Filament speed
I have purchased some Elegoo Rapid PETG.
Using Prusaslicer 2.9.2 and selecting Generic PETG, things print just fine. Selecting Elegoo Rapid PETG, things also print fine, but only the tiniest bit faster, maybe 6% faster.
I would expect "Rapid" would be more than just 6% faster than "Generic", and I'd like to experiment a bit.
I'm sure there's a setting in Prusaslicer somewhere to play with, but I'm really at a loss as to where to find the setting.
Any hints appreciated.
RE: Filament speed
Don't care much about speed so I don't have hands-on experience with "rapid" filaments but you can try to increase Maximum Volumetric Speed for your filament. See https://help.prusa3d.com/article/max-volumetric-speed_127176
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Any hints appreciated.
Don't push for speed. If you want to produce decent quality prints faster - buy a second machine and slow both down a fraction.
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RE: Filament speed
Any hints appreciated.
Don't push for speed. If you want to produce decent quality prints faster - buy a second machine and slow both down a fraction.
Thanks for the thought! I'm not pushing for speed exactly .. I just see no point in waiting longer than I have to. If my machine will reliably print significantly faster, why not? But I'm not going for bleeding edge; if, after some experimentation, I find that the current number is "12" and "88" is the fastest reliable print, I'd probably choose to print at "78", just for the safety margin.
Sadly, buying a second machine is not a solution. (In fact, I just gave away my brand new MK3S+ to a good friend, leaving me with just an MK4S.) I usually print multiples of things, true, but invariably, the new one is just a fix of the design mistake I made of the one before. Therefore, when Prusaslicer says "1 hour", I mentally go "4 hours", because there's bound to be 2 or 3 (or 4 or 5) iterations before I get it right. So if I'm only printing at half my capable speed, it sure would be nice to cut that 4 hours down to 2 ...