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Originally Posted by DNSB
... or on your local computer via USB (I found some odd glitches)
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Many of these printers work on the Marlin software.
This has a pedigree from 8 bit processors and Arduino.
Nowadays it supports an impressive array of hardware and 8 and 32 bit processors.
Therein lies the problem.
The reliability of your printer depends on the Marlin code but also the lower level routines released by the processor manufacturer, Atmel, MicroChip, STM, etc.
People report problems as "glitches". They are not! They are errors which need to be fixed.
I've rewritten sections of the Marlin code running on my printer and (cross my fingers) I don't have any "glitches".
Also, while the data to the printer is somewhat industry standard "Gcode", the responses back from the printer are free form gobble-dee-gook.
The Marlin code base warns you that changing verbose error messages will break somebody's print server.