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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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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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