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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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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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