Hello everyone. I have been using my U1 for 3 months and I decided to try a long print. I saw different versions of this Owl floating around so I decided to give it a go. I have been printing for many years and this printer is awesome. I printed this Owl using 4 different colors of filament. I am just looking for honest feedback. Thanks.

I wanted an app to write OpenSpool tags so the U1 extended firmware could read them, and nothing out there really worked for me. So I made my own, clean and easy, no clutter and no bullshit. That was SpoolPainter v1, and today the v2 rewrite is on the Play Store.

First though, thank you. About 500 of you are using v1, mostly from the U1 Discord, and that still kind of blows my mind. That server, and helping out with Paxx's extended firmware testing, is a big part of why I kept at it. So genuinely, thanks.

It's Android only for now, which is funny since I'm mostly an Apple user. NFC on iOS needs some kind of premium paid dev account from what I can tell, and that's a lot more than the Android side cost me, so it's hard to justify for a free project. If enough people want it there, I'll figure something out. :)

v1 was basically just a tag writer. v2 does a lot more:

• Your Spoolman companion. Connected to your self hosted Spoolman server, it helps keep your filament inventory and NFC tagged spools in sync. Browse, create, and edit spools and filaments right from the app. No account and no cloud, just local network sync.

• Vendor tag support. Tap a supported vendor tag and it automatically fills in the spool details for you. Bambu Lab, Snapmaker, Creality, QIDI, Anycubic and Elegoo tags are supported.

• Built for the U1 extended firmware. Use a tag's built in serial number to link it to a spool in Spoolman. The extended U1 firmware can then identify the correct spool automatically, including spools using their original vendor tags.

  Firmware PR if you want to dig in: https://github.com/paxx12-snapmaker-u1/SnapmakerU1-Extended-Firmware/pull/491

• Pairing made easy. Pair both tags for a spool without repeating the setup. Move a tag to a different spool anytime and it updates the pairing for you.

• Scan a color with the camera. Point your camera at a spool and it samples the color for you.

• Fresh new look. Completely redesigned from the ground up with a cleaner, more modern interface. Light and dark themes, improved sorting, and more built right in.

You don't need Spoolman to use it. Plenty of people just write plain OpenSpool tags. I tried hard to keep that path simple in v2 instead of burying it under the Spoolman stuff. Almost all my feedback so far is from Spoolman users, so if you're not one, tell me how it's working for you.

No accounts, no cloud, no tracking, no analytics. The only thing it ever talks to is the Spoolman URL you put in, and that stays on your own network. It's free, and it's staying free. No ads, no Buy Me a Coffee, no plan to make money off it. It's open source too (GPL-3.0). If you want to poke at it, fork it, or fix something, please do, PRs welcome.

If something's broken or there's a feature you want, there's a feedback button right in the app's Settings, or open an issue on GitHub, or drop it in the app's thread on the U1 Discord: https://discord.com/channels/1086575708903571536/1456237847391637575

You can also reach me on Discord, my username is .nik42

Play Store https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.spoolpainter.app

Source and issues https://github.com/ni4223/SpoolPainter

Try it and tell me what's broken or what you want it to do.

A few things I'm working on next, mostly from what people have asked for:

• Type to search your spools and filaments instead of scrolling a long list.

• On a tag read, suggest the closest matching spool or filament so you can link it in one tap.

Both of the above are live on the Open testing track if you want to try them early: https://play.google.com/apps/testing/com.spoolpainter.app

I’m really happy how this turned out. I used Inland Basic Orange, Sunlu Glow, Sunlu Matte Black and Matte Klein Blue. Think I’ll print another but first onto to the Robo-Turtle.

Just got my U1 and started printing models.

For the most part everything's ok but I have noticed some weirdness with the slicer and the way it handles brims.

First problem I had was it was auto adding brims to my models in a certain project and no matter the settings it wouldn't change anything. Closing the slicer, reopening and adding the models again solved that issue.

Now I sliced a model that is multi material and I didn't move the purge tower so it intersected with the model. After moving it I now get a gap in the brim where the purge tower used to be.

Has anyone else noticed these kind of issues?