Gina Hoiska

Very slow and very weird. And the filament was still thicker. It printed with the 3 millimeter stuff, which actually was 2.85 millimeters, but still almost twice the diameter of what we use these days mostly, so 1.751. It's like melting crayons. Yeah. It was weird when I got my first roll of filament of 1.75 millimeter filament in my hands.

Very slow and very weird. And the filament was still thicker. It printed with the 3 millimeter stuff, which actually was 2.85 millimeters, but still almost twice the diameter of what we use these days mostly, so 1.751. It's like melting crayons. Yeah. It was weird when I got my first roll of filament of 1.75 millimeter filament in my hands.

It felt so weird and not good and like it would break just by looking at it and such because I was just used to all of this 2.85. And then I think last year or so, I threw out all of the old 285 that I still had and looked at it and it looked so heavy and strong and what I was able to print with that. No way. So, yeah, things really changed.

It felt so weird and not good and like it would break just by looking at it and such because I was just used to all of this 2.85. And then I think last year or so, I threw out all of the old 285 that I still had and looked at it and it looked so heavy and strong and what I was able to print with that. No way. So, yeah, things really changed.

Yeah, so the thing is that most printers out there actually run on open source firmware and have more or less agreed on a communication protocol. I say more or less because a lot of the printer vendors actually adjust the firmware often without really knowing what they are doing with the result that they break the firmware in the process and then things get really tricky for the users.

Yeah, so the thing is that most printers out there actually run on open source firmware and have more or less agreed on a communication protocol. I say more or less because a lot of the printer vendors actually adjust the firmware often without really knowing what they are doing with the result that they break the firmware in the process and then things get really tricky for the users.

Because then usually they do not know how to fix it. And yeah, in the end, that is always when I'm very happy that I also built a plugin system into OctoPrint because that allows to work around these things so that people can just, if they have a printer like that and also happen to know how to code or can find someone who can see the issue and work around it.

Because then usually they do not know how to fix it. And yeah, in the end, that is always when I'm very happy that I also built a plugin system into OctoPrint because that allows to work around these things so that people can just, if they have a printer like that and also happen to know how to code or can find someone who can see the issue and work around it.

Or maybe if it's a large enough community, then maybe I can also do that. It's just a little plug-in that pretty much translates from the broken firmware into something that is more standard conform. And that way, yeah, pretty much everything that is sold out there is supported by OctoPrint. But these days it gets a bit more tricky because...

Or maybe if it's a large enough community, then maybe I can also do that. It's just a little plug-in that pretty much translates from the broken firmware into something that is more standard conform. And that way, yeah, pretty much everything that is sold out there is supported by OctoPrint. But these days it gets a bit more tricky because...

A whole bunch of printers are now currently coming out that have a full-blown host system. So OctoPrint is a so-called print host. And a lot of printers now come with something similar, fully blown on board. So they only now have a Wi-Fi interface. They often have an integrated full graphical display and such. And it is really tricky now to access these systems.

A whole bunch of printers are now currently coming out that have a full-blown host system. So OctoPrint is a so-called print host. And a lot of printers now come with something similar, fully blown on board. So they only now have a Wi-Fi interface. They often have an integrated full graphical display and such. And it is really tricky now to access these systems.

and use them with something that the vendor did not plan on, which is a bit sad.

and use them with something that the vendor did not plan on, which is a bit sad.

There's good news for you, though. Someone wrote a plugin that allows bamboo printers to work with OctoPrint.

There's good news for you, though. Someone wrote a plugin that allows bamboo printers to work with OctoPrint.

Oh, that's awesome. I really want a Bamboo, so that's why I'm just like... I'm not sure if it works with all of the models and such, but it's the plugin developer, basically, on Octoprint. He's the one with the many plugins.

Oh, that's awesome. I really want a Bamboo, so that's why I'm just like... I'm not sure if it works with all of the models and such, but it's the plugin developer, basically, on Octoprint. He's the one with the many plugins.

I'm not touching that with a 10-foot pole. I saw one in person with a buddy. And mechanically, I was very, very impressed. But then also this news hit recently. Oh, not recently. That's almost been a year now or so, I think.

I'm not touching that with a 10-foot pole. I saw one in person with a buddy. And mechanically, I was very, very impressed. But then also this news hit recently. Oh, not recently. That's almost been a year now or so, I think.