PLA doesn't print well on Ender 3 Pro, using Cura

[curious aardvark]

okay well at least part of the problem are your retraction settings.
you have a bowden printer - so anything under 3mm is just not going to work well - period.

Try setting retraction 4mm and 65mm/s retraction speed.

secondly - never use built in standard type profiles. always best to learn how to use a slicer - but cura sucks, get prusaslicer.

and change the retraction settings :-)
Then get back to us.

Creality filament is usually pretty decent stuff. so it's not likely that.
your temps are fine.

[dup]

okay well at least part of the problem are your retraction settings. you have a bowden printer - so anything under 3mm is just not going to work well - period. Try setting retraction 4mm and 65mm/s retraction speed. secondly - never use built in standard type profiles. always best to learn how to use a slicer - but cura sucks, get prusaslicer. and change the retraction settings :-)Then get back to us. Creality filament is usually pretty decent stuff. so it's not likely that. your temps are fine.

Thanks again for the help. I tried printing again via Cura with the new settings you recommended. I then tried to print the same thing via Prusaslicer (with the temperatures set to 210 C for the extruder, and 40 C for bed). Both prints came out with stringing, though the Prusaslicer one was a little cleaner... but still very messy.

See image of the two side-by-side (Prusaslicer to the left, Cura to the right) - https://photos.app.goo.gl/Hx9YNXqT5gsErnLB7 So it doesn't look like it's working

What do you think?