golden void
Hey! So my Neptune 3 Max ran out of filament in the middle of a huge print, and more won't arrive until Tuesday at least. It currently is on the automatic runout pause screen. Which brings me to my question:
What is the best way to leave my printer on standby so that I can resume the print when I get more filament?
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stoic prairie
I think you could leave it on idle until the filament arrives. If that isn't out of the question, maybe stick with what you've got.
I wouldn't mess with it any further until the filament arrives.
The next thing I would try, though, if I didn't care if the print failed, would be shutting the printer off and then starting it back up again Tuesday and hoping the auto-resume holds up. My issue with this function is that my printers consistently suffer a layer shift after auto-resuming from power loss.
golden void
The next thing I would try, though, if I didn't care if the print failed, would ...
It's about halfway through an 800g print, so I'd like to be able to save it. The power loss resume was also something I've considered, but I'd like to be able to at least cool the nozzle down.
I'm worried about leaving it on for several days with the same bit of filament sitting in a hot nozzle, especially since I have a CHT nozzle on it.
stoic prairie
Hm. Could you lower the nozzle temp to something like 60C, then hope you can bring it back up?
800g does seem like a big loss, but your wait time is awefully long.
That way the filament in the nozzle would harden and be below the glass transition temp, but the printer wouldn't have to keep up the nozzle temp too.
golden void
I think I could do that.