SUNLU PLA META, awful first layer no matter what

Have you tried manually tuning your filament? From what I see here, my first line of attack would be to reduce the flow ratio.

Also, can you show a better picture? If what I’m seeing in this image is a void in the first layer, it means that you have a contaminated build plate.

I’m guessing that this is a smooth PEI plate? If yes, then you could have fingerprint smudges that aren’t visible. Here is a post regarding invisible contamination from earlier in the year.

I call your attentions specifically to this image example. In this case, it was a High Temp plate but the principle is the same for PEI and other plates.

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