Printer Model: CR-6 MAX
MCU / Printerboard: STM ERA board - Creality standard klippy.log klippy (2).log (835.7 KB)
Describe your issue:
I am trying to get good information on how to actually use Klipper on real printing. what settings do i need to set in cura to have the best printing speed with klipper at good quality ?
i have seen information that says to not turn on slicer acceleration settings. but what do i need to set for a faster print than i had with marlin ?
or did i fall for a lot of hype where i saw word that klipper might make my printer run crazy fast ?
i have done all of the starting process, used videos from nero3d and have done the adxl345 tuning and pressure advance and tested for max acceleration. i have the start and stop print macros setup .
do i just use the slicer settings and print and see what happens ?
do i need / want to create a cura profile with new setting for print speed ?
cura defaults to 50 mm/s for print speed - but i have ran calibration tests at 100 mm/s
i am new to this so i need to get some good guidance on what to do next.
Generally a firmware does not make your printer faster or slower. The maximum speed you can achieve depends mainly (99.99873%) on the mechanical capabilities of your printer:
General mechanical accuracy of the entire printer
Stiffness of the frame
Kinematic system: A “bed slinger” (like the CR6) is by design not able to achieve speeds like the CoreXY or some Deltas
Quality of the linear components, rails, bearings, belts etc
Torque of the stepper drivers
Quality and melting capabilities of your extrusion system
etc
All these points cannot be changed or influenced by the firmware.
What can be stated:
On high-end printers Klipper can achieve higher speeds than Marlin, because Klipper off-loads calculations to the host
Internally operates with higher precision due to using the host’s compute capabilities
Klipper has some advanced tuning features like resonance compensations, very capable pressure advance etc
Does not need firmware recompiling when changing settings
If you want to view it from this perspective, then yes. Your Fiat 500 will also not turn into a Ferrari and go 300 km/h just because you use high octane fuel.
Use the slicer as you did before
If you use pressure advance avoid using Slicer features that do similar things, e.g. Coasting etc
Speed / Acceleration according to the mechanical capabilities of your printer (Side note: Typically acceleration has a bigger influence than printing speed)
First THANK YOU! all feedback is welcome!
yes i did not think that Klipper was going to take the printer and do magic that would make a10 hour marlin print happen in 1 hour or some such crazy time. i know that there are real limits to what can be done.
that’s all part of why i am asking the questions. i have seen some folks say that there are things i should do in the slicer like turning on acceleration but i have also seen info that says not to do that. so i am trying to get clarity on that kind of thing.
if anyone else has a cr-6 and is using Klipper I would really find feedback helpful on what they have done in their settings and what they have found to work / and what has not worked.
in the test prints things looked great.
but when i try to print the small Benchy boat stuff fails and i get a pile of sting. so i must be doing things wrong… that i know
just trying to sort this out and get back to printing… i guess for now i will just run slow default speeds and see if anyone can offer more guidance on what i can or should change.
well now i cant even get a benchy to print right… ok i give up, me and klipper and this printer are just not working… return to marlin and octo print - they work… later if someone gets a fully working setup into the repo with good setup i might come back… thanks.