2D printing on a 3D printer - Free and easy guide

Remco, one of my patrons, shared this great project: using your 3D printer to plot 2D pictures. I liked it enough to make a how to video. This guide will take you through my failures and successes so you can pick up all of the tips you need to 2D print smoothly. The cornerstone of this technique is Inkscape and two extensions/plugins. Inkscape is a free vector based graphics program. Remco’s tremendous guide made it easy for me to get up and running and hopefully for you too. I mainly used the Prusa i3 MK3, Ender 5 and Artillery3D X1 for this video. Pretty much any 3D printer should be compatible. Remember that G2/G3 arc support must be enabled in Marlin, and probably is unless you turned it off yourself. This is a cool novelty and well worth a go as a weekend project. I’d love to hear your thoughts in the comments below. If you are having random crashes of the print head, there is a fair chance you've left something off to the side in Inkscape that has been converted to gcode and sitting outside of the print area. Inkscape free software download: https://inkscape.org/release/ KM-Laser gcode plugin for making hatsch infill in Inkscape: https://github.com/KnoxMakers/KM-Laser Jtech plugin for generating gcode: https://jtechphotonics.com/?page_id=1980 Remco’s Creality pen mount: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:338... My universal pen holder: https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:343... Recommended header gcode: G28 G90 G0 Z20 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 10 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 9 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 8 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 7 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 6 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 5 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 4 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 3 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 2 G4 P1000 M117 Deploy Pen NOW! 1 G4 P1000 M117 Drawing.. Recommended footer gcode: G0 Z20 G28 X0 Y0 M18 Buy quality and affordable filament from X3D. Buy 3, get 1 free and a free sample pack with every order: www.x3d.com.au Gearbest affiliate link (help support the channel): https://www.gearbest.com/?lkid=13807527 Take a look around and if you like what you see, please subscribe. Support me on Patreon:   / teachingtech   #3dprining #2dprinter #plotter