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Thank you very much... That works. But I'm surprised the solution is so "workaroundey". It eliminates the step of walking over to the printer, but it ADDS the step of launching Fluidd, loading it, then sending it to the printer. Normally I wouldn't launch Fluidd at all. So... it seems logical that, given that... - I need a slicer (and the printer even came with Neptune4-oriented a version of Cura) - Cura produces gcode that my printer is quite happy with - Cura has the ability to see printers on its network... ...that Cura should be able to send the same gcode file, byte-for-byte, to the printer via the network. If it can't, that's weird. Cura has a cool Monitor tab, which I'd love to be able to use, and I know Fluidd has something similar, but only with a top-down view. So although your answer works, I'm just surprised and I still naively question if there isn't a more direct and elegant solution. (One which people with other printers seem to enjoy.)

This is my first post so please go easy if I happen to be an idiot. (I might be.) My first 3d Printer is an Elegoo Neptune 4 Pro. I got it which I got knowing it doesn't have WiFi, but it does have the Ethernet connector and it's in the same room as my computer. I'm printing just fine using a thumb drive. That is, I load .STL into Cura, set up, slice, save to a removable drive (the thumb drive) and march it over to the printer, select the file and print. Works fine, but too many steps. I wanted to use Ethernet to send my print jobs to the printer direct from Cura. So I looked up how to connect this printer to the network. Pretty simple: Cable from router to printer, reset the printer, check its IP address from the screen, then type that IP address in a browser. What I see is Fluidd (Klipper's front end) and I can monitor print jobs as they progress. What I can't do, is find the same printer on the network in Cura. Approach 1) Manage Printers > Add New > Non UltiMaker Printer and under "Add a networked printer" it doesn't find it on the network. Approach 2) Same steps, then click "Add printer by IP address" > Enter IP Address > Add. It spends 5 seconds saying "The printer at this address has not responced yet." which changes to "Could not connect to device." Bu bu but... Why not? Doesn't the fact that I can see fluidd mean it's physically connected and in the same network?