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Printhead should home first for filament replacement #60

Open wrobelda opened 3 months ago

wrobelda commented 3 months ago

As in the title: the manual filament replacement should move the printhead to the center to be able to cut it off. Right now I have to do this manually before the replacement, otherwise I end up with this: IMG_1071

Raxasus commented 3 months ago

Center but also lower the print bed some more to have more access to take the filament out from beneath the nozzle maybe?

wrobelda commented 3 months ago

Yes, good point

CChen616 commented 3 months ago

You can home manually first before replacing the filament, or you can unlock the motor and manually move the extruder by hand to the center or above the waste bin.

Generally, when a printer is idle and not homed, the motors are unlocked, allowing you to manually move the extruder. If you include movement in the process, the printer will need to home first, which takes more time. In most cases, manually moving the extruder by hand is a better option.

wrobelda commented 3 months ago

Generally, when a printer is idle and not homed, the motors are unlocked, allowing you to manually move the extruder. If you include movement in the process, the printer will need to home first, which takes more time. In most cases, manually moving the extruder by hand is a better option.

That's fair, but you did add a convenient UI option to built-in screen for replacign the filament which does not inform about any of that. Inevitably it must be confusing to many users as to whether the printhead's position is in the correct place or not. Surely many of them will not think they are expected to move the head themselves at this point, especially to move it manually.

I would suggest that you update the UI to at least reflect that and inform your users what should they do.