I purchased a Bambu A1 Mini printer two weeks ago, and it has been working well until today. However, it suddenly stopped printing. Although it initially seemed like a nozzle clog issue, upon careful inspection, this doesn’t appear to be the case. I performed a cold pull to clean the nozzle and also disassembled the extruder, but both were clean. I’ve tried using new, non-humid filaments from three different brands, but the problem persists. What other potential causes should I consider?
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What temp are you printing at, also is it PLA or PETG…??
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PLA, settings of Bambu PLA basic and Generic
Is it possible that I need to recalibrate the z offset? it seems like the nozzle is too close to the plate. I don’t understand how it is possible that the platter has lost its factory calibration. I also reset the printer to its initial settings, but that didn’t solve my problem
Welcome to the forum.
Bambu has a great wiki article about poor bed adhesion.
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You can check the slicer z-offset in the printer settings, but it probably wasn’t changed, should be 0.
If you do a bed leveling before a print no manual intervention should be necessary.
Some other ideas that might be worth checking…
*check if the nozzle is properly seated, one time I had it so the metal clips would close, but did notice later thatt the nozzle wasn’t sitting perfectly flat on the heater pad.
*to make sure the cold pull worked, check if you can see light through the nozzle hole if you hold it against a light
*check other slicer settings (correct nozzle size, bed type), set the nozzle size in the printer touchscreen menu (maintenance->nozzle)
Hi, thank you for your advice. Believing that the nozzle is too close to the plate, from the slice I even increased the z-offset to 1mm, but I don’t see any change.
I did a cold pull again, and yes, I can see the light in the little hole, so it’s clean.
All settings are set correctly (nozzle size and plate type).
The nozzle is positioned correctly, I closed the clips, and I put the rubber sock on, but the problem persists. I really don’t know what to do anymore, I’m really demoralized and disappointed by Bambu Lab.
Hi guys, I finally solved the problem. There were some loose screws behind the component (it’s a stone) behind the nozzle, I just had to tighten them and the problem was finally solved. Support failed to help me (big fail to buyers) and I fixed the problem myself. Thanks everyone for your advice.
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Good to hear (read) that you solved the issue.
Is this something we should all check (preventively)?
what screws were loose im having this exact same problem.
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I must be dumb. I cannot figure out how to make a new post. I figured I’d click on Reply and hope someone would tell me how to do it.
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Having the same issue , changed materials , tightened all visible screws in the tool head , changed nozzle, hot and cold pulls nothing seems to help, after a few minutes the print goes to ■■■■
I’m wondering which screws did OP tightened , I don’t see any stones in my printer .