Local 3D Print Server – Prusa Mk3 + OctoPrint

3D printing and having to physically move a SD card around every time I wanted to print seemed like such a contradiction in efficiencies. I had finally grown tired of it and decided I was going to move 3D printing into the 21st century and add a GUI based server! These are my notes:

Parts:

1. Prusa i3 MK3 (kit)
2. Raspberry Pi 2 B
3. 32 GByte SD Card 
4. Ethernet cable 
5.  USB Printer cable
6. Mico USB power plug (>1Amp)

All of which I already owned.

Getting the server running and configured:

1. Downloaded OctoPrint .img file (OS)
2. Downloaded belenaEtcher (Flash OS images to SD card)
3. Flashed the .img onto the SD
4. Plug in cables, SD, power
5. Find the server (File Explorer->Network->OctoPrint) right click, properties

1. Browse to the IP and follow the setup instructions
   

And that was pretty much it! Way simpler than I thought it would be.

Okay, giving up on wordpress and just going to write it in google docs…