I have been successfully printing ABS for some time with my RepRap. I use the Rambo board and at present the only fan that is on the printer is for cooling the extruder stepper motor. I have been dismissing PLA for a long time without ever trying it. I went ahead and ordered a kilo of PLA and now I need to figure out what changes I need to make to print with it. I know the temps have to change, but that's about the only thing I am sure of. My quetions are....
1) I see that there is a fan connector under Extruder 0. Am I correct that this is where the fan should plug in?
2) I see a cooling section of the filament tab in Slic3r. Does this automatically pertian to the extruder 0 fan?
3) If so what would be a good set of parameters to start with if I have no experience with PLA?
4) Do I need to make any changes in the firmware (Marlin) to control the fan or can I do it completely from Slic3r? (updating Marlin would be a bit of a hassle since I run my printers with Raspberry Pi and I have no computer in the print area)
Any other Newbee suggestions on PLA printing would be great. I have two printers and have been using ABS for about 2 years on one and a year on the other, but am completely in the dark about PLA.
Charlie
1) I see that there is a fan connector under Extruder 0. Am I correct that this is where the fan should plug in?
2) I see a cooling section of the filament tab in Slic3r. Does this automatically pertian to the extruder 0 fan?
3) If so what would be a good set of parameters to start with if I have no experience with PLA?
4) Do I need to make any changes in the firmware (Marlin) to control the fan or can I do it completely from Slic3r? (updating Marlin would be a bit of a hassle since I run my printers with Raspberry Pi and I have no computer in the print area)
Any other Newbee suggestions on PLA printing would be great. I have two printers and have been using ABS for about 2 years on one and a year on the other, but am completely in the dark about PLA.
Charlie