The blue/purple is Amolen Silk PLA. The silver is Polymaker Silk PLA. The black is Bambu Basic PLA. However, this is happening with all brands using both PLA & PETG.
I also cannot print articulated models.
Today I started hearing what sounds like a spring popping. I’m not even using that printer, it’s just sitting there. I turned the power off and that sound stopped.
There are no issues with any of the 3 other printers.
WHAT I’VE DONE SO FAR
I did a full maintenance of the printer.
I did a tension belt adjustment twice.
I read that a worn PET tube could affect print quality but none seem worn.
The printer has 1403 hours.
I use Bambu Studio as my slicer.
I’ll gladly supply any other info if you need it.
I’m can’t stay down 1 printer. I really need this fixed. So I will say in advance I am truly grateful for any and all advice you provide! Thank you!
Jon is right, these don’t look like they are being cooled, turn on the part fan in the app and check if the fan on the toolhead is spinning. If it is, are you using a custom filament profile or default settings?
As you suspected, the toolhead fan would not turn on. Here’s what I did.
I swapped it out the toolhead fan from the printer with the issue (printer 1) with one from another printer (printer 2) that was working, but it did not work on printer 1 either. The toolhead fan from printer 1 would not work on printer 2. I did the same with my 3rd P1S and had the same results - neither of the 2 working toolhead fans worked on printer 1, and the toolhead fan from printer 1 would not work on the other 2 printers. However, the toolhead fans from printers 2 & 3 work fine on their own printer and when I swaped them with each other. Just nada on printer 1 or with it’s toolhead fan.
I assume that means something happened to both the toolhead and toolhead fan, maybe a surge? I have everything on a UPS plugged into the surge protection outlets.
This printer is only 6 months old. I assume this should this be under warranty?
I got home from work yesterday and tinkered around with the printer and fan started working. I did a small test print and it looked great. Then I did a full 1 hour print and looked great. Then I did this print…
I been having similar issue for weeks. I got the P1P on BF and it was printing fine for the first few weeks. Than it just started printing like the one you show in the image. I have take apart the nozzle and extruder to clean and pretty sure there is no clog. I cannot find a way to fix it, no mater what type of filament or band I use I got the same bad print result. Pretty disappointing for a $500 brand new printer and the world class s
The ceramic piece was stuck on tight. When I got everything appart, the thermal paste was completely baked on. I cleaned everything up. I had a new hotend so I used that, new thermal paste, reassembled everything, and did a test print.
The top is the new print after the repair. HUGE improvement! Pretty smooth, but can still see layer lines. Also, the edges are jagged (looks like teeth) and a bit rounded.
I’ll get that. I need this up and running asap.
