Mr Intergalactic Keyboard

@kbob @ExtremeDullard
I used this advice about filament order to get some beautiful text printed, thanks!

https://sfba.social/@mrintergalactickeyboard/114689421548326437

@kbob @ExtremeDullard wow the order makes a big difference! Reminds me of traditional (paper) printing and overprinting and trapping:

https://helpx.adobe.com/illustrator/using/overprinting.html

@ExtremeDullard single line thick is awesome! Are you enabling Arachne lines? I find it makes for nicer lines in some scenarios. Curious if it would help with this txt. I still think it’s worth trying making the text and surrounding black slightly inset, so it doesn’t touch the print bed. It’ll droop but in the past when I’ve done this with single filament prints it made for nicer text. For the inset, just stroke the text in a vector app and use the stroke + text to create the inset. Not sure what you’re using to apply text in this print.

@ExtremeDullard small text is notoriously difficult to print. These are face down? I’ve had some success making a slight gap, so the letters aren’t even touching the print bed. So they would be like .1mm inset. Haven’t tried it with dual extrusion though. You might want to have the gap extend into the black as well. Should be easy to do with Inkscape or Affinity designer and boolean using Blender.
A smaller extruder nozzle (.2mm vs standard .4mm) might help as well. Good luck! ✌️

@ExtremeDullard although, if the nozzle was clipping/hitting the printed parts could that cause the motor to lose steps? Seems like that could have an effect on everything being printed.

@ExtremeDullard sounds like it wasn’t a nozzle impact. Curious to hear if it happens again and you get to the bottom of it. I’ve found it can be tricky to diagnose 3d printing problems because unrelated issues can cause similar print artifacts. GL!

@ExtremeDullard just a guess, perhaps the extruder nozzle hit the print and offset the layers? Someone had that happen in the Orca slicer discord with a large print. It was lifting off the print bed. What filament did this happen with? Does your printer have a camera, can you watch the timelapse?