Beginning with version 1.5 of Repetier-Host you can connect your host directly to the server, which gives you a lot of advantages and possibilities:

• Repetier-Server is a small background process, that takes nearly no RAM, even while printing. In contrast the host requires a lot of RAM while printing.
• Repetier-Server can print on multiple printers at the same time.
• A crash of the host will not stop printing.
• You can exit Repetier-Host without stopping printing.
• You can reconnect without disturbing the print.
• Same workflow as with direct host printing.
• Repetier-Server can run on a different PC like a cheap Raspberry Pi or Beagle Bone, so you can place your printer whereever you want and turn off your host PC after starting the print.
• With Repetier-Server frontend you can access and control your printer from everywhere, even with you smartphone or tablet and see via webcam what actually happens.
• Repetier-Server runs on Windows, Mac and Linux.
• Repetier-Host shows rendered G-Codes preview images in the file browser of the host.
• Repetier-Server can compute very accurate printing time predictions and shows them along with detailed statistics like printing costs.
• Repetier-Server can even be included in the printer and has a special touchscreen interface support.

Installation

It is really easy to connect Repetier-Host with Repetier-Server.

1. Start Repetier-Server to set up your first printer.
2. After that click at the top right and open Global Settings.
3. Open Connectivity. Here you find all required data.

4. Start Repetier-Host and click Printer Settings.
5. Enter your printer name at the top at Printer.
6. Select Repetier-Server as Connector.
7. Enter your IP Address.
8. Enter your Port.
9. Enter the API Key.
10. Click Connect to continue. The host now connects to the server and reads the printer list.
11. Now you can select your Printer.
12. Click Copy Server Config Settings to import the printer settings.
13. Click OK to save.

Note: If you have set up multiple users, each user receives a separate API Key. The API key you enter in Repetier-Host gets the same rights of the respective user. In any case the global API Key will always work.

Workflow

When Repetier-Host is connected to the printer via Repetier-Server the workflow is nearly the same as usual, you just get a lot ov advantages and new possibilities.

To connect to the printer via Repetier-Server just select the printer:

Object Placement, Slicer and Manual Control are exact the same as usual. After slicing you get a new page with printing statistigs and some options:

• Print: This sends the G-Code to the printing queue of the server. If the queue is empty, the print will start directly. The G-Code will not get stored permanently.
• Edit G-Code: Open G-Code Editor
• Save to File: Saves the sliced G-Code to a file. This does not affect the server.
• Save for SD Print: Saves the sliced G-Code along with a start/end code from the host and start/stop actions to a file. This does not affect the server.
• Save to Server: This stores the sliced G-Code on the server. It will not start a print directly.

Open the Server tab to manage and print all stored G-Codes. For each G-Code you get a rendered preview image and print statistics.

• Print: This sends the print job to the printing queue of the server. If the queue is empty, the print will start directly.
•   Info: Here you get detailed infos like filament usage, volume, price, time, …
• Load: Click here to open the G-Code in Repetier-Host.
• Delete: This will delete the G-Code on the server.