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90% of filament that claims it is 3mm is actually 2.85mm or 2.9mm. The remaining 10% that are truly at 3.00mm are a problem for the UM and can't be used. Don't even try it. Most of these manufacturers get enough feedback that within a few years they figure out that they should be making slightly smaller filament.
Just because an employee doesn't know about this, doesn't mean the company itself is also ignorant about this.
That's why I was confused, this was a filament manufacturing company's booth at a 3D printing conference and expo. His response to my question was "our filament is 3mm, I have never heard of 2.85mm" I guess they are part of the 10%
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S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
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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90% of filament that claims it is 3mm is actually 2.85mm or 2.9mm. The remaining 10% that are truly at 3.00mm are a problem for the UM and can't be used. Don't even try it. Most of these manufacturers get enough feedback that within a few years they figure out that they should be making slightly smaller filament.
Just because an employee doesn't know about this, doesn't mean the company itself is also ignorant about this.
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