A Major Reliability and Quality Upgrade

We’ve been running these machines hard in production, alongside customer feedback, and focusing on what causes failures, slows operators down, or needs babysitting.

Upgrading your Machine

Slicer and Print Performance

Get the latest version here: https://github.com/Pantheon-Design/PantheonSlicer-3/releases

Brings PantheonSlicer-3 up to date with Orcaslicer V2.3.1 stable release, with selected upstream updates through Jan 6, 2026.

• Fuzzy skin painting and expanded fuzzy skin parameters

• Painted mouse ear brims

New Print Profiles

Early profiles were developed around internal parts. We’ve since incorporated customer feedback and tested a much wider range of real-world prints.

• Expanded profile coverage

• Most materials now include 0.4 mm (quality) and 0.5 mm (strength) profiles

• More sensible default settings (walls, infill, etc.)

• Significantly improved bridging, overhangs, and support interfaces

Printhead Driver Configurations

We fixed a driver-level issue that could cause occasional step loss during retraction or un-retraction, which could show up as extra material or messy seams.

• More consistent retractions

• Cleaner seams

• Fewer random extrusion artifacts

Hardware

Digital Signal Processing for Probing

Probing now uses digital signal processing instead of analog detection. The firmware analyzes the raw probe signal to more reliably detect true nozzle contact.

• More repeatable probing

• Fewer failed probes

• Fewer prints failing before starting

• Probing retries automatically when errors/noise are detected

This requires a hardware update that can be ordered here: https://shop.pantheondesign.com/products/hs-pro-printhead-digital-load-cell

Installation Instruction: HS-Pro Printhead Digital Load CellPreview

Nozzle Scrubber and Wiper

Purchase Link: https://shop.pantheondesign.com/products/hs-pro-nozzle-wiper-and-scrubber

We’ve added a nozzle scrubber and wiper, along with updated homing and probing routines.

• Keeps the nozzle clean before probing

• Improves first-layer consistency

• Removes the need to manually clean the nozzle

Installation Instructions: HS-Pro Nozzle Wiper and Scrubber InstallationPreview

Spool Tracker

The user can now input spool and filament details in the Extruder page on the touchscreen to have the machine track filament usage. See how to use it here: Printer Controls | Spool TrackingPreview

• Spool tracking notifies the user when the remaining filament is insufficient for the requested print job

• The web-console displays the Spool Tracker data

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Software/Firmware and Printer Behavior

• The Update Manager’s update and reset process is more robust (does not wipe the config folder’s contents leading to warnings/errors)

• Slight modifications to the Pause/Resume macros to reduce delays and utilize the wiper

• Z-tilt adjustment and probing time has been reduced.

• Backend changes to Klipper for digital load-cell probing

• Klipperscreen changes for Spool Tracker on Extruder page