Checkpoint start or recovery option?

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How to edit gcode? - Is it possible to salvage a job by restarting after a jammed extruder?

Hello! I was about 17 hours into a long, 100+ hour print of a Mandalorian helmet, and after about 31.5 mm of printing, during a time I was not directly monitoring, the filament jammed (seems there was a bur or flared off piece on the incoming feed strand), and I did not catch it until the unit had “air printed” nothing for about a half an inch or so! Is it possible to try to salvage such a job by restarting with edited gcode after a jammed extruder has been cleared? How would I edit the gcode …

Air Print Recovery - A Success Story

Just thought I’d type type this up briefly. The tl;dr is I was able to recover a failed print due to a clogged nozzle by clearing the clog, and then editing the gcode to start a “new” print exactly where it left off. I have a pretty good calibration and decent slicer settings, but I printed an object for maximum strength using settings I haven’t tested before. It was going to be a 16 hour print, and I was only able to watch it run for about an hour before I had to go to bed. As I was headed to …