Does Palette 2 work with dual extruder printers?
Does Palette 2 work with dual extruder printers?
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If used with a dual-head printer, Palette/Palette+ will use one nozzle at a time, then leave the other nozzle unused. So, although Palette is compatible with dual extruder printers, it only uses one of the heads at a time.
We plan on adding support to allow the second head to print with another filament in the future. We expect that we will work on and release this feature in the near future, but there are a few slicing and software hurdles that need to be addressed.
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Just to add a support to this enhancement, could you also look into the possibility of using two Palette devices one on each nozzle? Just imagine the possibilities with this and dual input/single hotend and dual input dual hotend setups.
Was the support added to allow second head for other filament types?
I’d love to see it work somehow by using 2 pallets (one for each extruder) and have the slicer program work with 8 materials/colours using this process.
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Thank you for the feedback Isaac, we're always on the hunt for innovative ways to improve Palette : )
When if ever will Mosaic listen to its customers and enable us to use Palette with BOTH extruders on dual-extrusion machines? This is crucal to my workflow and I won't buy a Palette until then
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So, Mosaic does not care. With Bambu's AMS becoming more popular, I guess the palette days are counted. Unless of course Mosaic would even care to respond to our question here and thus maybe enabling palette owners to use IDEX which would add some real value over AMS or MMUs ...
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Hi Googliola, this is on our list of features to work on in the future, but we do not have a set release date for IDEX compatibility at this time.
of even batter, cascading palettes on one extruder, so 7 with 2, 10 with 3, 13 with 4, and so on with the limits being the ability to communicate with the printers motherboard. If some kind of layering in slicing can be achieved, allowing proper communication to all devices, there theoretically isnt a limit to how many materials at once could be used. also, with dual head extruders, you could use one hot hotend, and one colder hot end for different temperature ranges allowing for extremely different designs as well. this added to a belt hotbed converted cr10 s5 with the 45* Z would be AWESOME! sorry nerd gasim…
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Are you any closer to making dual extrusion work? I didn't know this was an issue since you have an extruder count as part of the printer setup. So, I have a dual extruder head on order, and I am considering another dual extruder printer altogether. When I started looking at the setup, it became apparent that this is not supported. Disappointing.
Did not notice this was specific to P2. I have a P3P. But I'm assuming this is a canvas issue, not a pallette issue.
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Anyone from Mosaic reading this? Please tell us whether it is an upcoming feature or not. It would greatly extend the functionality of Palette and commercial IDEX printers are becoming more and more available and affordable (see Snapmaker J1)!
Thank you!
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People have been asking for this for years and Mosaic has never done anything. They don't care about their customers obviously. Fortunately there are low-cost alternatives to the Palette (which doesn't even work reliably in any case). ERCF, etc.
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Its 2023 now (aka "the near future" ? 😃) and we Palette owner would still love to see the capability to use dual heads. Any progress so far? Do you need testers?
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