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To elaborate on this a little more, I recommend you use OctoPrint. You can install multiple instances of OctoPrint on the same (multitasking) Linux system; one for each printer. Then use the Cura Octoprint Connection plugin to send prints to these. Disable (and forget about) the USB Printing plugin in Cura.
This way you have the famous separation of concerns; Cura deals with slicing, and OctoPrint deals with serving the gcode to the printer; one process per printer. If one process dies for some reason, it does not take down all others too.
Disclaimer: I'm the creator of the OctoPrint Connection plugin. It is not maintained by Ultimaker, since (recent) Ultimaker printers don't support printing via USB.
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Cura 5.7 is here and it brings a handy new workflow improvement when using Thingiverse and Cura together, as well as additional capabilities for Method series printers, and a powerful way of sharing print settings using new printer-agnostic project files! Read on to find out about all of these improvements and more.
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This update is for...
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New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
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Yes, it can.
Will it be addressed? Not by Ultimaker.
Ultimaker has no interest in improving the USB printing in Cura, since no currently shipping Ultimaker printers support printing via USB.
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To elaborate on this a little more, I recommend you use OctoPrint. You can install multiple instances of OctoPrint on the same (multitasking) Linux system; one for each printer. Then use the Cura Octoprint Connection plugin to send prints to these. Disable (and forget about) the USB Printing plugin in Cura.
This way you have the famous separation of concerns; Cura deals with slicing, and OctoPrint deals with serving the gcode to the printer; one process per printer. If one process dies for some reason, it does not take down all others too.
Disclaimer: I'm the creator of the OctoPrint Connection plugin. It is not maintained by Ultimaker, since (recent) Ultimaker printers don't support printing via USB.
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