I printed a model in PETG shortly after a PLA print, which was fine, and it damaged the plate as shown. What’s odd is I’ve printed this same model with this same filament on this printer and it was fine. The temps in the gcode are the same between those prints.

Is this a Z-offset issue? Would PLA and PETG require different Z-offsets on the same printer?

Edit for more details: Creality Ender 3 V3 SE, stock plate.

  • brygphilomena@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    6 hours ago

    I have an ender I inherited and put a ton of mods on.

    It absolutely sucks for consistency on z-offset.

    The bed is shit, the auto leveling is inconsistent, even not leveling it seems to not home properly every time.

    I want a better printer but have been too cheap to buy something reliable. It’s at the point I really want to print something that I have to spend so much time making sure it actually gets the first few layers it’s usually not worth the effort.