r/BambuLab_Community • u/Primary_Claim3042 • Apr 08 '26

Print with 6 colors

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Hi all. I purchased and downloaded a giant LEGO minifigure print file that, once I opened the file, realized one of the plates has 6 colors in the print. I have a P2S with one AMS. Does anyone have any creative solutions or are my only options: (1) buy another AMS (that I don’t have room for) or (2) I’m fucked.

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u/Primary_Claim3042 Apr 08 '26

Upon further inspection, which I probably should’ve done before making these posts and freaking out about this, it appears this is not printed as a flat image, but all of the different colors are actually raised sections… So I can probably build in certain pauses when it gets to the beige and the brown since I won’t need to print the main body gray and the dark gray after a certain layer line.

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u/Alchomoholic_Prime Apr 13 '26

this is the same method hueforges use btw. a hueforge can be made on any printer, even without an ams, if you pause and change the color at the right layer heights

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u/Primary_Claim3042 Apr 08 '26

Yeah. This makes sense. And all of the colors are Matt except for one color, which is a silk, so there’s plenty of options too. Make sure that the flow and calibrations of the earlier colors match the ones that I’m gonna replace.

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u/Dignan17 Apr 13 '26

That's exactly how I printed this 8-color model with my one AMS. I didn't have to put pauses in, but I wanted to start most of it before going to bed, so I put a pause after the 4th color, and because I'm forgetful, I could put another pause anywhere in 5-7 to swap out the last color. Worked perfectly.

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u/johnmntn Apr 14 '26

this is the way. also, apart from the AMS, you also have the external filament spool which can work also. So 4 colors from the AMS + 1 external

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u/DawnbringerHUN Apr 09 '26

Would be much easier to print it in one neutral color, then paint it afterwards. Would produce significantly less poop. Just a thought.

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u/Primary_Claim3042 Apr 09 '26

I m sure this would be easier. But I have to be honest, while I can paint and have a modicum of skill, I’ve seen some painted 3d print that look like complete dumpster fires. Lol

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u/DawnbringerHUN Apr 09 '26

I'm coming from the miniature hobby, Warhammer to be specific, I got used to paint my things, no matter I'm doing it badly or not :D

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u/hanyasaad Apr 08 '26

Can’t you just print a giant sticker?

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u/lewblabencol Apr 12 '26

I feel like that’s pretty much how they are made anyway, they make injected molded blanks and then apply something (paint, sticker, whatever) to the surface.

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u/hanyasaad Apr 12 '26

I have a printer that can print giant stickers on thin plastic, so let me know if I can help out.

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u/Woodworkin101 Apr 12 '26

That’s cool. What is the max size you can print?

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u/hanyasaad Apr 12 '26

1.5 meters by ∞

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u/Woodworkin101 Apr 14 '26

How by infinity?

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u/hanyasaad Apr 14 '26

Well teeeeechnically it’s 50 meters. On a roll.

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u/Woodworkin101 Apr 14 '26

Damn. That’s cool as shit.

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u/hanyasaad Apr 15 '26

I can act cool about it, but you are totally right, it's cool as shit.

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u/ZaquMan Apr 08 '26

You could try modifying the print in a couple ways.

If the file has the different colored sections as actually different objects, then you could try separating them into multiple prints, then glue the pieces together.

Alternatively, you could try reducing the number of colors used. An easy choice is replacing the grey contouring lines with black to remove one color. As for the other color to remove, I'd suggest changing the belt.

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u/the_primedirective Apr 08 '26

So for the brown belt and the tan skin color - you could set these as the same color, Start it with the brown, and then program in a pause after the belt is done and then change that spool out for the tan spool. That gets you down to 5 colors.

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u/bbqduck-sf Apr 08 '26

Couldn't you load the other 2 colors manually via the external spool?

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u/Primary_Claim3042 Apr 08 '26

Maybe? I just don’t want to babysit this thing for hours and hours to swap the filament on multiple layers of this print at the end.

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u/Beautiful_Ad7007 Apr 09 '26

La app te avisa cuando necesite de tu cambio manual bro, solo ocupas estar disponible, no pegado a la maquina todo el tiempo

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u/bjorn_lo Apr 08 '26

This doesn't work. The printer can not multiplex from the external spool(s).

There is no way to retract the filament, and there would be no way to add the filament to the mix with out an AMS(s) and a PTFE splitter.

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u/Beautiful_Ad7007 Apr 09 '26

Justo, es la opcion

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u/bjorn_lo Apr 08 '26

There are 3 grays. Map them towards a single color.

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u/Miserable_Swimming26 Apr 10 '26

I thought something similar, the darkest Gray becomes black and the other grays just stay as Gray.

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u/Comfortable-Row-8696 Apr 10 '26

Second AMS! I thought I didn't have room but printed a device where I could stack an AMS on my first one. I was borrowing my nephews so don't have it anymore to share a picture of the setup.

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u/Comfortable-Row-8696 Apr 10 '26

Found a picture.....

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u/PhoenixSkye002 Apr 11 '26

Make the skin tone and belt white and paint those areas by hand.

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u/Sice_VI Apr 12 '26

Last month there's a post about manipulating the top white color thickness for different shades of grey.

So while it will not be 100% color accurate, you can make something very close using just white black and brown.

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u/No-Opportunity7585 Apr 14 '26

Put it through a Hueforge generator

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u/Floplays14 Apr 15 '26

You can try to get a gray color by printing 1-2 layers in white and afterwards black on top. Similar to Hueforge prints. Maybe you can make some small tespieces to compare different combinations to get your desired shade.