2.6 AMS auto-refill: a backup spool

Module 2 · Lesson 6 of 10 · about 1 min

This one is useful for everyone, even if you only ever print in one colour. Will your spool run out before a long print is done? Load a second, matching spool, and the printer switches to it by itself when the first one runs out, without stopping the print.

• The two spools must match in brand, material, colour and temperature. The printer won't switch to anything else.

• Both spools must be loaded before the print starts. You can't add a backup during a job.

• If the printer finds no match when a spool runs out, it pauses and asks you to load a new one.

• Turn it on in the filament tools on the printer's screen (Auto Refill).

It is also a good way to use up two half-empty spools of the same filament in one job.

Both of your spools come out of the AMS when the job is done.