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Flashforge Creator Pro II IDEX printer #273

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paynterf opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 10 comments
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Flashforge Creator Pro II IDEX printer #273

paynterf opened this issue Sep 6, 2024 · 10 comments

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@paynterf
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paynterf commented Sep 6, 2024

jacotheron and I have created a profile for the Flashforge Creator II Pro IDEX printer, based closely on the BIBO dual-extruder printer. We started with BIBO.ini and (mostly) just changed all occurrences of 'BIBO' with 'Flashforge Creator Pro 2'. After placing this in the vendor subdir as 'Flashforge.ini' we were able to use it without problems until the recent update of Prusa Slicer to 2.8.0.

After this update the only way we could get our printer profile back was to downgrade to 2.6.1, get the profile recognized again, and then update to 2.8.0. However, even now 'Flashforge' isn't shown under 'other FFF' in the config wizard, although all the printer configuration (dual extruder, left only, right only, etc) are available in the drop-down menus in the plater.

I have read and re-read all the documentation for the config files and the accompanying index files, and AFACT, this should all be recognized under 2.8.0, but there is obviously something wrong. Any ideas why the Flashforge.ini and Flashforge.idx files in the vendor subdir aren't being recognized?

TIA,

Frank
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rtyr commented Sep 6, 2024

  1. version in your ini is 0.0.1-alpha3, there is no such version in the IDX file
  2. "alpha" labeled versions are not accepted by final versions of the slicer
  3. missing repo_id in the vendor section

Fixed files are here:
fix_FlashForge.zip

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paynterf commented Sep 7, 2024

Thanks! The 'fixed' files work fine, and I now have the 'Flashforge' choice under 'Other FFF' - yay! However, when I click on 'FlashForge FFF' I get 'No Image', even though I have a 'CreatorPro2.png' image file in the vendor subdir, and the line

thumbnail = CreatorPro2.png

In the Flashforge.ini file (I also tried 'thumbnail = CreatorPro2.jpg', as CreatorPro2.jpg was 1.3MB, while CreatorPro2.png was over 10MB)
CreatorPro2

Can I buy another clue? :)

Frank

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rtyr commented Sep 12, 2024

You have to create FlashForge subdir in the vendor directory and place the png file there.
vendor\FlashForge.ini
vendor\FlashForge.idx
vendor\FlashForge\CreatorPro2.png

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paynterf commented Sep 12, 2024 via email

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rtyr commented Sep 12, 2024

The image should have some adequate resolution (it is a thumbnail), standard resolution used by us is 180x256. Looking at your photo attached here, it is way too big :-).

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paynterf commented Sep 13, 2024 via email

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rtyr commented Sep 16, 2024

I don't see any issue, it works fine. Make sure you have correct extension specified, also if you are on Mac or Linux, it is also case sensitive (PNG vs png is not the same).

Anyway I tried attached files and it works fine.
FlashForge.zip

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paynterf commented Sep 16, 2024 via email

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rtyr commented Sep 24, 2024

It would be possible, but I am not happy about the fact it needs additional post-processing.

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paynterf commented Sep 24, 2024 via email

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