Hello everyone. Finally, I am able to get some decent prints, but far away from satisfying ones. If anyone helped me with these issues, I would be grateful. 1. Some Z axis artifact, I dont know, what this could be. It looks like over extruding, or skipped layer. [postimg.org] 2. Prints have slightly wider bottom. Is it for printing bed being too close to the nozzle in the begining? Also, vertical artifacts visible here, some say it might be belts over smooth idler, some say it is steppers turning, some say it is due acceleration. [postimg.org] 3. Top solid infill is not smooth, it has stiches. Tried to adjust many settings, still not happy with the results. [postimg.org] I am printing 0.4mm nozzle, 0.195 layer height, 125% first layer, 30-50 mm/s speed, 500 mm/s2 acceleration. PLA 200 degrees, hotbed 55 degrees. Thank you https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429808#msg-429808 Mon, 13 Jul 2026 17:54:46 -0400 Phorum 5.2.23 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,430046#msg-430046 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,430046#msg-430046 jbernardis Printing Sun, 09 Nov 2014 22:18:06 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429949#msg-429949 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429949#msg-429949
My prints won't stick to painters tape without heatbed. And the photos you see, are with 0.4mm extrusion width. Any other ideas?]]> Capinho Printing Sun, 09 Nov 2014 15:13:52 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429887#msg-429887 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429887#msg-429887 2. Is most likely from your heated bed, turn it off for PLA and print on painters tape.
3. That looks like what ever slicer you are using is not set to the correct extrusion width for your nozzle. Slic3r? Set Print Settings>Advenced>Default extrusion width manually to 0.4.mm. Slic3r is not completely correct in auto extrusion width calculations.]]> Dirty Steve Printing Sun, 09 Nov 2014 11:52:58 -0500 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429808#msg-429808 https://reprap.org/forum/read.php?262,429808,429808#msg-429808
1. Some Z axis artifact, I dont know, what this could be. It looks like over extruding, or skipped layer.
[postimg.org]

2. Prints have slightly wider bottom. Is it for printing bed being too close to the nozzle in the begining? Also, vertical artifacts visible here, some say it might be belts over smooth idler, some say it is steppers turning, some say it is due acceleration.
[postimg.org]

3. Top solid infill is not smooth, it has stiches. Tried to adjust many settings, still not happy with the results.
[postimg.org]

I am printing 0.4mm nozzle, 0.195 layer height, 125% first layer, 30-50 mm/s speed, 500 mm/s2 acceleration. PLA 200 degrees, hotbed 55 degrees.


Thank you]]> Capinho Printing Sun, 09 Nov 2014 06:36:08 -0500