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Ideally, 20mm remains, which means exactly 100mm was extruded. If your distance is anything other than this, complete the form below to calculate the correct E-steps:

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Other factors beyond the scope of this test - Important!
  • Auto cooling (PrusaSlicer) / Speed Overrides (Simplify3D) / Minimum layer time (Cura): Most slicers have a setting to detect if a layer will complete in less than a certain time threshold. In this case, all movement for that layer is slowed, including those related to retraction, to increase the layer time to meet the target. The gcode generated by the this page has this setting OFF. If your results vary, trying turning this setting off in your own slicer too.
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  • Z hop speed: If you are using Z hop, the vertical feedrate for the Z movements is set to 20 mm/sec for these tests. Matching this in your slicer is advised if these tests look better than your own slicer results.
  • Retraction acceleration: This will affect whether the retraction speed can actually be reached. The gcode generator below does not include any changes to what is set on your printer. You can change this with M204 and the R argument.
  • Slicer settings such as coast and wipe: Coast stops extrusion slightly early to assist retraction. It effectively lets the hot end 'run dry' at the end of the printing movement to reduce ooze. This varies from slicer to slicer and isn't always necessary to tune.
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  • Octoprint - Free host software that typically runs on a Raspberry Pi. Has a 'terminal' tab. Octoprint setup video guide
  • Arduino IDE - Free and available for Windows, Mac and Linux. Less intuitive but the Tools > Serial Monitor option will provide a terminal.
  • Simplify3D - Paid slicing software that also has a terminal feature.
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  • Chrome gcode Sender - I haven't used this yet but it was submitted via the issues by stdekart5827 and may be a good solution. Can send gcode directly from Chrome to your 3D printer. Chrome web store link.
  • There are many other options but these are the most popular. If you already have a favourite piece of terminal software, you don't really need this list.

    Connecting to the printer is covered in the next tab.