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It's priming the print head, to make sure that it's ready to start the print. The nozzle can tend to ooze if it's sat hot, leaving the chamber with less plastic in it than it should have - so that when the print starts, nothing comes out at first, as the plastic is just refilling the head, instead of coming out of the nozzle.
So, when the print starts, it pumps a little plastic through first to make sure the head is full. It also helps flush out any 'cooked' plastic that might have sat hot for a while, and degraded a bit.
Just take a pair of tweezers, and pull the excess string off, before the print proper starts.
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Cura 5.7 is here and it brings a handy new workflow improvement when using Thingiverse and Cura together, as well as additional capabilities for Method series printers, and a powerful way of sharing print settings using new printer-agnostic project files! Read on to find out about all of these improvements and more.
S-Line Firmware 8.3.0 was released Nov. 20th on the "Latest" firmware branch.
(Sorry, was out of office when this released)
This update is for...
All UltiMaker S series
New features
Temperature status. During print preparation, the temperatures of the print cores and build plate will be shown on the display. This gives a better indication of the progress and remaining wait time. Save log files in paused state. It is now possible to save the printer's log files to USB if the currently active print job is paused. Previously, the Dump logs to USB option was only enabled if the printer was in idle state. Confirm print removal via Digital Factory. If the printer is connected to the Digital Factory, it is now possible to confirm the removal of a previous print job via the Digital Factory interface. This is useful in situations where the build plate is clear, but the operator forgot to select Confirm removal on the printer’s display. Visit this page for more information about this feature.
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It's priming the print head, to make sure that it's ready to start the print. The nozzle can tend to ooze if it's sat hot, leaving the chamber with less plastic in it than it should have - so that when the print starts, nothing comes out at first, as the plastic is just refilling the head, instead of coming out of the nozzle.
So, when the print starts, it pumps a little plastic through first to make sure the head is full. It also helps flush out any 'cooked' plastic that might have sat hot for a while, and degraded a bit.
Just take a pair of tweezers, and pull the excess string off, before the print proper starts.
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