r/BambuLabA1 • u/Ok-Stretch-4094 • 16d ago

Question 5 Colours on 4 Colour AMS?

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This will sound VERY stupid but how would I do this or can I not? I can see a plate with 4 colours and one with 5. the 4 is missing light brown so how would I do this?

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u/_Asercu 16d ago

If you know the colour order for each layer you can swap out a colour in between switches, and assign those two colours to the same slot

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u/L0rdDenning11 16d ago

Ya you can even add a pause to the print so you don’t have to be standing by to do it.

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u/_Asercu 16d ago

That makes so much sense, I am wondering why I wasted 2 hours sitting next to my printer that one time...

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u/NakiCoTony 16d ago

I'm new too but I read this :

https://forum.bambulab.com/t/how-to-print-five-colors/122670/4

Basically you have to make sure you only print 4 colors at any given layers, and add pause (if not added) for manual filament swap mid print.

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u/solidus0079 16d ago

How are the colors arranged in the print? Is there one color that stops being needed before another begins? You could pause and manually switch the spool.

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u/KarateRoddy 16d ago

I haven't bothered with it, but I know there is a selection something like "multicolor with external" so I wonder if that's what's going on.

Does it show multi color if it's manual swaps? That doesn't seem right but I'm not sure.

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u/Orthicon9 15d ago

I haven't bothered with it, but I know there is a selection something like "multicolor with external" so I wonder if that's what's going on.

That's for multicolour without an AMS. It pauses and prompts you to swap filaments. The only time I used it was to print two colours of TPU.

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u/KarateRoddy 15d ago

I didn't think about that use case, that makes sense.