Please help. I am new here and new to 3D printing in general, please be gentle if I get this all wrong… I set a print to go last night that would take just over 15 hours to complete. I am using PLA-CF (not the new PAHT-CF), printing on a hot bed with tree supports, no special settings except a 5mm brim due to surface area on the plate being small and I have ironing for topmost surface turned on. Filament spent hours in the dryer prior to being loaded into the AMS.
I have 2 machines - I have printed this part on my other machine before successfully. I recently made one adjustment (screw hole size) and decided to print 2 on a single plate on my other machine. I am using Bambu Studio for slicing.
I was notified that the filament ran out, I had spool #2 waiting in the dryer and changed it out. A couple hours later, I check on it and I had the “failed to pull back filament” error. The screen told me the print was 99% complete with 0 layers to print. I got the filament to release and set everything back in order. I told it to “retry” and it unloaded the filament successfully, dropped the print bed and “completed” the print. I took the prints off the bed and realized that it only printed about 2/3 of the part.
I don’t see anything about this in the forum, so I am hopeful someone can point me to a solution or at least where I might find the solution. Did the filament jam cause the print to be truncated? Was the print truncated because of a bug and the filament error was just an added bonus? Were these 2 completely separate events that just came together for my enjoyment and learning?
I have had the filament error before without having a truncated print, so I am confused. Thank you for any ideas, solutions or threads you can send my way.