OrcaSlicer 2.2.0 Profile for Taz Pro Dual Extruder

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OrcaSlicer 2.2.0 introduced a couple of big things to make it useful as a CuraLE replacement:

Toolchanger support, and pre-heating toolheads.

I had previously put together a pretty good profile for 2.1, but since there was no toolchanger support, you had to manually edit filament profiles to add code to heat the nozzles properly. Since you can now tell the slicer how long it takes your nozzle to re-heat, I’ve got PLA dialed in to hit extrusion temperature within 2 seconds of the new nozzle being needed. If I turned off the prime tower, color/material changes would be almost free in terms of print time.

OrcaSlicer still does not have fields for probe or wipe temperatures, and the way that soften/vitrification temperature is used does not align with how it is used in the nozzle wipe sequence for the Taz Pro. I still rely on dynamically setting those temperatures based on the filament type, but at how important it is to have a perfectly clean nozzle, having those set per-filament would be nice.

If anyone is running a completely stock Taz Pro and is interested in helping test it before I try and go through the steps to make it part of the main distribution, let me know. I’ve made it a point not to add improvements (like BLTouch) to the Pro I got just so that I could get good profiles in the main distros for various slicers. Once that’s done I can start modifying the Pro to try and get it in line with modern tech.

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Did you ever get anywhwere with this? I am thinking of trying to get a profile for the TAZ 6 on OrcaSlicer. Would you mind sharing the one you use?

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I use PrusaSlicer for Taz6, and OrcaSlicer for the Pro.

My Taz6 has custom firmware, BLTouch and the M175v2 installed, so my startup would be a bit different if you’re running stock.

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yea I am running stock besides the 1.2 nozzle. I am trying to get my 747, Taz 5 and Taz 6 all slicing on OrcaSlicer. Thanks

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The major issues I had were with the lack of the wipe/probe temps with the standard setup.

This post should give you a good start, there’s a few variables (“placeholders” in Prusa/Orca) that you’ll need to verify:
Prusaslicer 2.5.0 Startup GCODE for varying material types - General / Software - LulzBot

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Since I got the Bambu Lab machines, two A1’s, I’ve had fun sorting out their slicer.

I’ve since downloaded Orca Slicer since I would like to utilize it with the Octoprint and Obico integration.

I really like how the tree supports options work as well.

I haven’t tried making a Taz 6 profile for Orca Slicer - as you know, I’m using your firmware with the BL Touch mod. If you come up with a profile, let me know! I’d like to try it!