Failure to Print; Extruder Problems?

Hello all,

I have a Techzone Huxley. The SW I use is Repsnapper. I have the stepper motors configured and the print bed has been leveled. I have adjusted the Z-axis to be about a paper's thickness distance from the extruder end to the print bed (which is covered in blue painter's tape). When engaging the extrusion in Repsnapper, plastic oozes out as expected. My problem is when I attempt to make any print; the plastic barely sticks to the blue tape and as a result I can't actually print anything.

My first suspicion was the Z-axis being to high, and fiddling with it either had it rip painter's tape up or be too high, making a ball of plastic at the tip. I wonder if I'm going about calibrating the the Z-axis distance wrong; how do you calibrate the Z-axis on your reprap?

I'm also concerned that the temperature is dropping during a print - do any of you know whether or not Repsnapper will stop powering the extruder during a print? It sounds odd, but after cancelling a print, I see the temperature reading plummet by ~70 C.

Thank you for your insights in advance!

I think that you have problem with sticking of first layer. Try to increase bed temperature in Slicer at Filament settings tab for first layer at 95C and for other layers at 57C, and for extruder for first layer at 200-205C and for other layers at 185C
I have similar problem with kapton tape but when I put hair spray on it my biggest problem now is how to separate final print from hotbed.
Also try to spray blue tape with hair spray little a bit.
Hope this helps you...

I have no hotbed

try to encrease hot end for first layer and spray bed with hair spry..

That works! I have some prints now! Thanks!