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PRINTING WITH ABS FILAMENTS
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Printing with ABS Filaments
Printing with ABS filaments is very similar to printing with PLA filaments. The major
differences for printing with ABS are:
•
It requires higher temperature for both extruder and HBP, and
•
The print surface needs to be covered by print tapes for the print to better stick to the
HBP.
4.1
Configuring printing settings
Two configurations in Repetier-Host need to be changed to work with ABS filaments: the
printer settings, and the slicing settings.
4.1.1
The printer settings
The printer settings for printing with PLA filaments are shown in Section 2.1.3. For printing
with ABS filaments, the only difference will be the default extruder and heated bed tem-
peratures. Change the
Default Extruder Temperature
to 230
◦
C, and the
Default Heated Bed
Temperature
to 95
◦
C. (Figure 4.1)
Figure 4.1: Printer Settings in Repetier-Host for printing with ABS
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