Misaligned Layers
I have been running into an issue on my MK2 lately where some of the layers are misaligned, it's only a fraction of a mm but enough to make a great print not look very good. It seems to only be offset in the x-axis. My first couple troubleshooting steps were to switch the belt for that axis and print in high power mode instead of silent mode, however, I still having the same problem. I'll also add the printer prints fine for something like a vase where it's one spiral outside layer but if you see the attached photo it just couldn't handle that file or really any other solid files that aren't vases. I've seen this problem both from Cura and Slic3r. I thought the PINDA probe may have been too low and was catching on the print so I've adjusted that and am awaiting results but I'd be curious to see if anyone else has any thoughts as I can't seem to find any good solutions in the rest of the forums and am awaiting a reply from Prusa support.
Re: Misaligned Layers
See the section on X or Y offsets here for some common causes that you can check on.
Let us know if those don't do it for you.
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Re: Misaligned Layers
Ok thanks, I appreciate your help, I've tried a few of those so far but will try out the rest and let you know.
Re: Misaligned Layers
In case anyone is curious here are the steps I have taken so far and the printer generally is printing a lot better (although I'm still testing).
-Raised the PINDA probe up a bit (prints may have been catching on it)
-Also going off of that for some prints I reduced the extrusion multiplier to like 99% or 98% which seemed to lead to the nozzle catching on support structure a lot less
-Lubed up all the axes (lead screws and metal rods)
-Switched the nozzle (for other reasons but still good to note)