Can't print with a 0.2mm nozzle at all

Bambu Lab X Series General discussions
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Hello,

I just installed a 0.2mm nozzle on my X1C to try out some lithophanes.

I’m using the Sunlu PLA CMYK bundle.

I thought it would be best to do a flow rate calibration just to make sure everything’s working properly. The printer lays down the initial material strip at the front of the plate just fine. However, as soon as it starts the actual print, it clogs at the nozzle and nothing gets deposited on the build plate. I don’t think it’s an internal nozzle clog, since the first flow test prints fine at the front.

Here are the steps I’ve already taken:

  • Dried the filament
  • Calibrated the printer
  • Double-checked all slicer settings (selected 0.2mm nozzle)
  • Using the generic PLA printing profile

Any help would be greatly appreciated — not sure what else I can try at this point.

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Just sharing link to a video of my issue, if anyone has any thoughts,be of great appreciation.

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It appears to print the prime lines at the front of the printer.

Yet, it is unable to do them in the middle of the printer. My first thought would be the bed level.

Have you printed a single-layer test to see if there is a bed level or bed adhesion issue?

Here is a ready-made solution; other solutions are available.

Depending on what is printed, it can indicate the issue.

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bed leveling with paper is not needed on bambu printers as it auto calibrates on 4 axis. And i have same problem, and it print auto-calibrations perfectly, with the same bed leveling as the failing one…which is identical to the OP’s problem and mine.

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Which buildplate are you using? I am using supertack

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I use the textured plate.

It seems that it was the Sunlu filament CMYK bundle. It was confusing because bambu was giving me test prints and they printed ok.
But i couldn’t print an actual model at all kept constantly failing. I couldn’t even get the bambu labs calbrations to work.

So i purchased some new bambu matte filament and it printed no problem. Only issue i have now is the first layers are not that great.

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I found that for all types of textured plates. like SuperTack and Textured PEI, you must have a minimum of 0.12mm layer height for first layer or it will not stick.

This is especially for the above two types of plates.

For smooth plates where you use glue, 0.1mm can work, but i still recommend 0.12mm as minimum with 0.2 nozzle. (I now use this as minimum for ANY nozzle)

The front test patterns use 0.12mm layer height on all bambu printers.

Toffy