Prusa i3 MK2S .202

Prusa i3 MK2S .202

Owner/Loaner	PS:One
Serial Number	SERIAL NUMBER
Make/Model	Prusa i3 MK2S
Arrival Date	12/2017
Usability	yes
Contact	CNC Area Host
Where	CNC Area, downstairs
Authorization Needed	yes
Hackable	no
Estimated Value	$600
Host Area	CNC

Description

A very nice for 2018 filament-based (FDM) 3D printer.

Uses 1.75 mm filament. Capable of printing many different kinds of filament. Ships with 0.4 mm nozzles.

See https://www.prusa3d.com/new-user-mk2s/ for details.

Status

07/23/2019 - Printer turned off; making PINDA puddles before prints, prints are not adhering to bed. This printer is not connected to Octoprint (see Octoprint wiki page). Works via SD card.

2/23/2018 - There are two of these mostly identical printers: one is connected to Octoprint, and has a broken SD card reader, but that Octoprint server is somewhat dorked up and would not slice for me, while the other Prusa i3 Mk2S is NOT connected to Octoprint, but has a working SD card reader. You can print, one or the other of them is working well enough that I'd say "it" is "working."

12/10/2017 - Still needs to be calibrated. Still Need to Configure Octoprint. Can print via SD Card.

Operation

Prusa i3 OctoPrint Server

The Prusa i3 MK2S printer at IP address 10.100.1.203 uses OctoPrint as its host device. Enter that IP address into your web browser, via any computer/device on the PS1 network, to send jobs to the .203 printer.

Note: the other two i3 3D printers (at 10.100.1.202 and .204) do not use OctoPrint. For those two printers, you must manually load your .STL files on a SD Card on a computer, then load the SD card in one of those printers.

• When connecting to the OctoPrint server, you may first need to select "Connect" under the left side Connection tab if the printer has been turned off.
  • All settings to connect are retained and should not be modified.
• Once the printer is connected, you can begin warming it up with the Temperature tab.
  • Enter a temperature in Celsius and click "Set"
• You can control the printer's movements and extrusion using the "Control" tab.

• To get started printing, upload an STL using the left side "Files" tab.
• Find the STL you uploaded and click the "Slice" button, it looks like a magic wand.
• From here, you can select what slicer engine you'd like to use and what settings you'd like to print with.
  • Cura is the default slicing engine.
  • Select one of the preset slicing profiles, and then manually set your preferred temperatures and speeds using the Basic and Advanced tabs.
• Now locate the newly generated GCO file (G-Code) in the left side Files tab. You can now click "Load and Print" to print your object.
• It is preferred if you delete your files from the OctoPrint server when you are done. You can download your GCO file for future printing if you would like to retain the specific sliced project.

This is only a high level overview of how to use OctoPrint. If you are already authorized but have not used OctoPrint, feel free to attend future authorization sessions. OctoPrint will accept g-code from the most popular slicers such as Cura, Slic3r, Repetier-Host, and Simplify3D.

Troubleshooting

Refer to our 3D Print Troubleshooting page.