r/QIDI

Hello! I'm looking for the printer.cfg and gcode_macro.cfg files that shipped with v1.1.0 for the Q2. Anyone out there who can help?

If so, please post them to whatever file sharing service you like and let me know. Or, I guess I could give my email or discord if necessary :)

Once I have them I'll edit this post so nobody else wastes their time!

Thanks.

(some nice person just gave me the v1.1.1 files but I'm still looking for v1.1.0!)

A couple books were delivered to me during a thunderstorm and are completely soaked through from the rain. Can the QIDI Q2 be used to dry the pages, maybe using the filament drying mode?

Hello community - I recently ordered a QIDI Plus4 as an upgrade to my Bambu A1, and to allow me to print new and different engineering materials. I've been reading this sub and browsing the GitHub Plus4 Wiki to learn more about the printer before it arrives. Given the latest generation of the Plus4 incorporated some fixes from the original, I'm curious what if any of the fixes, configuration tweaks, etc. from the Wiki are best practices I should incorporate when unboxing and setting up my new printer?

I suspected effects from heat soak during the initial layer printing, as the chamber heater warms everything compared with the build plate that doesn't really heat much beyond its immediate surface.

The chamber heater is changing during a critical stage of the build (first layer), after the mesh, while the bed is up to temp before the mesh. So alternatively instead of waiting for the chamber to heat and soak, I believe there is no reason not to just delay the chamber startup until after the first layer.

As chamber temp is insignificant compared to bed temp, and during the first few layers nothing is being effected by or needed the chamber heater as the bed is providing more than enough direct heat. The chamber heater really only comes into need as the build progresses higher and the effects of the bed become less and less. I found great results by doing this.

Firstly you need this in the start of your slicer "Layer change G-code"

{if layer_num == 1}
    M118 Starting chamber heater
    M141 S[chamber_temperature]
{endif}

Then comment out chamber start in "Machine start G-code"

;M141 S[chamber_temperature]

And in the printer gcode_macro.cfg PRINT_START macro (and restart klipper)

; M141 S{chambertemp}

Hi, is there a way to make the printer follow the checkboxes on either the slicer (Qidi Studio) or the printer checkbox? It says "Auto bed levelling before print" and I uncheck them but no matter what, it always goes back to the auto bed levelling for every single print.

The auto levelling is really helpful, yes, but sometimes when I haven't moved the build plate at all and have a mesh already set for the auto levelling, it is just a hassle, for example 10 minute print has a 10 minute warm up cycle w/ levelling, making it 20 minutes.

I know that it's built into the start Gcode (auto levelling) and I know I can disable it, but is there a way to make it actually check whether the checkbox is selected in the slicer or the printer? It is a Qidi Q2.

EDIT:

Also on a side note of editing gcodes, I am looking for a way to auto eject prints from the bed so that I can automate my prints when I am away / asleep. Has anyone tried this and how would I go about this for a Klipper printer? There are lots of Marlin printer tutorials out there. I'm thinking wait until the plate cools down because my plate fully separates all the parts basically, and then perform a quick sweep of the bed with the head to knock the prints off.

What are the macros used to remove the filament from a specific slot? I'm not talking about unloading filament from the hot end, I'm talking about what happens when you hit the remove button on the screen and the box rewinds the filament onto the spool until the end of the filament comes out of the box and you can remove the filament from the spool.

I've been told it's UNLOAD_BOX_FILAMENT, but I can't find that defined anywhere.

Thanks

PS: For those of you curious, I'm trying to add buttons to KlipperScreen to handle this.

I purchased a qidi plus 4 quite a while ago and absolutely loved it, at the time I truly felt it was the best printer for the price, and I still believe it was back then, but unfortunately I think I may have broke my printer and I'm afraid that within the next year I'll have to replace it, and looking at the current market qidi just doesn't seem worth it. I have a lot of issues with some of the practices of Bambu labs but they make great quality products with really useful features for what is now great prices. And it has left me wondering is qidi worth it?

Also as someone who is not super technologically knowledgeable having more resources available for when something goes wrong would be pretty helpful

I still absolutely love qidi but what do you guys think?

Today marks 1 week of owning the Q2 (first Qidi product) and just hit 120 hours of printing ABS and PC-ABS. Had a little downtime for changing the bed and going back to 1.1.1 firmware and a few failed prints after I let it update, oops. I have Ultimaker, Prusa, and Creality printers, so I am used to bad updates lol.

After reading countless posts, I think a lot of people forget this is a $500 printer that has added features not offered in $1000 machines. If you have to invest a little to time and money to perfect a few flaws, it is worth it.

So far after some filament calibrations the Q2 (for a total of $700 invested) has performed and printed within the same tolerances and quality of the Ulti S5 ($2800+ invested). Can't be disappointed with that.

Did notice the Z motors get a little warm and louder if sitting idle for a short period, so I added a macro to gcode to lower the bed to the bottom followed by 'M84 S30' to disable all motors after 30 seconds. Within 60 seconds, depending on temps, you even hear the fan on the PSU turn off, not that it gets much rest.

Only thing I would consider a weak point (so far) other than the taco bed is the flex in the bed frame front to back. While swapping the bed to the r3men we took measurements to see what it would take to stiffen it up without affecting the Z0 and Z1 independence.

Any suggestions from longtime users, usable physical mods or config changes that is useful, or things to know, I would be grateful.

Their support barely answers. I finally had someone telling me a few weeks ago that the package was lost, but it's been radio silence since.

As it is for my company, I will start a legal action soon. If anyone in Europe had the same issue, we can add your information to the case. Feel free to reach

I received my 4 Max with Qidi Bix on Sunday. Ran the volron Cube with the sample of rapid pla. Beautiful print. Up loaded a print in Sunlu Petg sliced with the supplied slicer. Nozzle jam. Now, the hotend will read whatever temp I input, but it will not feed ANY filament. I removed the nozzle and cleaned it, but it's still the same issue. Please, help!

I just got my Q2 combo in today and after unboxing it and turning it on there was nothing displaying on the screen.
I checked the ribbon cable inside the printer and reseated it but still nothing.

I hear a buzz and it looks like the fan on the right side of the printer tries to spin up but fails to, it does this over and over every 2 seconds until I power it off.

Has anyone heard of anything like this before?

Thanks

UPDATE: Thanks for the suggestions, it was a bad psu. I ordered a suggested upgraded silent one off amazon and swapped it in. Printer started right up without any issues. Im drying my filament in it and will run some prints on it in the next couple of days. Thanks!

Has anyone managed to make the color changes faster ? I tried using shorter PTFE tubes, but I get error trying to feed the filament and weird grinding sounds .