In printing the lower section of prototype 0 of my single spool eventually to be dryer -maybe even heater, I ran in an odd situation.
The part is about 257 mm high. I had a raft of 3 layers. AnyCubic's Next slicer blessed the item as being ok. It printed right up to what looks like the very last layer... I couldn't tell for sure, the WiFi or Next connection being lost (no camera, no live updates).
The printer, a Kobra X, decided otherwise. It froze. The display showed: The Z-axis of the printing file exceeds the device move out of range (see photo).
The weird thing is there was still a good inch of space before reaching physical maximum.
why did the slicer not complain?
why is the printer not allow for the full 260 mm AND more than enough room to "move out" the head?
worse, it didn't terminate the job as when I abort the print. Why is that? It just sat there waiting: "confirm" w no behaviour once confirmed.
Since nothing was happening, I turned off the Kobra X. However, when it turned back on, !me! stupidly leaving the print on the printer, it was about to crash the head! Managed to pull the plate (and part) off the printer b4 the gantry went down forcing the head down into the part. I never checked the setting to detect objects on plate (my bad). It moved towards centre 'and down to the plate.
Anyone printed a full 260 mm tall [Z-axis) job?
Physically, the Kobra X could easily do 270 mm height (Z-axis) with room to spare. Slicer and firmware aren't agreeing on what the 260 mm limit is. It shouldn't be to difficult to tweak both to 270, maybe 275, mm with the next update(s).