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xoxxalayesterday at 6:06 PM3 repliesview on HN

> Also Bambu the company mostly is fine, but there's some worry that they'll eventually lock people into using only their filament, but doesn't seem to have happened yet. So buyer beware.

I'm not sure how Bambu could actually do that. They use RFID tags to identify their filament type/color. I taped a tag from a used roll to some prusa filament and the printer couldn't tell the difference.

Just in case, my Bambus are LAN only and don't get updated. I use Orca Slicer instead of the Bambu slicer.


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devsdayesterday at 6:43 PM

Go the HP way. May be throw annoying errors based on the expected amount of printing a filament with a particular tag is supposed to last.

bb88yesterday at 6:41 PM

If corporations can put a chip in a tooth brush head...

https://www.reddit.com/r/hacking/comments/145fsx6/just_finis...

_fluxyesterday at 7:02 PM

They could write to the RFID how much filament "it has left".