#how to reset settings on ender 3

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It is important to ensure that your settings are properly configured for successful 3D prints. If your prints are not turning out well, irregular settings could indeed be a contributing factor. Consider comparing your settings with recommended values for your specific printer and filament type. Make sure your nozzle is clean and level, bed adhesion is sufficient, and your filament is loaded correctly. If you are unsure about specific settings, refer to your printer's documentation or seek help from the manufacturer or online resources. Regular maintenance and calibration can also help improve the quality of your prints.

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slate kite
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Is the auto home fine if it’s a little off the bed?

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Nvm ig ai can’t answer again

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steep jetty
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Is your problem solved? / No longer need this channel?
You can close a help channel with ?solved when it is no longer needed.

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slate kite
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My printer is a used ender 3

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# slate kite What info do you need

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?help_me requested by: m.von.d#0
slate kite
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The nozzle is just off the bed

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And I don’t know if that’s ok or not

steep jetty
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when? All the time? While printing?

slate kite
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When I set it to home

steep jetty
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Does it print where its supposed to?

slate kite
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Slightly off centered

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And I want to print a helmet that takes the whole space

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So I need it accurate

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Also it keeps failing because the nozzle was pushing the print

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So I switched leveling

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And it was working for a while

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But then the nozzle messed up

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I think this is something to do with the settings in the ender 3

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I just need to know

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What should the z offset be

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Mine is set to 0

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I don’t rlly know much about 3d printing

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But that’s basically all I think is wrong

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I also can’t find any tutorials (prob because I suck at finding them)

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That solve the problem of z offset

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Is that enough info @steep jetty

steep jetty
# slate kite Mine is set to 0

If you don't have a bed probe and auto bed leveling z offset is 0. For the nozzle being slightly off of the bed you can use a M206 command in the start gcode.

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slate kite
steep jetty
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Also, this being a used macchine, check everything for rigidity, check belt tension, the axis wheels

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V Rollers
Vslot rollers are on most of the popular budget printers such as the ender 3 and other v-slot based printers. Your printer should have come with a wrench that is able to adjust the eccentric nut that increases the tension of the wheels. Usually on a plate with 3 wheels, only one can be tensioned, and on a plate with 4 wheels (usually the Y carriage) there are two wheels that can be tensioned, you can see which ones need to be tensioned by looking for eccentric nuts (Labeled in drawing below).

Vslot rollers should be tensioned and checked as a part of your frame check before you fire up your 3d printer. They should be tightened until you are able to turn the wheels with your fingers with a little friction, but not too tight that they are too hard to turn at all (failure to do so will result in quicker wear and tear of your Vslot wheels, certain printing artifacts and excess strain on the stepper motors ).

Make sure to check that all your Vslot plates and carriages are free from wobble along the X, Y and Z axis wherever your printer uses Vslot rollers. You should check these regularly to clean them of dust snd to see if the rubber is worn, if so, they should be replaced with new ones.

Example of how to tension wheels

?vrollers requested by: m.von.d#0
slate kite
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I leveled my bed with a business card to be able to fit through

slate kite
steep jetty
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Leveling Your Printer
Here is a handy infographic that will help with levelling your printer.

?leveling requested by: m.von.d#0
slate kite
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Oh a vid told me to do with a business card

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Srry I’m very new lol

steep jetty
slate kite
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Oh

slate kite
steep jetty
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Business card should be fine

steep jetty
slate kite
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Is it maybe because it’s not sticking to bed?

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Because when I fixed leveling

steep jetty
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?firstlayer

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The first layer is quite literally the foundation of a successful print. These are some of the things to keep in mind:

  • Wash your print surface with dish soap and water, refer to ?bedcleaning .
  • Ensure your printing temperatures are appropriate. For PLA, the ideal bed temperature is 55°C-60°C. If the lines appear to come out "gummy" and forms clumps, raising the nozzle temperature may help. Calibrate your nozzle temperature by printing a temperature tower. Refer also to ?platemps .
  • Relevel your bed and ensure your nozzle distance is equally spaced at each corner, refer to ?paperlevel . If your printer is equipped with a bed meshing probe such as a BLTouch or CRTouch, make sure your Z-offset positions the nozzle close enough to the bed, refer to ?z-offset for additional information. If your printer has automatic Z-offset calibration, make sure the nozzle is clean while the calibration runs.

You can confirm that your leveling and Z-offset is correct by observing your first layer extrusion by printing a full layer test: Printables, Thingiverse Refer to ?leveling for help with the interpretation of the results.

  • Ensure the nozzle is not colliding with the print. This usually presents itself as loud noises and layer shifting. Some causes may include overextrusion, insufficient cooling, mechanical Z axis issues, or insufficient Z hop
  • For warp-prone materials such as ABS, Nylon, Polypropylene and others an enclosure is recommended, ensure ambient temperatures are high enough (40°C+) and stable. Consider using a specialized bed adhesive.
slate kite
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It got better

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But then failed later

slate kite
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The temp seems right too

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If I make the z offset a little higher will that help?

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So it doesn’t mess up the print?

steep jetty
# slate kite It got better

For leveling tighten all bed screws fully, turn back two turns. Bring the nozzle down on the bed on the front left (you might have to move the z endstop switch up or down to get it down or not crash into the bed while homing. Then start your leveling around the bed

steep jetty
slate kite
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Ok

slate kite
steep jetty
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If it looks like the right in the graphic your nozzle is too far

slate kite
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So make it closer?

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I had the same issue when it was closer

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But worse

steep jetty
slate kite
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Ok

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Let me try leveling with paper

steep jetty
slate kite
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You fold the paper right?

steep jetty
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No

slate kite
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Oh

steep jetty
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?paperlevel

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While often recommended paper "leveling" also often causes issues for people. The reason is simple - it is a very inaccurate way of levelling your bed. Theres no defined units, you're working off feel alone, and that is highly subjective. It's not easy to explain through words - "just scraping the paper" can mean something to one person z and something completely different to another.

What paper levelling is useful for, is getting the bed at the same height away from the nozzle in all four corners of the bed. As long as you can consistently make sure you have the same amount feel for each corner, your bed should have minimal tilt in relation to your gantry.

It may be higher than it should be, it may be lower than it should be. But you can easily correct that - print something, look at the first layer, and just adjust the levelling knobs accordingly. Since your bed should not be tilted anymore, you can easily turn each knob, in the exact same increments to raise and lower it, or adjust Z offset on your machine or slicer. This of course, assumes your bed is not warped.

slate kite
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Vids keep lying to me

steep jetty
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Technically it doesn't matter because you should always judge by a testprint

slate kite
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I still don’t get how the paper is supposed to feel when the nozzle is above it

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Like not at all

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Or barely

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Or it moves the paper

steep jetty
slate kite
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Because mine slightly moved the card

slate kite
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Alr

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Ima retry

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Tysm

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Index card works like reg paper right?

steep jetty
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when you home make sure the nozzle does not crash into the bed first

slate kite
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It doesn’t

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It did before

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Ima try index card it is less thick

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Wait rq

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I have no idea if these settings stay the same

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I may have switched one of these by accident

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Do they save

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Or is it a one time thing

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woah that’s weird

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It doesn’t go over the index card

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Or the businesss card

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I guess I moved it by accident

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Ima figure this out tmrw

steep jetty
slate kite
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Is there not a way to completely reset the printer settings?

steep jetty
slate kite
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Like a factory reset

slate kite
steep jetty
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Load EEPROM

slate kite
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Ok

steep jetty
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Or reset?

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Been a while

slate kite
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I only found tutorials for ender v2

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So ima do that last thing before I sleep

steep jetty
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You can send a M502

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steep jetty
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By putting it in a .txt file, renaming that into a .gcode file, put it on the sd card and "print" it

slate kite
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Thanks so much

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I thought I wasn’t gonna get help from this discord server

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The ppl in quick questions ignored me when I just asked if it’s ok for my nozzle to be off the print bed when at its home

slate kite
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where do i copy

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this?

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ima guess it is

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this is how it looks

slate kite
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@steep jetty

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its in printing stage

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do i just cancel?

steep jetty
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should have worked

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so yes

slate kite
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yea it looks like it worked

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it didnt heat up or anything

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so im guessing it read it

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ok im leveling it tmrw

steep jetty
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good luck

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Calibration
Calibration and tuning can help with all aspects of print quality.
Extruder calibration should be done only once, and then again if you change any hardware on your extruder setup (new tube, gear drive, different motor, etc).
Flow calculation should be done for every filament, even different colours from the same brand.

A number of calibration and tuning guides exist online:

?calibration requested by: m.von.d#0
steep jetty
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those are for tomorrow then 😄

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slate kite
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Ok so I’m leveling it rn

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Ima record and you tell me how much the paper should be touching the nozzle

steep jetty
slate kite
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I think you can tell a difference

steep jetty
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The important part is, that its equal and you do at least three rounds around the bed

slate kite
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Should I use the bottom left or top left

slate kite
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The front left is higher but there’s still a little bit of contact

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That’s good right?

steep jetty
slate kite
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Oh ok

steep jetty
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So if it has only light contact on the front left while leveling, it has no contact while printing

slate kite
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That makes sense

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The paper can’t get in on the back left sometimes

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Is that fine

steep jetty
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And the springs need to be somewhat tight

slate kite
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Ok so I did some tweaking

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I made the nozzle actually touch a little less on the paper

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But it’s working so far

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Small test print

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It didn’t work before

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Thx

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I think we’re done now

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Time to print something bigger

steep jetty
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nice

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#1270200207740764181 message remember these

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After resetting you should redo estep calibration and PID tuning

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@slate kite

slate kite
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What does that do though

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It seems to work perfectly

slate kite
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I hear it everywhere

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No idea what it is

steep jetty
# slate kite It seems to work perfectly

Pid tuning ensures your hotend and bed are working accurately. Esteps calibration ensures your extruder actually extrudes the lenght of filament that is requested

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Kinda important.

slate kite
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Ok

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So it’s just fine tuning so everything works perfectly?

steep jetty
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Basically the foundation of all tunings

slate kite
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Perfect timing on the react 😂

steep jetty
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At least those two are absolutely required in my eyes

slate kite
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Turned out nice for being so small

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Printed darth mauls head

steep jetty
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That looks really fine❤️