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danthegoodman
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FlashForge Creator Pro Prints starting in close right corner
For some reason my the software thinks that the center of the build platform is on the close right corner. Also the print % jumps immediately to 21% when the print starts. And finally and unfortunatelly the extruders dont start to heat up until the bed has reached the set temperature. Thanks for any help!
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CompoundCarl
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Re: FlashForge Creator Pro Prints starting in close right co
I'm pretty sure everything you are saying is completely normal. The default starting script purges the nozzle in the right corner. That get's it flowing before it moves to the actual part which is probably in the middle. You can go edit the starting script if you want it to do something different.
The print percentage will absolutely jump up very quickly if you are printing a very tiny part! A lot of the file and the time for the print takes place in the beginning where you are preheating, homing, etc. Again, very normal if it's a very tiny print.
It is also normal to heat the bed first and then the extruders. There's a few reasons for this. First of all, most beds take several minutes to heat up, while the extruders generally only take 30 seconds or so. So if you heat them all at the same time, then the extruders can burn the idle plastic in the nozzle causing jams. Another reason that it's typically done this way is that many power supplies can't handle heating all the extruders and bed at the same time. So again, that's how it's supposed to be, but if you want to change it, you can just adjust the order of the commands in the starting script (move the "M134 T0 ; stabilize bed temperature" command so that it comes right after the M104 commands for setting the extruder temperature)
The print percentage will absolutely jump up very quickly if you are printing a very tiny part! A lot of the file and the time for the print takes place in the beginning where you are preheating, homing, etc. Again, very normal if it's a very tiny print.
It is also normal to heat the bed first and then the extruders. There's a few reasons for this. First of all, most beds take several minutes to heat up, while the extruders generally only take 30 seconds or so. So if you heat them all at the same time, then the extruders can burn the idle plastic in the nozzle causing jams. Another reason that it's typically done this way is that many power supplies can't handle heating all the extruders and bed at the same time. So again, that's how it's supposed to be, but if you want to change it, you can just adjust the order of the commands in the starting script (move the "M134 T0 ; stabilize bed temperature" command so that it comes right after the M104 commands for setting the extruder temperature)
