Flashforge Creator Pro. No Filament Extracting? NEWB to 3D Printing

[The Grey's Studios]

Hi all -

I am a newb as it states to 3D Printing.

I have the filament guide tubes installed, the filament loaded, but nothing comes out of the printer when the printer completes preheating.

I'm hoping you can help me out and solve why this is happening. It doesn't even seem as though the plastic is even melting. Any thoughts, theories, or suggestions?

Thank you so much for your help. I'm looking forward to the world of 3D Printing!

John Thuot II
The Grey's Studios

[ServiceXp]

Did you use the Load Filament menu item? I had to push the filament a little to get the motor to grab it.

[The Grey's Studios]

Thank you. I will give that a try. I'll keep you all posted too. I'm active in my requests for help - no left wondering!

John Thuot II
The Grey's Studios

[The Grey's Studios]

It's working! Thank you!

John Thuot II
The Grey's Studios

[ServiceXp]

Fantastic!!

[curious aardvark]

pre-heat - does just that: it heats the extruder and or bed - it does not feed the filament :-)

I sometimes wonder why people write manuals or include basic instructions with printers ;-)

[Bassna]

Got a long road ahead. Wait til the first extruder jam and you gotta take it all apart to get it unclogged :P

[curious aardvark]

yeah that's fun :-)

[The Grey's Studios]

Got it working fine. As I said. I DO read the manuals too. I still had questions. Not a nice way to be welcomed to a forum, disciplined by another member when they don't know the whole situation. As I said to the original person that HELPED me, they're fine. All set. Useless to ask if I read the manual at that point.

[Mjolinor]

I don't see any discipline, I see CA wondering one of the unfathomable questions that science has yet to answer along with:

Why can women not learn that light switches go both ways.
How can something bleed 25% of the time and still be alive