Cura says printing but nothing happens

[gamergirl4 0]

I have the Labists ET4 3D printer. I hit print to USB and my printer starts to heat up but cura doesn't show that anything is happening. Then i see my printer is fully ready to print but nothing. Cura just shows printing but the temp doesn't reflect the temp on my printer and the printer isn't moving or trying to print. Ive closed everything tried rebooting. My print settings are at default and i was able to get it to try to print just before this but the print didn't come out so i tried again and this is what happened. Please help im so frustrated. I just bought this because my ender 3 crapped out on me and i have things i need to print....

[tinkergnome 926]

Hi @gamergirl4,

 

Cura was never meant to act as a print server - although it obviously (partially) works.
Just use the (micro) SD-card and enjoy a device that prints stand-alone.

 

Alternatively (or if you insist to print via USB cable 🙂)
Better use a dedicated print server like "Repetier host" or "Octoprint". Both are free to use.

 

Happy printing!

[Mari 35]

... instead of getting frustrated You should have remembered how you started printing with your ender 3... probably by using the Micro SD-Card...🤪

 

If you really, really, really need to print things, forget printing via USB and start with using the Micro SD-card...

 

And @tinkergnome is right, use a dedicated print-server like octoprint, that is way, way better then using Cura for that!