Mankati FS-XT Plus & Esun PLA

[merlinkv]

Hello,

Recently I purchased one Mankati FS-XT Plus and at the moment I'm experimenting with one color prints

First of all I want to say that I'm completely new on 3D printer programming, but I made a "mix" from Makantium software & S3D in the start & end gcode scripts that I find more better (I think).

Start:

M218 T0 X0 Y0 ; Set T0 offset (left extruder)
M218 T1 X24.5 Y0 ; Set T1 offset (right extruder)
G28 ; Home all axes
G1 Z30 ; Lower buildplate
G1 E30 ; Purge left nozzle
G1 X20 Y25 F3000 ; Bring extruder to the front
T0 ; Switch to left extruder
G92 E0 ; Zero the extruder
G1 X45 Y25 F2100 ; Wipe nozzle
M117 Printing ... ; Put message on LCD screen

End

G28 X0 ; home the X-axis
M104 S0 T1 ; turn off right extruder
M104 S0 T0 ; turn off left extruder
M140 S0 ; turn off bed
G91 ; relative positioning
G1 E-1 F300 ; retract the filament a bit before lifting the nozzle to release some of the pressure
G1 Z+1 E-5 X-20 Y-20 ; move Z up a bit and retract filament even more
G28 X0 Y0 ; move X/Y to min endstops so the head is out of the way
M84 ; disable motors
G90 ; absolute positioning
M117 Job done... ; put message on LCD screen

Also I found that the Esun PLA works fine at 225º Celsius but need many other changes to work properly. If anyone is interested I can upload some images.

[merlinkv]

Some tests done and the conclusion is that I'm very happy with this Mankati. I know is a mid-range printer, but for my needs is enough.

Now, I need to do some tests with two colors ...

The differences of quality results using the Mankatium software and S3D are like "day & night". S3D has solved almost all the problems and offers me a very good quality in printed things.

Thanks to all S3D Team.

Just waiting for an update ...

[merlinkv]

Finally I have found the best configuration for Esun PLA, 1 color, HQ.

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And that's all.

Profile is working fine with small or big prints.

[brian442]

It's a bit difficult when you post so many screenshots. Just go to File > Export FFF Profile and export a single file. That will have all the same information in it, but it's much easier to read

[merlinkv]

Sorry .. I'm a new user of S3D ...

Next time I will post the FFF Profile.

Thanks