I recently bought my first 3d printer which is a CTC Prusa i3 copy. I finished the assembly and everything seemed to work fine (X, Y and Z axis motor, heated plate, control from LCD Screen…) But when I tried to print from my PC with the USB cord (Simplify 3D or Cura as the 3d print software), the printer wasn’t detected by the software… Even if my PC made a little noise confirming it did detected that something was connected. So this is problem number one.
Next problem is that I tried to print using my 4gb SD card on the LCD screen, the screen detected that a card was inserted but when I was about to print from it, it told me that there was no SD card…
If someone could help me with that I would really appreciate it.
You’ll need to install drivers for the printer on the computer. What ever they sent for software etc. with the printer. Next is the printer will most likely only be identified as a Comm port. So you will need to make sure that the correct Comm port and baud rate (115200 is common) are selected in S3D.
With the printer unplugged go to device manager and look at the Comm ports and note what are available. then plug in the printer and see if a new one shows up. that should be the one the printer is to use.
Also, use USB2 ports not 3 and make sure the cable is under 15 feet and no hubs, extension etc.
No I did not succeed to print from SD Card even if I changed the LCD screen. I didn’t hustle on that subject so I am just printing from Cura/Simplify 3D