How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer

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Para agregar una impresora en PrusaSlicer debes dirigirte a la pestaña «Configuración de la impresora», abrir la «ventana de Ajustes de sistema» de la impresora predeterminada y luego hacer clic en «Añade/Quita impresoras».

To add a 3D printer in PrusaSlicer, follow the steps below:

1. Open PrusaSlicer on your computer.

Si aún no tienes PrusaSlicer instalada en tu computadora puedes chequear esta publicación «PrusaSlicer: The laminator from Prusa Research»

Open PrusaSlicer
Open PrusaSlicer

2. Dirígete a la pestaña «Configuración de la Impresora»

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - printer settings
«Configuración de la impresora»

3. Abre la Ventana de «Ajustes de sistema»

Y luego haz clic en «Add/Remove printers«

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - add remove printers
«Añade/Quita impresoras»

4. Click on other brands.

Si tu impresora es de otra marca haz clic en «otras Marcas»

Other brands
Other brands

5. Choose the brand of your 3D printer

Elige la marca de tu impresora 3D y haz clic en «Siguiente»

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - select brand
Choose the Brand

6. Choose the 3D printer model

I'm going to choose a Creality Ender 3 with a 0.4mm nozzle

Después de elegir tu modelo haz clic en «siguiente».

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - select model
Choose the model

7. Custom Settings

In case your 3D printer is not listed anywhere, this is where you can enter its name and configure it manually.

Si ya has elegido tu impresora de la lista entonces haz clic en «siguiente».

custom configuration
You can configure a printer manually

8. Select Filament Profiles.

Here you can configure the filaments you are going to use.

In my case I am going to choose all the generic options.

Configure filament
Choose the filaments you use

9. Automatic updates.

Select both options to have the PrusaSlicer program update automatically.

Haz clic en «siguiente».

Enable automatic updates
Enable automatic updates

10. Reload from disk

According to the official PrusaSlicer page, this feature is useful when you want to replace the newer version of a model with the older version, without having to reconfigure things like custom supports for example.

You can read more here.

La voy a dejar desactivada. Haz clic en «siguiente».

11. File association.

Checking these boxes will associate the .3mf and .STL files with PrusaSlicer.

This means that every time you double-click on a file, PrusaSlicer will open automatically.

If you use another slicer, don't select them.

Haz clic en «Siguiente».

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - associate 3mf and stl files
File Association

12. View Mode

Si eres un usuario principiante puedes dejar seleccionado el «modo simple». Este modo será básico y sin muchas configuraciones para ser modificadas.

Si en cambio eres un usuario más avanzado selecciona el «Modo avanzado» para tener un mejor control de todas las configuraciones y parámetros.

Click Finish.

View mode
Choose what type of user you are

13. Check that your 3D printer has been added.

Your printer should appear in the same printer profile window.

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - printer added
Make sure everything went well

14. Check the Platform tab.

On the platform tab you should see the plate with the brand or logo of your 3D printer

How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer - platform with brand or logo
The platform should have your printer's logo.

If everything went well, your 3D printer will now be added to PrusaSlicer.

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