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Help with buildcraft.

Started by secret6timb1, 26 January 2015 - 12:22 AM
secret6timb1 #1
Posted 26 January 2015 - 01:22 AM
I am trying to extract from a printer using a buildcraft pipe but all it is taking is the ink?

Is there a way to take out finished pages with a turtle, put it in a chest, then have buildcraft extract it?
Bomb Bloke #2
Posted 26 January 2015 - 01:37 AM
With most blocks, the inventory slot your pipes will extract from depends on which side you've attached them to. I'd assume that switching things around a bit should give them direct access to the the printed papers.
HPWebcamAble #3
Posted 26 January 2015 - 01:41 AM
With most blocks, the inventory slot your pipes will extract from depends on which side you've attached them to. I'd assume that switching things around a bit should give them direct access to the the printed papers.

Like Bomb said, you might need to put the pipes on a certain side, usually the bottom or sides (not top).
If that doesn't work, try a hopper under the printer.

Someone else will have to give you the turtle functions and how to use them, I don't use turtles very often.
( Or here is the API wiki: http://computercraft.info/wiki/Turtle_(API) )
safetyscissors #4
Posted 26 January 2015 - 07:06 AM
From the printer wiki,
If you are using blocks to pull/insert items from the printer the different slots are available from these sides: Paper tray is accessible from the top, output paper tray is accessible from the front or bottom, and the ink slot is accessible from the back or sides.

It seems front incorrectly accesses the ink slot in cc1.65. so use a hopper, pipe, turtle.suckDown() from the bottom to get the printed page.