Cura Snapmaker Plugin released

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Nope, connect Raspberry Pi running OctoPi image to Snapmaker via USB, runing OctoPrint. Cura sends models directly to Octoprint with a click of the mouse and Octoprint manages the print without even a click. All from my chair in another room. All monitored from a camera connected to the Raspberry Pi. Dont have to go to the printer or touch the console.
You do loose filament run out and power recovery though.
I also use my OctoPrint bed leveling startup script here that checks the nozzle to bed level every print.

Using the Z probe to set bed hight rather than just bed level

On a “standard printer” the Z probe is used every time you print to check ”where the bed is”, you add on the Z offset, the distance between the sensor and the nozzle from the M851 value to put the nozzle at exactly the same height every time you print. This is a very consistent process and takes into account any movement/slop or change in the printer frames or structure every time you print. Snapmaker bed position is measured by the user when they manually set the nozzle height during the final…