Astroprint - bed print position - How do I print centre bed

AstroBox Troubleshooting
#1

Hi there, just started using AstroPrint , via raspberry pi .
Please forgive-if I’m in wrong topic area.
Since starting 3d Printing last summer - it - feels like I’m in some kind of control.
Using - Astrioprint…
So much easier …

I am using iPad - with Safari Browser for remote input.

My problem is, anything I have input via , thingverse or My mini.
Everything starts to print on the front left corner , When I had used Cura via Sd card I could input, print centre plate. But I cannot see how to achieve the same here.
Cheers
Paul

#2

What Printer?

Looks like you might need to mess around with a couple of GCODE commands.

#3

Sorry didn’t realise I hadn’t put that - Wanhao Duplicator i3.

#4

Interesting, I have the opposite problem - I have a Monoprice Maker Select V2.1 (which is basically the same machine as yours) and I can’t get it to print anywhere other than center bed using cloud features. I can however use Astroprint desktop to reposition, but if one is going to be doing that I may as well be using Cura.

And if anyone is wondering why center bed is a problem, these machines are known to have warped beds stock and mine is concave in the center with the corners higher than the center, so I tend to print off-center.

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#5

Hey ive had the same exact problem but i think ive found how to fix it. So after finishing your model hit print and when you are choosing the infill and all those settings click the Advanced Siicer Settings. When you are in that go to travel and scroll down to near the bottom and there is LAYER START X and LAYER START Y. These tell the printer where to start, so if you have your Wanhao Duplicator i3 printer and its bed sixe is 200mm by 200mm, then put the Layer Start X and Layer Start Y both at 100 and it should center it. Let me know if it works.