I got a labists x1 mini for Christmas.
I know nothing about 3D printing, so let’s learn by trying.
I want to print a suction cup hook for my bathroom, I decided to use this one.
If I understand correctly, I need to check that this stl files fits in the printing volume, generate the corresponding g-code and put it in the SD card.
It looks like cura is made to do this.
sudo apt install cura
Great, there is a tutorial to configure cura.
Now, following the instructions, I get the following gcode file.
I put it in the sdcard, press play, wait and… nothing.
There appears to be no way of finding out what happens.
Hmm, there is also a USB plug in the printer. By looking a bit, I find out that the printer can be controlled by USB. I also found printrun, a maintained tool written in python 3 that is just meant to do this: jackpot!
Also, it is packaged in debian and appears to be up-to-date..
apt policy printrun
printrun:
Installed: 2.0.0~rc7-1
Candidate: 2.0.0~rc7-1
Version table:
*** 2.0.0~rc7-1 900
900 http://deb.debian.org/debian testing/main amd64 Packages
50 http://deb.debian.org/debian unstable/main amd64 Packages
100 /var/lib/dpkg/status
1.6.0-2 600
600 http://deb.debian.org/debian stable/main amd64 Packages
Then running it becomes a piece of cake.
sudo apt install printrun
pronsole
> connect /dev/ttyUSB0
> load my.gcode
> print
> monitor
After a few veeery long seconds, the printer eventually starts printing.
Actually, after a few minutes, the print detached from the bed and I had to stop it.
This is then I discovered that this is a classical problem. I added a raft and everything went ok.
Now, I have a printed suction cup hook to hold a hand towel.
Similarly, I could print a tablet holder quite easily.
