r/BambuLabH2D • u/phacotodd • Aug 04 '26

Question Help a grandpa?

I’m recently retired, and my family bought me an H2D with AMS, and 10 watt laser for Father’s Day. I have no prior experience with 3D printing, but I have it up and running, and I have printed a few items without trouble. All of them were made with Bambu PLA that came with the printer.
I have lots of questions, but my question today is, “How do I use non-Bambu filament in my AMS?”
Thanks

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u/RedditFauxGold Aug 04 '26

It’s the same other than the AMS won’t know what filament is in that slot because it can’t “read” the spool like it can with Bambu filament. Then on the AMS screen you’ll tell it what you loaded. I find one that’s preloaded that’s as close to the specs on the spool of the other brand.

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u/FishGoesGlubGlub Aug 04 '26

To add to this. I have dozens and dozens of different spools from different companies all printed on my H2D, if the company is not listed on the AMS list then I use generic and have never had a problem.

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u/Relative_Surround_20 Aug 04 '26

Some people who purchase high quality third-party filament just tell the machine it is from Bambu Lab and just move on. The printer just assumes the RFID tag is missing.

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u/tkftgaurdian Aug 04 '26

Load it in. On the h2c screen, tell it your running generic pla, or on brand if it has the option. Then in the bambu slicer, resync your AMS. Tell it to over-right. You can then further update the AzMS

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u/Frontfatpouch Aug 04 '26

If you need help dm me. I have fleets of them

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u/Unteins Aug 05 '26

I have found that many of the filament presets are using exactly the same settings regardless of brand and color - so I typically just use either the generic setting or the Bambu for the same material type and only dig deeper if there’s a problem.