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Solved Printer is removing the filament before printing.

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  1. Malte

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    Now i have another problem. Ever since i got the printer ive had alot of problems. i got most of them fixed but as soon i get it fixed i get another problem.
    When i start a print it does the auto leveling and after that when it goes to print it removes the filament. It turnes the gear backwards very fast then after about 5 seconds when the filament is out it starts printing.

    I use cura and this is my start gcode.
    G28 ; home all axes
    G1 Z5 F5000 ; lift Z by 5mm
    M565 Z-.72 ; set the offset for auto-leveling mechanism
    G29 ; run auto-level

    Please help i've had so many problems and i just want the printer working.
     
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    If you open a GCode console, send those exact same commands and the printer does what you describe... then it is a printer problem.
    Otherwise it is a slicer problem (try another slicer).

    Easy enough to try that with the console. Just to rule out the printer.
     
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    The issue almost sounds like the printer is getting a massive retract command... that would do what you describe.
     
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    Thank you i will try it
     
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    The thing didnt happen. So its a slicer problem? do you think it would help if i would reinstall cura?
     
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    I can't talk about Cura, but sure... reinstalling it might help if it has not done this before.

    You can also slice the STL and examine the GCode it generates, look at what it is doing right after the startup commands you just tried.
    Something is getting generated incorrectly.
     
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