Hi,
I have a question on air print with zortarx m200. I got a print job done over night ( ZABS .14 10 degrees with lite support), 3 same tall objects (12x8x65 mm) printed. I noticed one printed nicely but the other ones on the side and in front were just air printed?
The print chamber is closed and I printed again with only 2 same objects and one got air printed again. The bed was aligned night before. ( the printed objects were all the same setting, just the position of them are different on the bed. Anyone got this issue and know why and how to fix it? appreciated your info Thanks!! (sorry did not take any photo before I thought of asking question)
I’m not sure from your description but thought it best to at least mention one possibility. It’s a weird one but happens a fair amount with the Zortrax after a fair amount of use.
If if you ever get objects printing in several areas of the print bed and one area prints perfectly and others don’t print at all - not failed as in messy but not printing anything, then check the print head when it’s trying to print in that area. Have a look at the extruder gear and see if it it stationary whilst printing. The ribbon cable on the top gets weak after a while and the first part that fails is usually he extruder stepper. You usually are able to get it to turn simply by moving the ribbon cable mid print - it starts printing again. You can usually get away with taking the connector apart, cutting the cable back a few cm and remaking it. I’ve ended up making replacement cables myself in the past (I print and extreme amount with the Zortrax) as it’s cheaper than buying the cable from the manufacturer.
Thought it best to double check in case it’s your issue.
Only option as for now is to alter support angle, tho it’s not perfect solution. If possible try to print in different model rotation (x/y axis), also u could consider spliting part for instance u could cut legs off and print them upside-down, then glue whole thing.
