Need help with print quality

[jimc]

No there is really no calibration for that unless you diving into the firmware setting.

What type of plastic are you printing?

[aeviaanah]

No there is really no calibration for that unless you diving into the firmware setting.

What type of plastic are you printing?

Ive seen on a few websites that it is crucial to measure how much your extruder stepper motor is actually pulling. Then you change the firmware.

These are the links which have me thinking about calibrating the extruder stepper motor.

https://groups.google.com/forum/#!se...o/6xXtewhrc1wJ
http://richrap.blogspot.com/2012/01/...tings-and.html


Im printing PLA.

I tried messing with retraction settings but didnt seem to get anywhere. I seem to get better results by raising my temperature to 220c, tho 220c seems a bit high, it produces a much more glossy finish as well. Now that i think I have found a better temperature, ill start messing with the retraction settings. I dont see a setting for coasting anywhere.

My original post stated the temperatures I printed at, but I believe they are incorrect. Since then I realized Slic3r temperature settings overrides the Gcode temperature setting, so I'm not exactly sure what those were printed at. I was most likely around 180-185c as thats what Slic3r was set at before I noticed.