Idex start of each line improvement

Hi, I have been printing this single-wall cone, and as you see, the start of each line is jagged and bad. I wonder what settings I can improve on, either on the SV04 or on (Prusa) Slicer. I have been printing this cone with a draft shield in the hope that when the extruder that has been parked comes into play, extruding along the draft shield would build up the right pressure and then give me a nice start on the cone itself. That didn’t seem to work. The Cone has the same issue as the draft. So it seems that the pressure in the print head is not consistent from the very short distance (2-6 cm / 1-2 inches) between the draft shield and the cone. Any help is greatly appreciated.

Greetings

Phil

Hi Phil,

Do other parts show the same? I would look at speed, maybe slow it down.

Paul

I think its not speed. Its printed slow already. I have the issue regularly but it usual does not bother because if its a 2line wall the imperfections are on the inside. However i would like to have it solved. Maybe the community can help. I wonder if its a retraction issue but its only very little retraction on it 1mm.

The setting you need is “linear advance”. It requires test prints to find the value.

Does marlin support “spiral vase mode”? If so the only “seam” would be at color change.

I’d also set “seam position” to random. that way the defects are scattered instead if being lined up.

Hi Phil,
I would adjust PrusaSlicer settings:

  1. Enable Wipe Tower instead of draft shield. Wipe Tower settings can be found in the Multiple Extruders section. 5mm width / brim width / bridging distance should work.
  2. Get rid of the seam by selection random S<eam Position. This setting can be found in the Layers and Perimeters section.

Good luck!
Björn

I can say that I have never adjusted a linear advance value and have not seen a seam issue as severe as this cone. Maybe Björn’s firmware that I am running includes an improved setting for this.

Hi Paul,
there are no different linear advance settings in my firmware version - the M900 G-code implementation is still the same as in the stock firmware.

/R
Björn

Hi Björn,

Thanks. I didn’t know.

Paul