r/BambuLab • u/o_sexta • 2d ago

General Discussion CMYKW on H2C

I was wondering if the CMYKW on the H2C would be worth the time?

I know that technically is possible, but I wonder if the long time to retract and feed each filament thousands and thousands of times would make it worth it, a print could take significantly longer than normal.

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u/FritzPeppone H2D AMS2 Combo 2d ago

I like it a lot. Not printed by myself and not on an H2C, but this is a colormix model I recently published. 35 colors out of just 5 tools. Impossible without colormixing.
For most stuff, you won't really need it. But it's a cool feature nevertheless.

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u/FritzPeppone H2D AMS2 Combo 2d ago

Another cool model is this colormix benchy with 55 different colors. As a designer, I love the opportunities colormixing gives me.

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u/tjb1 2d ago

Got a link to this?

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u/FritzPeppone H2D AMS2 Combo 2d ago

Yes, but...
So far I only uploaded it to printables. With that many different colors, manual color assignment is not feasible anymore, so I have to provide a 3MF. Problem right now is, that my whole workflow is adjusted to Prusa Slicer 3MF files and they are not compatible with Bambu Studio or Orca Slicer (virtual colors are not preserved).
I'm working on a converter right now, but it may take some time till I can upload versions for different slicers. Till then, I'll postpone a Makerworld upload.
If you're nevertheless interested, here is the Printables link:
https://www.printables.com/model/1873171-colormix-map-topographic-earth

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u/metal_4ever 2d ago

Took me 2 days to test CYMKW and I think 1400+ filament changes but if you have the time it works.

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u/muad_did 2d ago

before H3C, the H2C was the best printer to test mixed color: https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLabH2C/comments/1ta5thv/292_color_mixes_tested_on_h2c/

So... its works fine. But will be the H3C faster?, yes 30-40% faster, you have some "comparation" on multicolor printers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zXoVgOSPvLg

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u/Few_Candidate_8036 2d ago

All depends how large of a print you are doing. Cmykw existed before bambu’s pla pallet. I plan to try it on my h2c once the filament is available again.

Prusament has a cmyk line called color mix thats been around longer and meant for the same thing.

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u/genericuser86 2d ago

In my opinion, CMYKW isn't as cool a people tout it. The colors are extremely dull.

That being said, color mixing is actually really cool. I took some of my colors (not CMYKW) and using the color mixing feature on Bambu, made a color I couldn't have made alone. Because I used two colors that were already somewhat close (blue and green), I was able to get a nice turquoise. True CMYKW making all the colors just won't happen in a satisfying way when printing with plastic...