Calibrating Slicer Settings for Printer Filament

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Remember, filaments tend to be hydroscopic - absorb water. The water causes problems, especially since it will turn to steam in the hot end. You may want to dehydrate your filament.

If you're not getting satisfactory results with the printers, you may want to calibrate your slicer settings for a given filament.

  1. (Optional) Check wall thickness of a cube. This checks if the filament is over or underextruding, possibly because the filament diameter is off spec. You will need calipers, and calipers tend to disappear in PS1 - ([Teaching Tech](https://youtu.be/3yIebnVjADM?t=193))
  2. A temperature test helps figure out the best temperature for printing a given filament. Even common filaments may have additives that change the print temperature. ([Teaching Tech](https://youtu.be/3yIebnVjADM?t=266)
  3. Retraction test - Retraction helps prevent drips and oozing while the print head moves between extrusions. ([Teaching Tech](https://youtu.be/3yIebnVjADM?t=491))
  4. Speed Test - there are many speed test files to use, to find out what speed still puts out good results.
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