Shared Directory

patientplayer

I have 6 printers all of the same model and I am seeing I can setup a shared directory. How do I complete that so I can print directly from that directory instead of slicing and sending. I can see that I can choose which printer I want to share files with but Id like to have a folder so that all printers can share with that one file. Is that possible?

Repetier

They share the g-code models which you can use to start a print. Each printer still has a own queue. So you say e.g. printer 1 is source of models and printer 2-5 have set shared directory to printer 1. Then you upload g-code to a group on printer 1 (2-6 would do the same) and it will appear for all 6 in the g-code model list. Then from each of them you can start the print for the active printer.

An alternative without rendering is storing g-code in projects. In a project you can send g-code to print and select 1 or more printer to start printing the file. But as projects are not bound to printers tehre is no rendering and computation of time etc.

patientplayer

If they share gcode how do i find that. Say I have sent a print to printer A but I want to print that file on Printer C. And later print a different file from printer D on Printer C. Do I need to go in and change the shared printer every time?

One more question if you dont mind. I just set up repetier on my big linx server that has a 500gb hdd. When I set it up i never found a way to allocate a specific amount of hard drive space and it only allocated 80gb. Is there a way to give the server more space? Thanks again for this software. It has made managing my small print farm so much easier.

Repetier

No, all stored models are always visible to all printers that share the directory. But I mean model folder not the print queue! Print queue is always per printer as that is what you are planning to print on that particular printer.

Server uses the folder /var/lib/Repetier-Server so it has as much space as the drive occupies. You can move it somewhere else and make a hard link from /var/lib/Repetier-Server to your real directory if you want and have more space there.