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Cleaning after printing?

Posted by jsluke

jsluke

Cleaning after printing?
August 15, 2016 12:51PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 44

I have a home assembled Prusa Mendel i2.

After printing, is it okay to just shut everything down or should I remove the filament and clean the head in any way?

Thanks.

James.

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stephenrc

Re: Cleaning after printing?
August 15, 2016 12:58PM

Registered: 11 years ago
Posts: 548

You don't need to. If you have a fan cooling the hotend, wait for it to get to about 45C before turning off. That's to keep the filament from getting jammed in the cold section.

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ggherbaz

Re: Cleaning after printing?
August 15, 2016 05:46PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 1,401

I will recommend you to clean the nozzle and retract the filament unless you plan to print with same material.

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msaeger

Re: Cleaning after printing?
August 15, 2016 07:47PM

Registered: 8 years ago
Posts: 430

I have never done anything unless I am switching filament.

Newbie with Folgertech 2020 i3.

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Floyd

Re: Cleaning after printing?
August 16, 2016 12:17PM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 770

I just wait till the hot end cools down a bit then power straight down. I dont remove the filament unless im changing the color and then I purge and all before I even start printing.

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jsluke

Re: Cleaning after printing?
August 17, 2016 06:23AM

Registered: 9 years ago
Posts: 44

Thanks for the replies - I have experienced loads of jamming issues and have just completely replaced my extruder in the hope of addressing. The new extruder is fan cooled. Thanks for sharing the best practice.

James.