Trust No Slicer: Proving the Printer Innocent with curl
Two failures. One evening. Both lied. First, a validation error with values that were clearly fine. Then, a send-to-printer command that disappeared into silence. No confirmation. No error. Nothing. The mission: determine what actually broke. Not what the dialog box claimed broke. Not what the forum said probably broke. What actually broke, isolated layer by layer, with evidence. I print miniatures. I run a Bambu A1 with a 0.2mm nozzle and community profiles for tabletop minis. Orca Slicer is my tool of choice because it gives me more control than Bambu Studio. That control comes with a cost: when things fail, you’re on your own. ...