimenting until I get it sorted.

For reference I have the first layer height set to 0.3mm and the extrusion width set to 150%.

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Re: Davinici 1.0 Flash to repetier vs printing with slic3r and SD card

To me it looks like the first layers are too hot. I would print the whole thing at the lower temp. If your bed is level and at the right distance from the nozzle there is no need for different layer temps.

When I had my 1.0 I used the same temp for the entire model.

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