Solved not allowing me to add printers

[tysonwald 0]

I am trying to add a new printer in cura. when I go to add a printer it only shows me the printers I already have. see the screen shot below. I deleted and reinstalled cura. still the same. I was trying to go back to 5 and try that but I cant find it. I am on a mac as well and running 5.2.1 of cura. 

[GregValiant 1,492]

Do you happen to have the plugin "Startup Optimizer" enabled in the MarketPlace?  It simplifies the loading of Cura (to speed it up) and I believe one of the things it does is cleanup the number of printers available.  If it is enabled then disable it and restart Cura and the printers should show up.

[ahoeben 2,047]

6 hours ago, GregValiant said:

If it is enabled then disable it and restart Cura and the printers should show up.

It is better to use the "Extensions -> Start optimsier -> Restore all configuration files" option before disabling the plugin. Otherwise, if you at some point re-enable the plugin, your new printer configuration may break (because its definitions and profiles are once again not loaded).

 

6 hours ago, GregValiant said:

I believe one of the things it does is cleanup the number of printers available.

Only when you tell it to though...

[tysonwald 0]

Thanks! I just deleted and reinstalled. Didn't install any plugins and now it is working. thank you!