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        <description> My prusa i3 having trouble extruding plastic when extruding small amounts. Like for example this type of structure:


  

    
      
    

    

    

    
        
    

    

    

    
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A while ago I didnt have this kind of problem. Printed this for example:


  

    
      
    

    

    

    
        
    

    

    

    
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Now it&#039;s impossible..

I am using Repetier host and tried Slic3r and Cura. E3Dv6 extruder and black PLA plastic. 

Any ideas what the problem might be?</description>
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            <title>Re: No extrusion when printing small areas.</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ I have this issue too with ABS though. My retract is at 1mm at 40mm/sec<br />
I cant not even think of printing stuff like this.]]></description>
            <dc:creator>Floyd</dc:creator>
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            <title>Re: No extrusion when printing small areas.</title>
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            <description><![CDATA[ Just tried those settings before you wrote! Your are right, retraction distance seems to be the issue. Stepped down from 4 to 2 and it seems to go much better now. <br />
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Not perfect, but it's getting there!<br />
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            <description><![CDATA[ My guess would be your retraction settings.  It may be retracting too far, or not un-retracting (is that a word?) fast enough, causing the the pressure to not recover quick enough for small hops.  I found the default retraction setting in Cura (4.5 if I remember right) to be way too high, and use 1.5 instead with a speed of 45mm/s.]]></description>
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Now it's impossible..<br />
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I am using Repetier host and tried Slic3r and Cura. E3Dv6 extruder and black PLA plastic. <br />
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Any ideas what the problem might be?<br/>]]></description>
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            <pubDate>Sun, 01 Mar 2015 19:14:38 -0500</pubDate>
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