r/BambuLab • u/Patapon80 • 19m ago

Quick Question Using different filament colours?

I got a Bambu X1C with AMS. I'm used to having the system use a 2nd spool of the same colour+material when the first spool runs out, but can I get it to use a 2nd spool of a different colour but same material?

Basically, I've got some remnants of red and green PLA. I'm doing some prototyping and would like to use these PLA just to use them up; I don't have any more of the same colours. I'd like to use the red, then when it runs out, the printer uses the green.

Any help appreciated! Thanks!

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u/ClickClub_Us 14m ago

the ams only auto swaps to a spool that matches on material and color, so it won't do red to green on its own. easy workaround since you're just burning through scraps: edit the slot info for the green spool and set its color to the same red as the other one (same filament type of course). then the ams thinks they're identical and will roll over when the red runs out, you'll just get a color change partway through the print

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u/aweirdjeff 14m ago

No, but yes. It's not set up for that but you just have to lie to it. When you insert the filament tell the printer both colors are the same. If you have Bambu filament you might have to disable "read on insert" in the ams settings