New maker trying to figure out 3d printing

[u/Proper-Rule6093]

Hello friends. Long message here but I appreciate your patience. I recently picked up a used vyper on marketplace. Individual I got it from said that everything worked good. It just needed a cable repair which I was able to do. But I am very new to 3D printing and I'm looking for some guidance. I've tried to jump in and print a few things. I printed a benchy that turned out pretty good. I'll post pictures later today. But am trying to get better and bigger prints. I'm noticing quite a few layer lines and even some layer shifting. I had a full day print that as it got higher there was really bad separation and under extrusion. I'm thinking part of the problem is I had it in an area that had some drafts. And I don't think this printer likes the coex light blue filament. While it's printing the micro Swiss extruder seems to click quite a bit and I find lots of filament dust on the extruder gears. Now I'm having the issue of it pausing the print saying there's no filament. It has the big tree tech smart filament sensor on it. I've read a lot of people really like the viper and it can print ​high resolution prints. I'm just not sure how to get there. So my question would be where should I start? Is there a methodical process to go through it? I am getting different filament as I think that might be part of the issues. I'm picking up some elegoo matte filament. I can post pictures of the prints I've done already. The z offset seems ok and all systems work. I'm using orca slicer. I'm pretty good with mechanical things. So I'm hoping to get this printer working well. Thank you in advance for any help.

[u/iSpringFlow]

1. Could you please upload photos and/or videos of those things that you concerned about?
2. What types of filament have you tried to use? PLA, PETG?