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My Pro-100 is off except when I print. I often feel guilty about, but it frequently goes more than a month between prints. I've had the printer almost 9 years. I ran two sets of OEM ink....and then switched to Precision Colors refills. The results. I've only had one issue in the entire time I...

I frequently go a month or more with my Pro-100. The only clog I've had in six years was about 6 months ago and that one was definitively due to the fact that my inks were ~6 years old. When I refilled with new Precision Colors ink, one of the carts had significant sludge. I did swap printheads...

My new ink arrived today. I though I was smart to order the 2 oz. bottles since I had only used about that much over many years. But, as soon as I opened it, I realized that the cap sizes are different. My screw up, since Precision Colors has a lot of information about the caps and such. Being...

You've convinced me to flush the carts. I'm also going to write off my old ink and buy some new from PC. Long overdue. Since my old ink was bought in early 2014 and there's a newer version (released in 2015 :) ) PC says " The totally new magenta inks and PhotoBlack are from a totally different...

So, I took your advice. Installed the new print head. Looks perfect now. Thanks! Guess I'll go buy some ammonia so I can mix up the water/alcohol/ammonia mix and clean the old print head. If it's burnt out, it won't do any good, but if it's clogged, I can recover my spare. And, I'll have the...

I'm not sure my picture does the nozzle check justice, but the problem is fairly apparent.

After several years of everything working, it appears I have a problem. The PM color on the nozzle check is barely there. The top and bottom of the check area have a little bit of color, but the center portion is white. I am using Precision Colors ink. On average, my 4 oz. bottles of ink seem...

Octopi is part of the chain of things that allow remote use of a printer. It's amazing how much more convenient I find printing these days now that I have a good system. I have a CR-10 that's fixed up pretty well, but it never gets used. Essentially, it's just a spare if I ever need replacement...

Here's a question I can answer. I was using Sketchup Make, but had constant problems and couldn't achieve what I wanted. When I decided to start building some new parts (and built a nice new 350mm Voron 2.4 printer), I decided I needed new software. I started looking at Fusion 360. But after a...

Ironic, given the thread title...... My older printer survived about 6 years using the original piece of glass that came with it. But a few days ago, I printed a large PLA print that stuck really well. I didn't both trying to pop it off....just waited till the next morning when it was already...

True enough. I would have been able to claim that never happens with a laptop....but mine rebooted this morning just after starting a print (I didn't turn on it's A/C charger and it ran out of juice).:( I'm thinking of going that route so I can also use it as a local server to store files for...

So.....I built a storage box suitable for holding reels while printing. Mostly because threading the filament each time is frustrating and discourages doing a quick print. But now, I have a problem. I'm running the filament through about 15" of PTFE to the CR-10 extruder. After it gets there...

ABS is hard to print with. When it cools, it shrinks a lot. Unless it's stuck down to the bed like crazy, it will pop off most parts that are longer than a few inches on the bed. PLA is good to learn with. It's hard and rigid which is good for most parts. Probably the easiest thing to get to...

"You may curse me for showing you this link RR but I'm currently printing one of their planes on the CR-10s so it may interest you, but be warned, it can get addictive :) https://3dlabprint.com/" Let me know how this goes. I'm very interested in printing air frames.....although my first...

Peter, After a night of sleep, I realize that there are alternative methods to fix this problem that would avoid removing the old connector. One could solder the cap to the exposed pins of the connector w/o removing it. I'd create a tiny loop or two on each leg of the cap, slide it on and...

An update....and an apology for not paying better attention to Redbrickman. I went out and looked at temps right after powering the CR-10 on. In the first few seconds, they only fluctuated a degree or two....then 3-4, then 5-6. So, I did some more looking online about the Melzi board (the...

Redbrickman, I have been otherwise busy, but plan to get back to getting the printer working better in the next day or two. I plan to do a bit of tests to get rid of the stringing and then do some temperature towers. I see some folks recommend an Octopi setup as an alternative to flashing the...

The printer I bought in 2012 was a "Japrika". Bought it off eBay from someone who had some good ideas.....but was not great at following thru. They weren't in business a short time later. Fortunately, as is the case for most 3d printers, the printer used open source software and readily...

I printed for four hours yesterday and didn't see any temp fluctuation issues. But then again, I'm probably not dialed-in enough that two or three degrees of fluctuation would be a big issue for me. However, I did I did a bit of Google research on the temperature fluctuation issue and found this...