Hey all I've a um2+ that I've had for a few years it was my workhorse for a while then I had major issues with extruders, I had issues with the nozzle/print head.

Now I'm familiar with printers so it's not that but for some reason it just seemed that this printer just yeah issues. Anyhow what can I do to make it either a)useable again! (Getting parts is crazy expensive where I live for the price of parts I can buy a Bambu 😅. B)Hack it into something else- is there any way to turn it into something else so it works? Upgrades/parts or idk.

I hate it just standing in my apartment and not being used. So yeah all ideas would be great!

I have Both 1.75 and 2.85 Material available.

is there a way to use both materials without completely disassembling and Reassembling the printer every time?

What is really needed to be able to print with both diameters?

Are there any cheapo conversion kits?

I just installed Cura 5.8 on my Windows 11 machine. When I go to start it, it gets through the initial windows (accept license, data collection, etc.) until it reaches the "Sign-In" page. Once I select any of those options, the program crashes. I've tried this about a dozen times, all with the same result.

Here is the first batch of logs from a fresh install, first time running it.

https://pastebin.com/sfzXfNQE

I've tried the following:

• Uninstalling and Reinstalling

• Forcing it to run on integrated graphics, rather than my graphics card (Through nVidia Control Panel)

• Deleting cura.cfg

• Completely removing the Cura folder from %APPDATA% both between installs and between startup attempts.

There is no printer connected to my laptop, and I have allowed Cura to access my network.

Hi i have an Ultimakert 2+ Extended at work and have ever since been using it with 0.4 Nozzle. It always worked perfectly.

Now i got an Ultimaker 2 (With Olsson Block and Upgraded Bondtech QR Extruder) For at home, but unfortunately the Priunt head Bearing got Damaged at the delivery.

I have replaced it but still got a lot of under-extrusion with as well the old and a completely new 0.6 nozzle.
Is there stuff to adjust to get it running with bigger nozzles? Upping flow up to 150 did not change anything vas far i as i can tell by looking at the print result.

The Feeder works very fine and moves the Material easily.

Is there a general Problem with that constellation? Any Hints? What else to look at?

Thank you in Advance! :)

EDIT:

Added a Picture of a 0.6 Nozzle Print (complete crap) and a 0.4 Print. 0.4 seems to work a tad better but still underextruding.

Can anybody tell by the Picture what might be the problem?

https://preview.redd.it/68uyg5pjtoxd1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=d0b28af07e897d5406c3de45ed9480573c895cf6

https://preview.redd.it/9bnkm5pjtoxd1.jpg?width=591&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=967f49547a555cad9fa8d831eb1c94dcf8f49bb6

Hey y’all, I’m wanting to print some miniatures for DND and want highest possible quality without using a resin printer. The caveat is I can only run prints <8 hours. What would be ideal layer heights and/pr settings to focus on?

I'm printing lines (these are just on layer). However, now the printer is printing these lines all in the same direction (blue arrows). Is there a way to print the lines in alternating direction (green arrows)?

I'm using UltiMaker Cura and have a Ender-3 S1 Pro printer. I'm also very new to 3D printing.

https://preview.redd.it/e58umdfo03wd1.png?width=1711&format=png&auto=webp&s=e155593286f7a484dea962bc81fc4e988c99c890

Hi, I've got a UMO+ for free and decider to repair it and maybe start printing something (I'm a total newbie, but since I got it for free…)…

I was given because the feeder is not working. It's made of wood and a black plastic thing. The issue is the black plastic thing was not pushing enough on the filament because of a bold that damaged the plastic… So I had to cut a bold and order a new one.

*but* during the process the "1031 Feeder Bolt Clip" broke. I'll try to gue it back together but I think it's need a replacement. Do you know if I can print it ? Tried a lot of website but no luck findind a STL, anyone got such an oldie somewhere ?

Hey all,

I recently got an Ultimaker 2 for a hundred bucks from someone who upgraded to a new printer.

Downloaded latest Cura and connected the printer with USB to ensure it had the latest firmware (which it did, 3.3.0).

There is a really ridiculous bug with Cura/Ultimaker 2 that gives a glaringly obvious impression that Ultimaker no longer tests Ultimaker 2 support(?), and it has regressed at some point(?). Well, this is understandable if the case, since the printer is after all so old, from 2013.

The bug goes like this:

1. Do any 3D print (sliced from latest Cura 5.8.1, where Ultimaker 2 has been set up as the printer) and wait until it successfully completes.
2. After the print finishes, the printer will automatically retract the filament some 15cm - 20cm up into the tube as part of the print "epilog".
3. Start the next 3D print. (for example, repeat the same print that you just finished)

The next 3D print will then start, but since the previous print job has retracted the filament in the end, the next print will catastrophically fail to start, since for the first twenty layers or so, there is no filament pushing out from the tube, as it all was retracted so far up at the end of the previous print.

I.e. the print head will start running the print layer movements, thinking it is extruding filament through the nozzle, whereas in actuality the filament is still 20cm up in the tube. The nozzle is just pushing air through.

To fix this, at the start of every print, I have to go to Maintenance -> Advanced -> Move Material, and manually spin the roll wheel for some two minutes to bring the filament back in to close to the print head.

This bug does not seem like a hardware problem with my unit as far as I can tell. Everything seems to be in order, the stepper motors do feed the filament properly without skipping etc.

This bug is so obvious that it suggests that Ultimaker 2 is no longer supported by Ultimaker at all, giving me an impression as if nobody is doing any prints with this printer anymore? Surely that is not how the UX of printing with Ultimaker 2 would have been in 2013-2014?

Well, curiously, I did ask the previous owner about this, and really peculiarly, they did state that "oh yeah, I recall that is how the Cura software worked all the way from the beginning in 2013-2014, that software bug was always there." which makes me really puzzled how that could be possible. How good is Ultimaker testing in general?

My question is: do any other Ultimaker users have this quirk that you need to manually feed the filament in by rolling the wheel for a few minutes before each print, since the end of each print job retracts the filament so far back up?

Any workarounds/other ideas to address this quirk? (regression?) It does get a bit tedious to have roll the menu wheel some hundred revolutions before starting each print.

I am printing with regular white PLA bought from Ultimaker along with the printer.

Is anyone here successfully printing ASA material on an Ultimaker with a glass bed? My problem is bed adhesion; it just will not stick, not matter what I try. Glue stick, Magigoo, brims... it doesn't seem to matter. I've tried the material maker's recommended settings and just using Ultimaker ABS settings... doesn't matter.

I've used a lot of different materials with my S5, and never had it this bad. I've printed ABS just fine several times. I even have two different brands of ASA material on hand, and they're both behaving the same way.

Any advice? TIA!

I've had a trusty Ultimaker 2 for years now, I've used it a ton and know its ins and outs, but I can't help but feel it is incredibly dated in every way. We have a fleet of Prusas and Bambus at work, and I never have to have a second thought when I start a print on either of those. The quality is well a cut above my Ultimaker, and they're less fussy in every respect. On my last print on the UM2 I had to trim the filament just right so it would actually feed into the nozzle, and spend a good half hour pulling the supports off and cleaning up the support interfaces. I haven't had to do that on any of my work prints, they just pop right off without a fuss.

What ways can I modify my UM2 or slicing to make it a little more contemporary and easier to print in general? Bare minimum I'd like to make it so the supports are less of a pain and the overhang quality better, but I'm also open to hardware/firmware mods to just improve its functionality (before I cave and just buy a Bambu).

I've been using a lot of UltiMaker "Tough PLA" with my S5 and been very happy with it. But of course it's relatively expensive material, and it looks like they recently jacked up the price even more. I can't justify 2-3x the cost compared to other brands.

So what is the best, more-affordable alternative, with similar performance?

TIA!

Aún no he conseguido sincronizar los materiales que tengo en Cura: algunos creados por mi y otros descargados de algún fabricante. Lo he intentado vía red y el proceso de actualización nunca finaliza. También lo he probado vía usb y la impresora no reconoce el archivo .umm que descargo previamente en un pen.

Si alguien puede orientarme se lo agradecería infinitamente.

Gracias

Hey all so long story short, have had a UM2+ for many many years, I've had some okay prints from it over time and it was my workhorse until parts basically broke on me. Now i've more time to tackle it thanks to having side effects from cancer treatment. So with that said, where can I find the parts for this as cheap as possible? Given that I can buy a whole new any cubic neo 2 for the price of what parts cost in Denmark, I really want to get this printer back up and alive so any help would be appreciated thanks!

Hi Just changed material from Ultimaker PLA to Ultimaker, ABS, The material extrudes fine when inserting the ABS. However, if I select a part to print, everything heats up as expected but when the printing starts the material doesn't extrude?

Anyone have any suggestions?

Trying to download Cura to my Chromebook. When I insert the command to download Cura in Terminal I get this message. Anyone know what to do?

So i havent been printing all that much with our utilimaker s5 with the material station bundle. Ive printed several 24 hour prints with the PVA as support material without issue but outa the blue it thinks the PVA is empty with half a spool remaining. It also stops after a few minutes of printing saying material ran out. I did notice it wasnt extruding so i thought the BB core got clogged.

Not sure what to do i tried printing something ONLY using pva. It did its purge blobs and got it cleaned up and managed to print for at least 20 minutes using pva only and doing perfectly. Stopped the print, started a new one, and wouldn't even start cuz it said PVA spool was empty... if i can get a dual filament print to start, it will stop within a few minutes saying material error even though the PVA is feeding fine...

I took the tensioner apart on the back looking for issues or roller problems and didnt see anything outa the ordinary. When it does print, the material station sounds awfully loud like the knurled feeder is slipping down there. Where is the material empty sensor?

I also find it ironic that when it says its empty i cant unload it and when i try to pull it it sucks it back in...

Am not in usa or europe or australia..

Am trying to sell used ultimakers 3 extended..

Not getting any offers in my region as its a small market..

Cant sell on ebay..

Are there any other options i can sell these?

I can ship world wide.

My friend recently bought an Ender 3 just like the one I had. Knowing this, to avoid headaches, I sent him the .curaprofiles I used, but when he imports it, he gets an error. His cura is on version 5.8.1, while mine is still on 5.7. Could it be a version incompatibility?

I thought my issue was the retraction length being too high so I turned it down but all my prints turn out like this. Any suggestions on what might be wrong? Thank you!

I'm trying to fix a problem with my Ultimaker 2+ where filament seems to get stuck juste before reaching the nozzle. It feels like melted PLA managed to reach the part just before the heating nozzle so its stuck there and not heating up, blocking the way for the filament to reach the nozzle to print. If I remove the nozzle, should I be able to manually push filament straight through out of the print head? because right now I can't. How would i go about fixing this, just scraping the PLA off?

so i got a ultimaker original+ i connected it to my pc to let it jog because i just greased the rods then saw a update firmware button the firmware installed on it was from 2016 likely never updated so i said why not and updated it immediatly after that the screen got weird and made it so that every time i clicked the wheel it would place a [ on it after that the nozzle started saying it was 0 degrees bed 21 then i restarted it but now not even the nozzle was detected, tried again now the whole printer isnt detecting and the screen is solid blue and the steppers lock up every 5 seconds

pls help me with this. thanks in advance : )

so i just got a wood ultimaker original + tried to print but its seized up, i screwed off the motors and they work perfectly fine, the man i bough it from said it had been sitting for a long time, when i try to move them its litterally stuck cant move it even a little bit do i think its the bearings that need replacing but im not sure pls help me

So I'm trying a new thing and I need to use Ultimaker Cura to print it, but it is mandatory we do not cut the filament.

Is there a setting I could find to set the slicer to not cut the filament ? It would not be a problem to have multiple passes on the same printed part

I have an ultimaker 2+, i getting this after a faild print where it diden't extrude any filament due to what I thing "z hop when retracting" setting was on. I have an .8 mm nozzel and printing .4 mm layer hiegt and under 50 mm/s. Any suggestions on how to fix this?

Hi all, After adding a new extruder upgrade, I am still haunted by the motor not providing enough turn to rotate the replaced greared motor.
has anyone run into this issue before? on an Ultimaker 2+ extended. i can provide video shortly thank you