Anet A8

[Ausimax]

Is there any way to raise the extruder from the Home All position in the on screen menu?

I am new to 3D printing and have just built my printer and have run a couple of test prints that turned out OK, much better than I had expected.

I would like to be able to move the “Z” carriage up clear of the print bed without having to manually winding the stepper screws then having to measure the height every time.

Not a world shattering problem, but thought I would ask - still coming to grips with the controls.

Thanks for your help.

[Nekronomekron]

Yes, you can

In the same menu where you can home all, there should be the menu entry „Z Pos Fast“. This is to move the z axis, just scroll down in the menu

[Lea3DPrint]

Or use the pronterface program on your pc

[gikam]

use Repetier host program

[Ausimax]

Thanks for that, the instructions don’t always explain these things too well,

[Ausimax]

My printer isn’t close to the computer and I’m trying to operate it independently from the computer, Thanks for your reply!

[Ausimax]

As my reply to gikam. Thanks for your reply!

[gikam]

no problem

[bobbb]

on the screen go to position go down to z position fast press the up button this is the manual control

[colbrit]

Hi I had a similar problem being that at the start of loading Cura I put the wrong machine name in. Hope this helps.