Frequently Asked Questions

1: Not extruding at the beginning of print
This issue is a very common one for new 3D printer owners,
but thankfully, it is also very easy to resolve! If your extruder is
not extruding plastic at the beginning of your printing, there are
four possible causes. We will talk through each one below and
explain what settings can be used to solve the problem.
(1) Extruder was not primed before beginning of the print
Most nozzle have a bad habit of leaking plastic when they are
sitting idle at a high temperature. The hot plastic inside the nozzle
tends to ooze out of the tip, which creates a void inside the nozzle
where the plastic has drained out.
This idle oozing can occur at the beginning of a print when
you are first preheating your nozzle, and also at the end of the
print while the nozzle is slowly cooling. If your extruder has lost
some plastic due to oozing, the next time you try to extrude, it is
likely that it will take a few seconds before plastic starts to come
out of the nozzle again. If you are trying to start a print after your
nozzle has been oozing, you may notice the same delayed
extrusion. To solve this issue, make sure that you prime your