Printing with PLA Plus?
I have searched through the Prusa documentation and forums, but I cannot find any discussion of "PLA Plus" filament, only regular PLA. The PLA Plus filament that I have says it prints at a temperature range of 210 to 230 degrees, whereas my PLA filament says to print between 190 and 210 degrees. The default settings on my Prusa Mini+ print PLA at 215 degrees. Will this work for PLA Plus? Or do I need to use a slightly higher temperature? Or should I avoid PLA Plus all together?
Thanks in advance for any advice that you can give me.
Best Answer by mark:
I haven't used it and don't see any PLA Plus selections in Prusa Slicer, but you could try selecting generic PLA and go to the "Filament Settings" tab, "Filament" menu and increase the temperatures by 20 degrees and see how it works. The slicer determines the temperatures when printing. You probably can chose "PLA" on the Mini screen for loading. If that does not work, try PETG on the Mini screen for loading. It still uses the settings in the slicer when it is printing. There are many kinds of PLA + so it might even depend on which one you choose. I would select one with the tightest tolerance on the diameter. That is really important for the Mini to feed filament well. You may have to do cold pulls when going back to regular PLA. I always do that using the lower temperature filament at the previously used high temperature to melt all the old high temperature filament into the new low temp one. Otherwise globs of the old filament may remain in the extruder.
Regards,
Mark
RE: Printing with PLA Plus?
I haven't used it and don't see any PLA Plus selections in Prusa Slicer, but you could try selecting generic PLA and go to the "Filament Settings" tab, "Filament" menu and increase the temperatures by 20 degrees and see how it works. The slicer determines the temperatures when printing. You probably can chose "PLA" on the Mini screen for loading. If that does not work, try PETG on the Mini screen for loading. It still uses the settings in the slicer when it is printing. There are many kinds of PLA + so it might even depend on which one you choose. I would select one with the tightest tolerance on the diameter. That is really important for the Mini to feed filament well. You may have to do cold pulls when going back to regular PLA. I always do that using the lower temperature filament at the previously used high temperature to melt all the old high temperature filament into the new low temp one. Otherwise globs of the old filament may remain in the extruder.
Regards,
Mark
RE: Printing with PLA Plus?
I’ve used PLA Plus before. Should print fine at 215. If in doubt, run a temp tower — many of them on Prusaprinters.org.
imho, PLA plus doesn’t add much over PLA. I’d rather go with PETG.
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RE: Printing with PLA Plus?
There are many brands of PLA Plus. I start with PLA and adjust it slowly till it prints well.
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