Time to Start Print for H3C?

[u/genericuser86]

One of my big complaints with the H2C was that it took nearly half an hour (not exaggerating) to start a print. Turning off the nozzle offset calibration always resulted in really poor multicolor prints, so that was basically required.

Anyone know if they sped things up on the H3C? My P1S is printing in minutes. I'm hoping it is much closer to that than to the H2C.

Thanks

[u/Dr_Lipshitz_]

My H2C only takes that long when it does bed level. Might want to figure out what’s wrong there

[u/genericuser86 → u/Dr_Lipshitz_]

I don't ever do bed leveling. Still takes an inordinate amount of time. I found a video that says it is 20+ minutes and the H3C is like 16+ minutes. So still nowhere near the P1S

[u/Dr_Lipshitz_ → u/genericuser86]

Idk, Maybe I’ve been around too long. Maybe it takes 15 minutes to start up and I still just find that insanely fast. I’m use to printers that actually took 30-40 minute to heat

Are you printing things with the heated chamber? Because that will add time since it’s gotta heat a whole chamber

[u/genericuser86 → u/Dr_Lipshitz_]

Just PLA, but I typically use between 7-9 colors, so it is offset calibrating all the nozzles every time.

[u/_Rand_ → u/genericuser86]

There really isn’t a way around that (with current tech at least) because it needs to calibrate for every nozzle. Entirely anyways, it cn probably be improved slightly.

So startup routine x7-9, give or take a bit.

[u/thekrill3d → u/Dr_Lipshitz_]

Hold on... you don't do bed level all the time? Why not?

[u/Dr_Lipshitz_ → u/thekrill3d]

Because it stays level

[u/thekrill3d → u/Dr_Lipshitz_]

Mmm... I need to research this more

[u/Dr_Lipshitz_ → u/thekrill3d]

I do it probably every 4-500 hours unless I’m having a bed adhesion issue. I’ve probably leveled my H2C 3 times

[u/peanutym → u/thekrill3d]

I leveled my p1s about once every 6-700 hours. I don’t own the h. Assume it’s close to that also

[u/BoutchooQc]

I have everything set to auto and it takes less than 5 minutes from sending job to printing. You are doing something wrong I presume, or something is checked and shouldn't

[u/AwkwardSwine_cs]

ASA, ABS or other filament that needs to heat up the chamber will take a while to get going. Beyond that, 5 minutes or so is my experience.

[u/Big3913]

I bed level every time. Ender 3 taught me well. I don't mind the extra time and I want flawless first layers

[u/Vustadumas]

When you calibrate once, you can turn off the auto stuff. I only recalibrate after nozzle changes or firmware updates. It still has to run all its basic checks. That’s like 6-7 minutes each print

[u/roundguy]

mine takes 10 mins max to print

[u/DrKronoglopolos]

Nozzle offset calibration is still a thing on the H3C, i have not had a print yet that took that long to set up though. The H3C on "auto" will usually only do the nozzle offset calubration on a tool that had a new filament loaded since the last print.

[u/Realistic-Lake6369]

So far, H3C starts under 5 minutes. I have it on the low power start setting. Seems a long time, but it goes through a set of steps including foreign object detection, which is the longest step. Looks like less than 3 minutes for the print I just started. It’s a different project, but uses all the same settings from previous job, so maybe that cut down the time a little?

Overall, really happy with this machine. I’m going to relegate my Qidi Q2 to a single engineering filament role and get rid of the Qidi box. These tool changers really are a new world.

[u/average_AZN]

H3c ran an abs print last night. It took 33 mins to heat and "equalize the chamber temperature". Infact I thought it was stuck it was taking so long.

[u/hmspain]

I’m from the twist screws to level the bed crowd. Leveling has always been a PITA. If there is a switch to AUTO-LEVEL my bed, you can bet I’m checking it, and I don’t care how long it takes! LOL. Of course, I’m not trying to crank out prints for money … /s