Prusa i3v help

[printbus]

1) I assume you're using Slic3r as your slicing software? I found Cura does better at the top layer fill. Regardless, have you calibrated your extruder to make sure you're extruding the amount of filament that you should be?
2) Just select something other than 10 mm movement steps on the LCD. The Marlin software is set up to NOT allow Z-movement at the 10-mm increment. If you go to 1mm or 0.1mm, the Z-axis will show up as something you can select.
3) If you're printing from host software like Repetier-Host, you can get an idea of how much time is remaining. I don't think you have a way to see that on the LCD display.

[UltraSaucy]

Ok so I tried out cura and it seems to be working much better. However, on a few of the things that I have printed the printer has not returned to the home position, and it has just sat on top of the print and bobbed filament onto the finished print. Can I change something to fix this? Also, I am getting alot of strings after switching to cura. Do I need to mess with the retraction settings or is there something else? Thanks a ton for your help.

[paintz2007]

1) I assume you're using Slic3r as your slicing software? I found Cura does better at the top layer fill. Regardless, have you calibrated your extruder to make sure you're extruding the amount of filament that you should be?
2) Just select something other than 10 mm movement steps on the LCD. The Marlin software is set up to NOT allow Z-movement at the 10-mm increment. If you go to 1mm or 0.1mm, the Z-axis will show up as something you can select.
3) If you're printing from host software like Repetier-Host, you can get an idea of how much time is remaining. I don't think you have a way to see that on the LCD display.

Hi all first post here, waiting on my I3V10 (Friday ) anywho I was looking through slic3r and pronterface last night and notice the section in the config that establishes how many top and bottom layers to print solid, could this be moved from the stock 3 to say 5 layers? would that solve it?

[printbus]

Hi all first post here, waiting on my I3V10 (Friday ) anywho I was looking through slic3r and pronterface last night and notice the section in the config that establishes how many top and bottom layers to print solid, could this be moved from the stock 3 to say 5 layers? would that solve it?

It might help. Once you're printing, you'll realize you want to avoid full layers because of the time involved in printing them. The uppermost layer could also still have a grainy feel to it.

There is another setting in slic3r to consider - in expert mode under advanced, you can manipulate the extrusion width for top solid infill. Setting that to something above 100% might help the problem.