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PETG has always been more fraught than PLA for me but as of late it just looks like a mess.

I'm just trying to do calibration at this point and I'm getting this mess on the pressure advance test in Orca Slicer.

https://imgur.com/a/zbEn5FR

I get so much stringing, boogers, and just terrible prints. It didn't used to be this bad. Any tips?

I'm using a Snapmaker Artisan.

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[–] [email protected] 2 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Yeah sounds like I may have to invest in a dryer then.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago)

Use the box & heated bed method, there’s videos on it