Frequently Asked Questions

toolhead to a specific location, and hopes that it gets there. In most
cases, this works fine because the stepper motors that drive the
printer are quite powerful, and there are no significant loads to
prevent the toolhead from moving. However, if something does go
wrong, the printer would have no way to detect this. For example,
if you happened to bump into your printer while it was printing,
you might cause the toolhead to move to a new position. The
machine has no feedback to detect this, so it would just keep
printing as if nothing had happened. If you notice misaligned
layers in your print, it is usually due to one of the causes below.
Unfortunately, once these errors occur, the printer has no way to
detect and fix the problem, so we will explain how to resolve these
issues below.
(1) Toolhead is moving too fast
If you are printing at a very high speed, the motors for your
3D printer may struggle to keep up. If you attempt to move the
printer faster than the motors can handle, you will typically hear a
clicking sound as the motor fails to achieve the desired position. If
this happens, the remainder of the print will be misaligned with
everything that was printed before it. If you feel that your printer
may be moving too fast, try to reduce the printing speed by 50% to
see if it helps. To do this, click “Edit Process Settings” and select
the Speeds tab. Adjust both the “Default Printing Speed” and the
“X/Y Axis Movement Speed.” The default printing speed controls
the speed of any movements where the extruder is actively
extruding plastic. The X/Y axis movement speed controls the
speed of rapid movements where no plastic is being extruded. If