This guide describes the on-screen button functions of the P2S printer.
Homepage
On the left side of the homepage is an on-screen menu bar that includes Homepage, Controls, Filaments, Settings, and HMS; on the right side is the Print Files, Nozzle Temperature, Filament, Network Settings, and HMS.
Controls
1. Air Management
- Cooling mode: When printing low-temperature filaments such as PLA, the printer operates in cooling mode. In this mode, the auxiliary part cooling fan directly draws cool external air into the chamber, lowering internal temperature, and the original hot air inside the chamber is discharged through the back panel vents and purge wiper gaps.
- Heating mode: In this mode, the heatbed and hotend radiate heat to warm the chamber air. The auxiliary part cooling fan no longer draws in external cold air but, together with the air filter, forms an internal circulation. This maintains uniform hot air inside the chamber while filtering and purifying the air.
- Part Cooling fan: It is installed on the toolhead, and is used to ensure adequate cooling of the printed layers during the printing process. It helps in rapidly cooling the material as it is extruded, allowing each layer to solidify and maintain its shape before the next layer is deposited.
- Right Aux Fan: It is installed on the right side of the chamber, and provides a better cooling condition for high-speed printing.
2. Speed
Set the printing speed mode.
Ludicrous: 166% of normal print speed and acceleration
Sport: 124% of normal print speed and acceleration
Standard: normal print speed and acceleration
Silent: 50% of normal print speed and acceleration
3. Motion
Toolhead: Click +1 or +10 to control the toolhead movement in the X-axis and Y-axis.
Heatbed: Click the 1 or 10 move button to raise or lower the heatbed.
4. Nozzle & Extruder
- Extruder: If the extruder tube shows the color of the loaded filament, the extruder’s filament sensor has detected filament entry.
- Nozzle temperature: Enter a value to set the nozzle temperature.
- Nozzle type: Set the type, material, and diameter of the nozzle.
5. Chamber Temperature
The P2S chamber temperature will passively increase according to the set temperature of the heatbed and cannot be manually adjusted.
6. Heatbed Temperature
Enter a value to set the heatbed temperature.
7. LED light
Click this button to control the left and front LED lights.
Filament
1. Spool
Click any spool icon to edit, load/unload, and re-read filament RFID.
- Edit: If AMS has identified a spool through RFID, you can view the filament information here, but you cannot modify the filament parameters; if the RFID is not read, you can modify the filament information here;
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Load: Click the button, and the AMS 2 Pro will automatically feed the filament into the extruder;
Re-Read: Click the button, and AMS 2 Pro will reread the RFID of the spool in the slot.
2. Dry and Humidity
The humidity and temperature inside the AMS can be checked, and filaments can be dried.
NOTE: You can also turn on the drying function in Setting > Toolbox > Dry Filament.
If multiple AMS 2 Pro/HT are connected, you can click the icon in the upper left corner to switch between different devices, view the real-time humidity and temperature data of each AMS, or start drying.
3. External spool
Click the external spool icon to edit, load and unload filaments.
4. Tools
- Auto Refill: When the brand, type, and color of the filaments are identical, the system will establish an automatic refill relationship. When the current filaments run out, the printer will automatically switch to another filament with the same properties to continue printing.
- AMS Drying: Same as Dry and Humidity content.
5. Guide
Instructions for feeding operation: Select a specific slot, click the spool icon, and then click the Load button to trigger automatic loading.
Setting
1. Account
Open Bambu Handy and scan the code to access the account.
2. Wi-Fi
Set up the WLAN, view the current network, test network, or view and add other networks.
3. USB Storage
Storage: Display the used capacity and maximum capacity of the USB flash drive.
Eject: Click "Eject" to eject the USB drive safely.
Format external storage: Once reset, the storage cannot be restored.
For USB flash drive specifications and usage recommendations, please refer to: Specifications and Usage Recommendations of USB Flash Drives.
4. Firmware
View the current version of the device and historical versions, or perform offline upgrades. If the firmware needs to be updated, the "Update" button in the upper right corner will light up.
5. Calibration
- Print Calibration: Includes motor noise cancellation, vibration compensation, auto bed leveling, high-temperature bed leveling and nozzle offset calibration.
Motor Noise Cancellation: Reduces the noise generated by the motor during printing, especially when printing for a long time or at high speed. By optimizing the motor's operating algorithm and control strategy, it can not only reduce noise, but also make the print surface smoother, thereby improving the final printing effect.
Vibration Compensation: When any vibration is detected in real-time during printing, the toolhead position can be automatically adjusted to ensure the accuracy of printing. Especially when printing complex or detailed models, this calibration can effectively prevent errors caused by vibration and ensure that each layer is completed accurately.
Auto Bed Leveling: Through intelligent algorithms, the distance between the nozzle and the build plate is adjusted to ensure that the gap in each corner is consistent, which can effectively avoid printing defects caused by uneven heatbed, thereby improving printing accuracy.
High-temperature Bed Leveling: Before printing with high-temperature filaments such as ABS/ASA/PC/PA, high-temperature heatbed calibration can ensure that the heatbed remains stable in a high-temperature environment, effectively preventing warping or poor adhesion of the first layer, and improving the quality of the first layer print.
- Nozzle Clumping Detection Calibration: Ensure the accuracy of nozzle clumping detection by calibrating the starting position of the detection. The P2S printer will perform a nozzle clumping detection calibration during its initialization process. To improve the accuracy of the detection, it is recommended to conduct this calibration again after disassembling and reassembling the heatbed, or when false alarms of nozzle clumping detection are observed. Please refer to：Introduction to Bambu Studio Nozzle Clumping Detection by Probing.
- Live View Camera Calibration: By identifying specific marks on the heatbed and calibrating the position and angle of the live camera, the detection error caused by camera viewing angle deviation and position error can be reduced, thereby significantly improving its detection accuracy and achieving higher image capture quality.
6. Toolbox
- Dry Filament: Select the filament type, set the drying temperature and duration, and dry the filament.
- Linear Rod Cleaning: Regular cleaning of the linear rod prevents debris accumulation, ensuring proper operation and extending the life of the equipment. The progress bar on the left side of the screen decreases as the linear rod becomes cleaner. If the progress bar turns red, cleaning is necessary. Detailed instructions are available via the QR code on the right. For more information, please refer to P2S Regular Cleaning and Maintenance Recommendations.
- Lead Screw Lubricating: The lead screw requires regular lubrication to ensure smooth up-and-down movement of the heatbed. For more information, please refer to P2S XYZ-axis Cleaning and Lubrication.
- Nozzle Cold Pull Maintenance: When the extruder motor frequently overloads and reports errors at normal printing flow, it means that the nozzle resistance is too large and needs to be cleaned urgently; at the same time, since TPU is extremely sensitive to nozzle resistance, if the nozzle has been used to print other filaments before, it is recommended to perform cold pull cleaning on the nozzle before printing TPU to ensure smooth printing. For details on nozzle cold pull maintenance, please refer to: P2S Nozzle Unclogging Procedure.
- Heating Base Maintenance Mode: After enabling this function, the heatbed can still heat up normally even if the hotend is not installed. After heating is completed, please be sure to pay attention to operational safety to avoid burns caused by contact with high temperatures.
7. Settings
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- Print Options:
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Spaghetti Detection: Detect spaghetti during the printing process, and select the sensitivity to pause printing. The pause sensitivity is divided into high (pause immediately when small problems are found), medium (pause when a certain degree of problem occurs), and low (pause only when there is an obvious abnormality) to adapt to different print quality needs.
Purge Chute Pile-up Detection: Detect purge chute pile-up during the printing process, and select the sensitivity to pause printing. The pause sensitivity is divided into high (pause immediately when small problems are found), medium (pause when a certain degree of problem occurs), and low (pause only when there is an obvious abnormality) to adapt to different print quality needs.
Nozzle Clumping: Detect nozzle clumping during the printing process, and select the sensitivity to pause printing. The pause sensitivity is divided into high (pause immediately when small problems are found), medium (pause when a certain degree of problem occurs), and low (pause only when there is an obvious abnormality) to adapt to different print quality needs.
Build Plate Detection: Detects the build plate’s markings to identify its type and verify whether a supported build plate is in use.
For more information about visual detection, please refer to: Introduction to P2S Visual Detection.
Auto-Recovery from Step Loss: When the motor detects a position shift (lost step), the X-axis, Y-axis, and Z-axis are repositioned and returned to the pre-shift position to continue executing the unfinished G-code to ensure print quality.
Store Sent Files on External Storage: If printing is initiated through the cloud, the print files will be cached in external storage.
- AMS Options：
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Read Filament on Insertion: After inserting the filaments for pre-loading, AMS will perform RFID reading operation.
Read Filament on Startup: Everytime you restart the printer, AMS will automatically read the inserted filaments information (the reading process will rotate the filaments).
Remaining Filament Estimation: Estimate the remaining filaments when reading the RFID. When this function is turned on, the RFID will be read twice to obtain the filament information and estimate the remaining quantity. After reading the RFID and remaining quantity information of the filament, you can view the filament name above each slot. The small horizontal bar below the filament name shows the estimated remaining filaments.
AMS Auto-Refill: When the filaments in one slot of the AMS run out, it can automatically switch to filaments with the same properties in other slots. These properties include brand, type, color, and nozzle temperature. Please make sure to configure the information of all filaments before printing to meet the requirements of auto-refill.
Arrange AMS Order: Each AMS is assigned a sequence and displayed on the screen. The purpose of assigning AMSID is to facilitate the identification of their connections. The logic of assigning IDs is: the one directly connected to the printer is AMS-A, the one connected to AMS-B is AMS-C, and so on. If you need to reorder the AMS, you can click "Arrange", which will reset the order information of the AMS. After the reset is completed, please connect the AMS in sequence as needed.
- Safety Options:
- Open Door Detection: When turned on, the printer will detect whether the front glass door is open, and you can choose to trigger a notification or pause printing when the door is opened.
- Idle Heating Protection: When this option is turned on, if the printer is idle and the hotend or heatbed needs to be heated, the heating will automatically stop after 5 minutes to avoid the risk of dry heating.
- Video: Set the video resolution. Higher resolution requires more storage space.
Sound: If you turn on the option, the printer will emit a sound when it is turned on, when printing starts, and when printing ends.
Auto-Sleep: Select the length of time the printer will automatically sleep.
- Chamber Light Mode: You can choose manual mode or energy-saving mode according to actual needs.
- Language: Select the language in which the printer screen is displayed.
- Device and Serial Number: View the device name, device usage time, and serial number. Choose whether to join the user experience improvement program. Once enabled, the machine data (such as printing time, error information, etc.) can be uploaded to the official backend for subsequent statistics and improvements.
- LAN Only: When turned on, the printer can only be connected and accessed within the local network and cannot be accessed or controlled remotely over the Internet. If multiple devices are connected via the same LAN, live view or data sharing is possible.
- Export Log to External Storage: Choose whether to export all logs, key photos (to determine micro radar and spaghetti problems), and G-code (to determine print quality problems) according to your needs.
- Restore Factory Settings: Reset the printer to the factory settings. Once reset, the settings cannot be restored.
Assistant
If there is a problem with the printer, an error message will be displayed here.