I want a modern printer, preferrably corexy, that works with octoprint. I also want everything to work out of the box. I've gotten too old to customize firmware or do custom installs inside the printer cpu.
Every printer that looks good to me so far has klipper built in. My google searching says that it is a pain to try to replace klipper with octoprint. This is very dissapointing since I've used octoprint for many years and have fine-tuned it to my likeing.
Can someone suggest a modern printer that still works with octoprint out of the box?
I assume this is because of the embedded OS that the manufacturers are installing on these devices? For example, I know someone was working on Creality K1 integration here.
I've given up after much googling. I ordered a bambu p1s which has it's own slicer and octoprint-like control. So I will have to use octoprint on my prusa mk3s and the built-in controller for bambu which is a real pain but I don't have a choice.
I hope octoprint doesn't slowly go away as all printers become apple-like walled gardens.
If it makes you feel any better I do have a Bambu XIC and have been investigating OctoPrint integration. I don't think it will be quite as good as an integration as Marlin, but sending files through OctoPrint and such will be possible once I get around to developing the plugin.
Nope, it uses the same connection that their slicer uses to connect and display info and allow control. Not much different from that aspect. Not sure if the P1S has the local camera view option like the X1C has in the newer firmware versions, but I have successfully connected to that with go2rtc and been able to embed the stream into OctoPrint.
The P1P is the bare frame model, the S is enclosed.
On the S there is a camera but only 1280 x 720 @ 0.5fps, it's good for time lapse but nothing much more.
As the S is enclosed it has a built in light.
There isn't much processing power spare to do very much, the interface gives you access to hot end and bed temperatures, internal light and limited control over the print head. Everything is copied to the SD card, no SD card = no printing.
You have to push to the SD card, I thought that this would be over my network direct to the printer but it just uses the network to stream through a bambu server to the printer (WHY????) so there won't be any status from the printer itself other than % of print and temps. It currently (I do hope they sort this out) impossible to start a job remotely if that job has been stored on the SD, you can't even see the contents remotely.
For the S think fairly downgraded X1C, for the P think upgradable to S.
In terms of quality the P is good but material limited as it's an open frame, the S is better and the X1's have a better UI at the printer. They all share the same mechanics though.
Having got used to using Octoprint with my old delta I find it very painful and a very retro step in terms of control. I expected slightly more than I got but did get pretty comparable print capibility as the X1 series.
I grabbed an image of the UI as it is, it does.has changed between versions so may improve, or not!
I wonder if it's actually worth the effort attempting to control the P1 series through Octoprint, the X1's are more likely to get a better outcome in terms of functionality.
I'm currently working on a Raspberry Pi integration with MQTT and Octoprint with my P1S, just getting started but I will hopefully be able to put in a pi camera and Run Octo print remotely via my Pi 4
Ah, you're going to beat me to it. I was planning on doing the same for my X1C. I have already gotten it to integrate fairly well for Simply Print, including file uploads and remote control from their system. It's currently still being worked on by their team now I think.
I'm hoping to also grab the MQTT info from the printer and put them in a grafana chart. or something similar I can put on my console. We shall see. long road ahead, LOVE the printer but don't like routing everything I print through the cloud and their servers. Got nothing to hide , but also nothing to share. heck if I get the pi working I might just print a bracket and mount the pi to my printer with a touch screen...baby steps....
heck if I get the pi working I might just print a bracket and mount the pi to my printer with a touch screen...baby steps....