No, sorry, I don't have something more basic.
Maybe like in the old days? Put a paper logbook next to the printer, and for each print, write down username, date, begin and end time, estimated print time (from printer display), meters of used filament, type of filament, etc. And a separate column for total times. This method has worked well for hundreds of years, and is likely to be more stable than electronic means.
The data would have to come from the printers anyway, not from Cura. Often a sliced model is printed numerous times. And some others are not printed at all, when changing our mind or improving the model. Cura doesn't know this.
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ahoeben 1,981
You could create a copy of the SliceInfo plugin, and modify it to send its data to a server/database that collects the usage data for you:
https://github.com/Ultimaker/Cura/blob/4.2/plugins/SliceInfoPlugin/SliceInfo.py#L31
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So I have minimal knowledge of coding, etc. I'm new to the game and a bit in over my head with setting something like that up. Do you have a more basic tutorial you can point me in the direction of that I could learn how to do something like this?
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