Pi-Bot, 3d printing for Raspberry Pi

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Set up your Raspberry Pi as a printer server for your 3D printer with this guide! However, note that the web interface is not yet fully functional. Give it a try, experiment, and provide tips or errors you encounter to improve the process. Requirements include a Raspberry Pi, 4GB SD card (Class 4 or higher), internet connection for both your PC and Pi board, a USB cable for your 3D printer, HDMI-enabled screen, keyboard, and mouse. First, download the Raspbian image, then connect the Pi to your HDMI screen, network, keyboard, SD card, and power. Enable SSH connections in the configuration menu and resize the SD card partition. Use SSH to connect to your Pi and login as pi/raspberry. Update the system and reboot. Next, install dependencies and useful tools. After that, download CherryPy using Git for the web server part. Test CherryPy by running a tutorial script in the terminal and accessing it through a browser on any computer in the network. Clone the latest version of Pronterface/Printrun from the GitHub repository and switch to the experimental branch for the web interface. Edit the configuration files and enable the web interface in pronterface.py. Run pronterface.py from the GUI, and your web interface will be ready to use. To enable STL slicing, install Skeinforge using apt-get. Although Slic3r should work, it requires additional dependencies and has not been fully operational yet. Remember to contribute tips, errors, or additions for further improvement of the process!