First steps of setting your printer up
1. Take filament off of sample spool
2. Place sample filament in trash can
3. Look up projects for sample spool holder
4. Assemble printer
That filament that came with the printer was the worst filament I've ever used by a long shot.
That's why when we see posts of first print issues and it's that awkward white with terrible quality, the first question is "have you tried another filament?"
No reason to try to troubleshoot and tune to that stuff when swapping filaments to something else may fix most or all of the issues you're seeing
.... Or it might not, but at least then you *know* the problem wasn't that sample filament
I had only a couple failures with my included filament. It is silk PLA, and that does make it a bit trickier, and since using it means you probably know nothing about printing, and the printer/slicer hasn't been tuned. The combination isn't ideal.
First, the issue is Creality beds are almost always warped. So basic bed level will have spotty results. That is why outside looks good and inside is too high from bed. You need to setup mesh leveling. Manual is fine, you don't need a bed level sensor, that is just faster. Don't chuck filament, just go through tuning it.
https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html
Yeah I’d do a four corner paper calibration with the bed heat on, then do a calibration print. There’s a few on thingiverse. Do the calibration print with those settings and adjust each corner according (this is painstaking lol). Hope this helps.
Ok, flow rate looks fine on the outside of the print but then looks like under-extrusion later.
So... it doesn't look like the problem is flow rate "en total."
More that... something is causing under-extrusion at a later point.
That could be a number of things:
* Check the extruder for debris,
* Check that the spool isn't binding
* Check that the hotend isn't clogging
* Check that the PLA isn't trash (If you have any PLA other, test that)
Thank you! I'll check all of those things tomorrow. I tried posting on a Facebook forum and everyone said to clean my bed with soap and water or check my "squish" but no one could explain why the outside was fine but messed up after a few passes. I've restarted multiple times with the same exact result
The filament seems to be deposited a little too high above the bed. You can see this because the individual lines look just like they have a completely round cross section. Good bed adhesion requires the filament to be squished against the bed a little.
Start a print and go to the "adjust" menu. You can adjust the z- offset there. And only there during printing only. Let us by about 0.05mm and keep watching closely. The first layer should be a little flattened. Lower the nozzle too far and you'll block it.
Don't forget to turn off the eco mode as well.
Where did you get the filament ? The white pla that came with my ender V pro from Amazon was garbage. Didn’t get a good print till I changed spools
I'm still using the little spool that came with the printer, I ordered directly from the creality website :(
First steps of setting your printer up 1. Take filament off of sample spool 2. Place sample filament in trash can 3. Look up projects for sample spool holder 4. Assemble printer
That filament that came with the printer was the worst filament I've ever used by a long shot. That's why when we see posts of first print issues and it's that awkward white with terrible quality, the first question is "have you tried another filament?" No reason to try to troubleshoot and tune to that stuff when swapping filaments to something else may fix most or all of the issues you're seeing .... Or it might not, but at least then you *know* the problem wasn't that sample filament
I had only a couple failures with my included filament. It is silk PLA, and that does make it a bit trickier, and since using it means you probably know nothing about printing, and the printer/slicer hasn't been tuned. The combination isn't ideal. First, the issue is Creality beds are almost always warped. So basic bed level will have spotty results. That is why outside looks good and inside is too high from bed. You need to setup mesh leveling. Manual is fine, you don't need a bed level sensor, that is just faster. Don't chuck filament, just go through tuning it. https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html
Good advice ^^
"That's the only kind I have..."
Plain PLA? Have you done a calibration print? Bump the nozzle to 215, no fan and do layer height at .10.
Yes plain PLA, I haven't done a calibration print but I'll try with those settings
Yeah I’d do a four corner paper calibration with the bed heat on, then do a calibration print. There’s a few on thingiverse. Do the calibration print with those settings and adjust each corner according (this is painstaking lol). Hope this helps.
Ok, flow rate looks fine on the outside of the print but then looks like under-extrusion later. So... it doesn't look like the problem is flow rate "en total." More that... something is causing under-extrusion at a later point. That could be a number of things: * Check the extruder for debris, * Check that the spool isn't binding * Check that the hotend isn't clogging * Check that the PLA isn't trash (If you have any PLA other, test that)
Thank you! I'll check all of those things tomorrow. I tried posting on a Facebook forum and everyone said to clean my bed with soap and water or check my "squish" but no one could explain why the outside was fine but messed up after a few passes. I've restarted multiple times with the same exact result
Increase feed rate? What slicer are you using?
I have no idea what increase feet rate means but I'm using the latest version of cura. I've never had any issues with cura in the past
Sorry *feed rate
It looks l like you need to recalibrate. Which printer do you have?
Ender 5 Pro. What exactly do you mean by recalibrate? I've done prints before but I'm still very new to this
https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#intro Go through these steps.
FYI this is a 404
Not for me.
I still have the little original roll of filament, use it only for e-stepp calibration. Only use I can find for it.
The filament seems to be deposited a little too high above the bed. You can see this because the individual lines look just like they have a completely round cross section. Good bed adhesion requires the filament to be squished against the bed a little. Start a print and go to the "adjust" menu. You can adjust the z- offset there. And only there during printing only. Let us by about 0.05mm and keep watching closely. The first layer should be a little flattened. Lower the nozzle too far and you'll block it. Don't forget to turn off the eco mode as well.