Painters tape
I read where some people use painters tape to help with the sticking problem. Would that work with the Prusa printers, has anyone tried it and if so do you have to re-calibrate.
Best Answer by bobstro:
You're probably reading tips for other printers. Prusa was an early adopter of the removable PEI print surfaces, and most manufacturers have followed suit in recent years. You'll still find people using blue painter's tape on printers that lack manual or automatic mesh bed leveling. The tape can help with adhesion, particularly on a worn print surface. You should be able to get equivalent or better adhesion with one of the PEI surfaces.
I have a cheap Monoprice Cadet printer with a dinky 100x100x100 build area that the manufacturer still recommends blue painter's tape for. Even on that printer, with a bit of careful calibration, I can get good adhesion without the tape.
RE: Painters tape
You're probably reading tips for other printers. Prusa was an early adopter of the removable PEI print surfaces, and most manufacturers have followed suit in recent years. You'll still find people using blue painter's tape on printers that lack manual or automatic mesh bed leveling. The tape can help with adhesion, particularly on a worn print surface. You should be able to get equivalent or better adhesion with one of the PEI surfaces.
I have a cheap Monoprice Cadet printer with a dinky 100x100x100 build area that the manufacturer still recommends blue painter's tape for. Even on that printer, with a bit of careful calibration, I can get good adhesion without the tape.
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RE: Painters tape
Painter's tape on a Prusa is barbaric. Between the PEI sheet, automated bed leveling, and Live Z adjustment you should be able to get pretty much anything to stick. Similar to @bobstro's experience, on my old Wanhao and my old Voxel, it took a lot more fiddling with gauge feelers and adjustment screws, but I never needed any blue tape.
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