7 hours ago, gr5 said:The "UM2" machine that comes with cura 3.1 only does um2 mode. So you have to create a custom printer.
This is not true. At all. You can set the gcode flavor of an Ultimaker 2 printer to "Marlin" in Machine Settings, and it will not use Ultigcode. You do not have to create a custom printer.
Also Cura 3.1 tells the user about Ultigcode when they try to print over USB to a Ultimaker 2 printer, and since OP does not mention that, I doubt that he is indeed using an Ultimaker 2.
@Heinerle, if you press the "Print over USB" button in the lower right corner, the printer should start heating the bed (does your printer have a heated bed?) and then the extruders.
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Is this an Ultimaker 2? I guess it must be.
Anyway if you want to print over USB (not recommended for tons of reasons but you can do it) then you have to go into cura and add a custom printer and set the gcodes to be in Marlin mode. The "UM2" machine that comes with cura 3.1 only does um2 mode. So you have to create a custom printer.
Or alternatively and much easier - get Cura 15.*, tell it you have a UM2 but then customize your machine to use reprap style gcodes.
The problem is that by default cura creates UM2 style gcodes (aka ultigcode) which works great for the SD card but through USB, your UM2 defaults to normal Marlin gcode mode.
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