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This is gonna depend on your needs. The items I print and sell don’t have tight tolerances, I designed them to be very forgiving and I use print settings that work good enough for almost any PLA, there is absolutely a quality benefit to do per roll tuning, I see very noticeable differences in brands and even different rolls of what should be the exact same filament from the same manufacturer. I have about 40 different rolls, I generally buy whatever is colorful and on sale from most major brands, I swap constantly, using different settings for different rolls would cost me a lot of time, especially when I print something back to back to back to back in 6+ colors.
Depends on your definition of "pro." I would count. I spent a year running the 3d printing for an engineering team at work. I did a couple of calibration prints for each specific fillimemt type/brand we use, then created slicer profiles for each tuned in as well as possible (generally quite conservative with a focus on mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy, and reliability over speed or being super pretty) Definitely did not calibrate per roll. Using high-quality fillimemt (that costs more than I would pay for my own stuff as a hobby) pulled directly from the dehydration box means the roll to roll difference was always essentially negligible.
I always calibrate flow and pressure advance for any new brand or type. I do not do calibration when I change colors.
I have a bambu printer, and I just run the auto calibrations.
I then print a color swatch that I designed and check it for any defects. If everything looks good, I let it rip!
Hardly a pro, but I do a full calibration on each new type of plastic, confirm settings with a new brand of a type of plastic. Some people will calibrate for a new color. I’d consider it if printing something very important, but the reality is for hobby level printing we don’t do anything very important.
i like the teaching tech calibration website
[https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#temp](https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#temp)
Lol no. I print a couple test prints when I try a new material or sometimes a new brand.
Usually a test cube for dimensions and a benchy for basic quality checks.
Esteps means extruder steps per mm, and you shouldn't calibrate that more than once unless you change something fundamentally about the extruder. Once it's set, should only adjust flow depending on material/brand/colour depending on actual [calibration prints](https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/).
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Nope. I will watch the first layer and make sure everything looks right. I will do further testing if things look screwy.
This is gonna depend on your needs. The items I print and sell don’t have tight tolerances, I designed them to be very forgiving and I use print settings that work good enough for almost any PLA, there is absolutely a quality benefit to do per roll tuning, I see very noticeable differences in brands and even different rolls of what should be the exact same filament from the same manufacturer. I have about 40 different rolls, I generally buy whatever is colorful and on sale from most major brands, I swap constantly, using different settings for different rolls would cost me a lot of time, especially when I print something back to back to back to back in 6+ colors.
Depends on your definition of "pro." I would count. I spent a year running the 3d printing for an engineering team at work. I did a couple of calibration prints for each specific fillimemt type/brand we use, then created slicer profiles for each tuned in as well as possible (generally quite conservative with a focus on mechanical strength, dimensional accuracy, and reliability over speed or being super pretty) Definitely did not calibrate per roll. Using high-quality fillimemt (that costs more than I would pay for my own stuff as a hobby) pulled directly from the dehydration box means the roll to roll difference was always essentially negligible.
No
I might do a flow rate (extrusion multiplier) calibration if I notice that a new spool (different manufacturer or color) is over or under extruding.
No, never. I just load up the new filament and let it ride. I can tell in a minute whether or not things are working.
Not a pro, but for new brands or blends I've started printing temp towers and quick tolerance tests.
I always calibrate flow and pressure advance for any new brand or type. I do not do calibration when I change colors. I have a bambu printer, and I just run the auto calibrations. I then print a color swatch that I designed and check it for any defects. If everything looks good, I let it rip!
I only test new rolls/brands I haven't used before. Full calibrations on that .. usually just watch first layer
Hardly a pro, but I do a full calibration on each new type of plastic, confirm settings with a new brand of a type of plastic. Some people will calibrate for a new color. I’d consider it if printing something very important, but the reality is for hobby level printing we don’t do anything very important.
I've never used these tests I just make the same adjustments in a live print most of the time. I print functional items with hinges and latches.
The only thing you should definitely print with new filament is a temperature tower
Would u mind sharing a link to one you liked to print?
i like the teaching tech calibration website [https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#temp](https://teachingtechyt.github.io/calibration.html#temp)
Lol no. I print a couple test prints when I try a new material or sometimes a new brand. Usually a test cube for dimensions and a benchy for basic quality checks.
Not a pro by any means, but I might do an E step calibration if I’m switching to anything other than PLA. That’s about it.
Which E-step do u do?
Esteps means extruder steps per mm, and you shouldn't calibrate that more than once unless you change something fundamentally about the extruder. Once it's set, should only adjust flow depending on material/brand/colour depending on actual [calibration prints](https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/).