Poking around in my gcode file, I wonder why the M140 command is done after the home/retract command. It seems to waste time unnecessarily.
M117 Heating... ; progress indicator message on LCD
M109 R170 ; soften filament before homing Z
G28 ; Home all axis
G1 E-15 F100 ; retract filament
M140 S105.0 ; start bed heating up
M104 S170 ; start extruder heating to probe temp
M190 S105.0 ; wait for bed to reach printing temp
G29 ; start auto leveling
G0 X0 Y0 F5000
M109 R245 ; wait for extruder to reach initial printing temp
But I am wondering why it shouldn’t be this instead:
M117 Heating... ; progress indicator message on LCD
M140 S105.0 ; Get the bed heating up ealier
M109 R170 ; soften filament before homing Z
G28 ; Home all axis
G1 E-15 F100 ; retract filament
M104 S170 ; start extruder heating to probe temp
M190 S105.0 ; wait for bed to reach printing temp
G29 ; start auto leveling
G0 X0 Y0 F5000
M109 R245 ; wait for extruder to reach initial printing temp
I am guessing there is a good reason? Otherwise the start of a print is delayed unnecessarily.
I can only speculate about possible reasons.
- Print farms drawing too much current at the same time? (seems unlikely)
- Worried that filiment will get stuck to bed if bed is heated before the home/retract?