Ender 3 S1 Pro Mid-Print Filament Change - Now You Can! 

I swear that you are the only person on youtube who can make a tutorial without also adding 10 minutes of nonsense filler, and I appreciate it greatly. Also, the tutorial itself was useful and great. Thanks.

"bear in mind that the printer completes the layer and then move away from the print so that you can change the filament". Looked everywhere for this. Thank you!

I'm a newbie and I tried this tip using the slicer that came with the machine (Creality Slicer on the S1 Pro). It did not work. As a matter of fact, it didn't even add the script to the gcode. I downloaded Cura and it worked exactly as you described. So, I'll guess I should use Cura from now on, at least until I get a little more acquainted with 3D printing. Thanks for this video!

I can't thank you enough for this video!!. Extremely detailed and helpful. Creality has their way of making users life complicated but you my friend are their Achilles heel!!

One week until hurting my brain until I find this amazing video. Is the solution. Today 23-April-2024 there are some minor changes, but works fine. ¡Saludos desde España!

I commented on another tutorial you had because it helped me so much. You seem to be seriously the only person making tutorials for 3D printers that are not only concise, but cover everything I need and seem to work first try. Thank you for being the best!

After 5 fails of filament change scripts, i search my way to this video. Now it finally works, unfortunatly not in the best way how it should be like, with the screen and filament pass trough. But whatever we can go further now, thanks for the effort taken to explain.

Thank you Ricky! Legend! I have been fighting with filament changes on my Creality CR-5 Pro H since I got it 2 years ago, and your video finally got it sorted for me! The only thing with the CR-5 Pro H is that you have to hit the PAUSE button, then hit YES to actually put it in pause. Then the PRINT button is displayed and the print can then be restarted.

Great work! It didn't want to work for me but I figured it out. So, for those folks trying to do this with Cura 5.6 or perhaps with any other version of Cura that isn't 5.1.0, this won't work. It wouldn't work at all in that the S1 pro would just lock up. I noticed that the script seemed a bit different and decided to just install the old Cura 5.1.0. I had to use an old Ender 3 pro profile and copy over my printer gcode from 5.6 but in the end it worked! I hit the stop button to get the resume to restart but it didn't appear. Then I went into the top menu on the screen and backed out of it and the play button was there. Woowoo.

Oh my gosh you continue to be my saving grace. I have no idea why you aren't always FIRST in my search results. The cycle continues of me searching for an answer and getting super frustrated at the lack of results until I find your video. I will say with my printer, when you hit the stop button it asks if you want to stop or pause... so you have to pause, THEN you can continue. Probably just a difference in version but wanted to explain in case anyone else had the same difference.

Another outstanding video, you are my go-to, thank you. I was able to make it work, but found that by using the "stop" button it would end the print, hit "pause" twice then it says "continue ?" and works well. E3 S1 Pro..........thanks again.

What a brilliant video, and I've found even further instruction for newer firmware by reading the comments. That's a sub, thank you!

For anyone having problems with the 29 Nov 22 firmware, here's how I solved it: I pressed pause and confirmed it, but then went into the parameters page at the top (where you could change temp, z-offset, etc.), then back to the main page. The play arrow appeared for me there and it resumed fine.

I kept having so many issues with changes. This video was perfect!

btw the tipp you showed with pushing filament a bit in, before pulling it out, you wrote me a while ago in a comment on your video. It was the best tipp somebody ever gave me on my 3d printer!

Thank you for the procedures to get it to work. Easy when you know how! Definitely subscribed.

I did exactly what you said to swap filamand it worked perfectly. Thank you very much 😊

Have this exact printer too. Finally a really good video about this "problem" ! My first successful attempt was with a keyring too :) With your method it should be a lot easier now.

This was the 2nd tutorial I tried and this one actually worked- good job and thank you!

Works much better than the filament change script. Thank you!

Just tried it on my discontinued new Sermoon D1 but with Octoprint. Finally after a year of trying to get around Creality's stupidity of ignoring g-code for pausing to change filament we have a work around! MakerBot and Geeetech both work great with the g-code insert but Creality had to be different. Glad to have found this video. Great job.

I use the filament change script for my 2 colour prints with my Ender3 v2. Though I always forget which layer to set it at… for that one I’m pretty sure (has been a while) you set it at the layer you want the new colour to start (rather than the last layer of original colour). Something I’ve also stated doing is placing a small block (from calibration shape plug-in) on the build plate near the model. Make sure it prints this block first on each layer & that the height of it is just above the colour change layer. This will act as a ‘buffer’ for making sure z height has reset correctly & also make sure nozzle is primed & any extra ooze ends up on this block rather than glooping up on the real print.

Finally a proper guide for doing this on the ender 3 S1 Pro! Worked perfectly for me in the very first try.

I updated the firmware and then it worked with Creality Slicer 👍thanks

About to give this a nudge on a Creality S1-Plus with Cura 5.7.1, some of the post processing code options are a bit different but all the stuff talked about in this video are still there. Should be good, cheers 🙂

Great video! I have been so frustrated going from my Ender3v2 to my new addition Ender3 S1 Plus. I had way more control over my V2 and honestly prefer its firmware to the S1.

Very helpful video. My settings were a little different maybe from the newer firmware. You gave me the knowledge I needed to figure it out as many of your other videos. Thank you!

Great video. This worked very well. You've put together some great videos. Thanks for the insights!

At last someone who is talking in a way that I can hear and not as if he is riding a motogp bike 😃 Thanks also for showing the menus in such a way that one knows where and what to look for. The comment about the version of Cura used is excellent as no other person does that 👏 😀 😄 👍🏻 👌

Saved me again with this tutorial. Thank you

This 100% works on my firmware for the S1 (non pro) - Thank you for this.

Another no-nonsense video from Ricky as I have found in many other of his videos. I am just about to try this method but am pretty confident it will work - Thanks again. Now tried it......It works!

Thank you. Complete success with 2 colors.

Great video showing a working “hack” - but Geeeezzzz… Creality should fix the M600. Color change in Prusa Slicer is sooo much more convenient. Anyways, congratulations for making it work!

I like it! I was specifically looking for a solution to the problem with the bug! Thanks for the useful video!

Thanks, Ricky. I'll be trying this. In the meanwhile, I've learned quite a bit from you on post-processing.

GRACIAS 😁. No hay ningún video en español que me haya servido, me ha costado un poco entender pero gracias a tu video pude imprimir un llavero de forma correcta en mi Ender 3 S1!

Thank you so much! Finally, an easy way to do this. Just a note however. This will not work when using "print via USB". The print just sails right through the pause as if it's not there. You must use the SD card.

huge thanks ricky! i managed to successfully test one as i printed a microphone for my daughter to play with. made it easy for this noob to play around multiple colors in 1 print =). youre making my s1 pro experience a lot easier.

Perfect tutorial, thanks Ricky!

Super sympa l'explication , merci j'y suis enfin arrivé avec le bq25

I have never use this method, but I will the next time. Thanks for the tip.

Thanks Ricky, you have saved my day (again)

Great Video as ever, I have learned so much from these. I managed to get a couple of multi-colour prints working a treat using this (or very similar method) a month ago.... and then I upgraded the firmware using the latest official creality screen firmware and printer firmware. The screen firmware 'upgrade' decided to remove the individual Play/Stop/Pause buttons so they all appear on 'one big button' now. Long story short I can't find a way of resuming after it has paused at the appropriate height. If anyone has had any luck please let us know!!

Great stuff, thanks for explaining this. Especially how to get the print started again!

I’m totally try this great video boss keep them coming

I will apply this soon, thanks a lot mate!

Ahoj z České republiky. Skvělé video a velmi užitečné pro mě jako nového majitele S1. Už jsem byl na rozpacích. I když díky novému firmwaru musím provést ještě jeden trik, který zde již někdo zmínil :D

I'm going to have to try this out. I have an S1(non-pro) with the professional firmware. I've been trying to get this to work, but I've just used the Marlin option. I'll have to give this a shot. Thanks!

Thank you for this! I tried so many times, not realizing that my S1 Pro screen caused a bug. It does work, but I'm still troubleshooting too much filament shooting out when the next color starts.

Tried with Cura 5.4.0 and it worked.

I just subscribed!!! I watched a bunch of other videos about color printing on the V3 SE and yours is the only one that showed exactly what I needed to do....I was happier than a Seagull with a french fry when I did what you said and it worked!!! Like @wrestlertown007 stated, it is refreshing that you make a tutorial video without adding a bunch of unnecessary fluff!!! Thank you, Ricky!!!

So creality slicer and cura apparently now January 2023 are almost identical.. i followed these exact steps in creality and it worked perfectly on my S1 Pro.. thank you

My Ender 3 S1 Pro is currently on the latest firmware (29Nov2022), although I believe only the display is updated with this release, and the mainboard firmware remains on the September2022 release. I have tried the pause at height, but although it does pause, there is no way to resume the print. I've tapped on the "stop" button and tapped on "continue", but it doesn't change back to a "start", the display stays on the "pause" and "stop" options. I've tried switching it off then back on, but it then just re-executes the pause on height command and displays the "pause" and "stop" options. If I do tap on the pause button, the display hangs on the going to home screen, and you then have to restart. The filament change script does actually work, it moves the extruder to the side, displays a message on the screen to say you must change the filament, then purges some filament, and then about 10 seconds later it starts automatically. The downside of this option is that you have to be ready to change the filament and you have to do it quickly, else it starts printing again no matter if you press a button on the screen or not. I would be so happy if in the meantime you have found a way to pause at height or layer in the Ender 3 S1 Pro with the latest firmware release...

excellent video- liked and subbed and didn't need anyone to ask me to

Thanks. For info: Works ok with Cura 5.7.2 & on Ender 3 v2 ... & still far better than the built in Filament Change script. It would presumably help to insert an M18 code to disable the extruder stepper during the pause (to make loading up the new filament a bit easier) but I haven't tried that yet. Cheers

Thank you it worked first time.🙂

Thank you for this well explained video

This was the solution for my basic Ender 3 S1 as well. Thank you!

I followed your instructions in the video, and it worked perfectly. Thanks for the tutorial! BTW, I bought my S1 last month and whatever firmware it has shows the play button during the filament change. No need to do the stop button trick anymore, I guess.

Is this ever a pain to accomplish on an Ender 5-S1. I've currently switched back to Cura, from Prusaslicer, just so I don't have to manually program it into every model needing a pause. It was my first printer, so I now understand why a 32-bit board and good firmware is essential. Thanks for the tips and I hope it works.

I'm running into the same issue as others are describing (with S1 Plus). But I found a solution; instead of pressing pause/stop, I would press the top of the touch screen (where the nozzle temp, bed temp, etc.) are; then press back; then the "play/stop" button show. Pressing on that allows me to continue with the print. I did not put any pre/post gcode (aka M300 from the video or write blah). It doesn't work with M0; only works with M25 for me. Hope others try this and see if that solves it for them.

Thank you, i like your videos

Thanks so much, you are the best

Thanks for this good tutorial it was easy to do

thank you this worked on my si plus also. your my new hero

Thank you for this!

Melhor vídeo já feito na história do RU-vid!

I also updated the firmware and the process described in the video stopped working, as several people have pointed out. After doing some searching around I was able to get a filament change to work by changing the Method to Marlin (M0). As M0 on its own does not work with this firmware, it needs to be given a seconds pause parameter i.e. M0 should become M0 Sxxx where xxx is a number of seconds. I therefore added a 'Search and Replace' script using Search = M0 and Replace M0 S060. This must be after all the Pause at layer height scripts. It replaces each occurrence of M0 in the generated gcode file with M0 S060. When I printed the file I had the printer pause at the correct layer, in the park position. At this time I pulled out the filament to replace it. This caused the printer to prompt for new filament of course and after inserting new filament and tapping Yes and then Continue on the screen the print head moved to the back Y position and purged some filament. Then it went to the park position and waited a bit (I guess it was completing the 60 second pause) and then resumed the print and completed successfully. Still not ideal because you have to monitor the print closely and be there when the pause happens and give yourself time in advance to pull the filament out during the pause but at least you can resume. It is difficult to estimate when a certain layer will be printing of course. Not being able to resume using the printer interface is a huge issue which really needs to be addressed. Creality is supposed to be a major player. I tested a second time by not monitoring my print and when I got back after enough time the print was just completed; in other words it paused at some point and then just continued again after the pause time.

I recently bougth my S1 Plus in January 2024, and 4 months later wanted to do a filament change and oh surprise, the printer ignored the m600 method. How it´s posible one year later Creality haven´t fixed this bug o error o whatever in its recent production batches of ender 3 S1 Pro and S1 Plus. As the user @wrestlertown007 comented before, you still the only person in youtube who splains the alternative solution and very well explained. (i´m not a native english speaker and don´t wanted to use a translator or ia, sorry if i have mistakes)

This works well thanks I have the Ender s1

This video was just excellent. I’ve gotten it to work, thanks. Does leave a 5mm goop even with the extrude amount zero and wiping just before resuming. Look like I shouldn’t even do a firmware update. Making sign, 8, all with the same problem. I just kinda dremel the goop off. Not even noticeable on the larger ones. Layers go on to of it, but the head does skip.. Going to try and be more gentle inserting at the changeover.

Thank you so much

Thanks Ricky! Great explanation! I am having trouble with a blob or smear where the new color starts. I have tried wiping the nozzle and hitting the play button simultaneously, but my first two attempts have had this issue. It seems a small retraction would be needed to fix this.

it would be really handy to see the gcode this technique outputs-I'm using Orca, and instead of those options it just has "insert custom gcode at layer" EDIT: I realized I have still the creality slicer on my machine for some reason, so this is a diff from the files I tested with: > ;TYPE:CUSTOM > ;added code by post processing > ;script: PauseAtHeight.py > ;current layer: 3 > M83 ; switch to relative E values for any needed retraction > G1 F1500 E-1 > G1 F300 Z1.8 ; move up a millimeter to get out of the way > G1 F9000 X0 Y0 > G1 F300 Z15 ; too close to bed--move to at least 15mm > M104 S230 ; standby temperature > M300 > M25 ; Do the actual pause > M300 > M109 S200 ; resume temperature > G1 F1500 E1 > G1 F1500 E-1 > G1 F300 Z1.8 > G1 F9000 X98.85 Y114.9 > G1 F300 Z0.8 ; move back down to resume height > G1 F1500 E1 > G1 F2400 ; restore extrusion feedrate > M82 ; switch back to absolute E values > G92 E76.99371 not strictly sure how actually helpful this is, unf., but maybe I can figure it out

Legend, this was exactly what I was looking for. How on earth did you find out about the stop-nostop trick to get the play button back? Very nice.

Great job. It works!

Thx man! very usefull

I like to listen to your videos they actually make sense, Could you please do a video on how to use the onboard screen PID tuning on the Ender S1Pro, I cant seem to find it any ware else. Thanks good job with your video's

This worked...The S1 Plus Firmware is even more janky that the s1 pro...Instead of making meaningless changes every year that actually don't make a better machine...i wish they would spend some time and make their firmware work.

Thanks.

I tried to use this strategy with the BeagleCam but no dice, still works with your original instructions via SD card on S1 Pro with Cura 5.2.1

Thank you

You could record a video doing the color change by Prusa. By Prusa it doesn't wait for the color change, you have to keep an eye on it and if it doesn't change quickly or remove the old filament to miss the filament sensor it continues printing, without waiting for you to complete the color change. I found it very strange, the V2 waits your whole life for you to come back to change the filament, while the S1 Pro is having this problem.

I have an ender 3 pro that I can't flash new firmware to as it turns it into a brick. So I'm going to try this, I'll come back and let you know if it worked. Hopefully today but if not, soon.

This is a good solution 👍 I have a 3 Pro and cura 5.1 the only thing is ! My printer starts to print again without notification 🤔 And the first tryouts where difficult because I wasn't ready with change filament 🤗 Have you a solution for this ? ?

Well... unfortunatly they 'fixed' this, in a newer firmware the STOP button asks to pause to stop the print. it does never resume. Please update your video and safe folks on some wasted filament.

THX BRO 😇

Another great video. Is it possible to reverse this so the log is at the bottom and do a filament change on the first layer?

ok it worked 1 time lol. but now after pause if i hit change printer speed and change it lets me go thru the reg pause sequence so far about 10+ times. I'm going to clipper in a few weeks I think. wish crealty would but more effort in the firmware.

Hello, Thanks for this! I have the same printer and this will help me a lot. Also I want to ask you what can be the cause of a problem I have since 2 weeks aprox.: I started to notice that the first layers of my prints are rough, after some test I think the nozzle is not getting enough height by the Z axis when the layer changes, so I thought that the cause were the eccentrics of the Z axis (maybe too tight) but after loosen them a little, doing some tests and put them back to the original tightness I concluded that it wasn't the eccentrics. Also it is not the metal cylinders of Z axis (those who turn by the z motors), they are greased and still got the first layers rough (mostly from 3rd layer to 10st one) I found that the nozzle collides with the previous layer when traveling from one point to another, it actually makes a sound when it happens like "tratratratrac" (The sound is because the collision of the nozzle with the lower printed layers, specially infills but also the walls). I'm losing my mind trying to figure out what it can be if the eccentrics are good. What should I do? :( Thanks!

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hello thanks, finally a video that says these functions. The interface of the Ender 3 S1 pro is not very good, it lacks settings. I ask if there is any way to optimize the interface of this printer, where you can turn it off, stop, restart printing? Thank you

Worked perfectly on my ender 3 S1 pro.. Thank you very much for the info I have a question . after the pause there is an extra layer on the outside of my printer then it goes back to printing perfectly. What settings should i change to fix this problem? Thanks for your time and keep the video's coming...

Can you do a video on how to fix settings not saving on the S1 Pro? i can get material temps and fila change to work but I can not get print speed to save to the printer. I've tried slicing on Creality, Cura and Pursa all will not save to the printer.

Having this problem with SOVOLO6 plus I gave it a go but the buttons don’t change. Weirdly I have somehow restarted it with an accidental screen touch but I can’t reproduce.Saving the Z offset move the print head back to start position but I’m completely stuck now

Pressing and cancelling Stop did not work for us to resume the print. We may have different firmware. Hitting Pause did work however.

Hi, I followed your instructions with cura and a sovol sv06+. The printer paused and didn't remove the filament. The display on the printer says "wait for filament change to start". There are no buttons on the screen to start. It did not automatically remove the filament. What should I do?

When I try this, I don’t get the same dialogue box about yes/no stop printing. I get one that says to confirm my selection between pause and stop. When I hit X on that dialogue box, I still don’t have a play button to resume printing and the printer just sits there. I’d really appreciate help!

What if it wasn't planned ? Can I just pause the printer and somehow manage to sneak the new filament into the extruder after pressing play again ?