Printrun consists of printcore, pronsole and pronterface, and a small collection of helpful scripts.

• printcore.py is a library that makes writing reprap hosts easy
• pronsole.py is an interactive command-line host software with tabcompletion goodness
• pronterface.py is a graphical host software with the same functionality as pronsole

GETTING PRINTRUN

This section suggests using precompiled binaries, this way you get everything bundled into one single package for an easy installation.

If you want the newest, shiniest features, you can run Printrun from source using the instructions further down this README.

Windows

A precompiled version is available at http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/printrun/

Mac OS X

A precompiled version is available at http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/printrun/

Linux

Ubuntu/Debian

You can run Printrun directly from source, as there are no packages available yet. Fetch and install the dependencies using

sudo apt-get install python-serial python-wxgtk2.8 python-pyglet

Fedora 17 and newer

You can install Printrun from official packages. Install the whole package using

sudo yum install printrun

Or get only apps you need by

sudo yum install pronsole or pronterface or plater

Adding --enablerepo updates-testing option to yum might give you newer packages (but also not very tested).

You can also run Printrun directly from source, if the packages are too old for you anyway, or you have Fedora 15 or 16. Fetch and install the dependencies using

sudo yum install pyserial wxpython pyglet

Archlinux

Packages are available in AUR. Just run

yaourt printrun

and enjoy the pronterface, pronsole, ... commands directly.

USING PRONTERFACE

When you're done setting up Printrun, you can start pronterface.py in the directory you unpacked it. Select the port name you are using from the first drop-down, select your baud rate, and hit connect. Load an STL (see the note on skeinforge below) or GCODE file, and you can upload it to SD or print it directly. The "monitor printer" function, when enabled, checks the printer state (temperatures, SD print progress) every 3 seconds. The command box recognizes all pronsole commands, but has no tabcompletion.

If you want to load stl files, you need to install a slicing program such as Slic3r and add its path to the settings. See the Slic3r readme for more details on integration.

USING PRONSERVE

Pronserve runs a server for remote controlling your 3D printer over your network. To use pronserve you need:

• python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
• pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian) and
• tornado
• D1plo1d's py-mdns fork (https://github.com/D1plo1d/py-mdns)
• pybonjour
• bonjour for windows (Windows ONLY)

When you're done setting up Printrun, you can start pronserve.py in the directory you unpacked it. Once the server starts you can verify it's working by going to http://localhost:8888 in your web browser.

USING PRONSOLE

To use pronsole, you need:

• python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
• pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian) and
• pyreadline (not needed on Linux)

Start pronsole and you will be greeted with a command prompt. Type help to view the available commands. All commands have internal help, which you can access by typing "help commandname", for example "help connect"

If you want to load stl files, you need to put a version of skeinforge (doesn't matter which one) in a folder called "skeinforge". The "skeinforge" folder must be in the same folder as pronsole.py

USING PRINTCORE

To use printcore you need python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x) and pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian) See pronsole for an example of a full-featured host, the bottom of printcore.py for a simple command-line sender, or the following code example:

p=printcore('/dev/ttyUSB0',115200)
p.startprint(data) # data is an array of gcode lines
p.send_now("M105") # sends M105 as soon as possible
p.pause()
p.resume()
p.disconnect()

RUNNING FROM SOURCE

Run Printrun for source if you want to test out the latest features.

Dependencies

To use pronterface, you need:

• python (ideally 2.6.x or 2.7.x),
• pyserial (or python-serial on ubuntu/debian)
• pyglet
• pyreadline (not needed on Linux) and
• argparse (installed by default with python >= 2.7)
• wxPython

Please see specific instructions for Windows and Mac OS X below. Under Linux, you should use your package manager directly (see the "GETTING PRINTRUN" section)

Windows

Download the following, and install in this order:

1. http://python.org/ftp/python/2.7.2/python-2.7.2.msi
2. http://pypi.python.org/packages/any/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.win32.exe
3. http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-win32-unicode-2.8.12.0-py27.exe
4. https://pypi.python.org/packages/any/p/pyreadline/pyreadline-1.7.1.win32.exe
5. http://pyglet.googlecode.com/files/pyglet-1.1.4.zip

For the last one, you will need to unpack it, open a command terminal, go into the the directory you unpacked it in and run python setup.py install

Mac OS X Lion

1. Ensure that the active Python is the system version. (brew uninstall python or other appropriate incantations)
2. Download an install [wxPython2.8-osx-unicode] matching to your python version (most likely 2.7 on Lion, check with: python --version) from: http://wxpython.org/download.php#stable Known to work PythonWX: http://superb-sea2.dl.sourceforge.net/project/wxpython/wxPython/2.8.12.1/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.1-universal-py2.7.dmg
3. Download and unpack pyserial from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz
4. In a terminal, change to the folder you unzipped to, then type in: sudo python setup.py install
5. Repeat 4. with http://http://pyglet.googlecode.com/files/pyglet-1.1.4.zip

The tools will probably run just fine in 64bit on Lion, you don't need to mess with any of the 32bit settings. In case they don't, try 5. export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes in a terminal before running Pronterface

Mac OS X (pre Lion)

A precompiled version is available at http://koti.kapsi.fi/~kliment/printrun/

1. Download and install http://downloads.sourceforge.net/wxpython/wxPython2.8-osx-unicode-2.8.12.0-universal-py2.6.dmg

2. Grab the source for pyserial from http://pypi.python.org/packages/source/p/pyserial/pyserial-2.5.tar.gz

3. Unzip pyserial to a folder. Then, in a terminal, change to the folder you unzipped to, then type in:

   defaults write com.apple.versioner.python Prefer-32-Bit -bool yes

   sudo python setup.py install

Alternatively, you can run python in 32 bit mode by setting the following environment variable before running the setup.py command:

This alternative approach is confirmed to work on Mac OS X 10.6.8.

export VERSIONER_PYTHON_PREFER_32_BIT=yes

sudo python setup.py install

Then repeat the same with http://http://pyglet.googlecode.com/files/pyglet-1.1.4.zip

LICENSE

Printrun is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
(at your option) any later version.

Printrun is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with Printrun.  If not, see <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.

All scripts should contain this license note, if not, feel free to ask us. Please note that files where it is difficult to state this license note (such as images) are distributed under the same terms.