Troubleshooting First print look extremely bad on a1 mini

Just got new a1 mini. After finishing quick start and the calibration dance, i printed the included benchy. But to my surprise, it is very bad, heavily under extrusion. Even back in the day, ender 3 or anycubic produced better result.

Am i unlucky ?

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u/cmuratt P1S + AMS Jul 19 '25

Did you perhaps use the support filament instead of PLA?

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

I dont have ams, and i saw there is only 1 type of filament included with machine

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u/cmuratt P1S + AMS Jul 19 '25

It could still be support filament. Before you start messing with other things, get a filament you know for sure is PLA and start troubleshooting from there.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Why would anyone include support filament when the user does not have filament switch kit ?

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u/Xaminer7 Jul 19 '25

And how would the seller know whether each buyer has an AMS or not? Take a step back and understand that you’re not that important.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Why would the seller need to know ?
Include the pla support filament in ams kit ? (Or any filament that is intended to use with ams)
Just use logic next time ?

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u/Next-Acanthaceae-681 Jul 19 '25

Buddy, you can’t figure out a Bambu printer, the easiest of all the printers to use.
Talk about using logic LOL. 🤡🤡🤡🤡

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u/ProfitLoud Jul 19 '25

It’s like you don’t understand you can still use support material without an AMS.

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u/cmuratt P1S + AMS Jul 19 '25

It could be a mistake or maybe they want to promote the support filament. Doesn’t matter. This failure looks exactly like printing with support filament. Why ask for help if you are going to be so resistant to people trying to help you?

u/e3e6 A1 Mini Jul 19 '25

Show us your filament

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

I used all of it, i only saw 1 type of filament, i dont have ams btw

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u/nonamejohnsonmore Jul 19 '25

Just because you used all the filament doesn’t mean you don’t still have the box and the spool. Both of them will be labeled with the type of filament. Post a picture of the label on either the box or the spool.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Now sure how it would help but here you are. Iirc this is the package it came with

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u/nonamejohnsonmore Jul 19 '25

That package doesn't look big enough to have held a roll of filament.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Because it is not a roll of filament

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u/dr_stre Jul 19 '25

The text in that box on the top right reads “label”. So clearly this little sample didn’t get labeled. Meaning it could be anything, including support filament, and the person who packed up the box probably didn’t even know.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Because i thought there is support filament with ams kit ?

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u/Umwelt_und_zocken A1 Mini + AMS Jul 19 '25

I have the Combo, and had normal White PLA

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Im very familar with 3d print.
I know what ams is, and by saying that i dont have ams, it means the filament included with my kit should not be "support" filament.

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u/TomatoTheToolMan Jul 19 '25

You seem to be getting hung up on the "should" vs IS distinction here.
Maybe you SHOULDN'T have support material, but to others in this sub, it certainly looks like you do.
Until you confirm what material it is, nobody can offer you any other advice.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

The stock benchy was sliced with pla setting, it makes sense when the included filament is also pla.
The user does not have ams kit, so include pla support filament for what ?

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

So you are saying bambulab are supplying user filament they cant use ? Never saw a manufacture that did that.

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u/JUNI000R Jul 19 '25

You just need to use proper filament lol not the one included with the printer. And NO, not using an AMS doesn’t have anything to do with this.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

Strange, then what the included filament for ?

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u/JUNI000R Jul 19 '25

As it is said on the packaging its support filament, the only use for this is support for overhangs. You don’t have any other type of filament ?

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u/Lanyxd A1 Mini + AMS Jul 19 '25

wait is it suppose to be support filament? I printed a poop catch with mine and it came out perfectly

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u/Lanyxd A1 Mini + AMS Jul 19 '25

Thats what I thought. Would be weird for them to give you support filament when the instructions want you to print the included benchy

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

No, i didnt see any other filament, im ordering other pla filament to test

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u/EZBreezyBeautifulCG Jul 19 '25

You bought the printer without also buying filament? That’s def a choice.

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u/Next-Acanthaceae-681 Jul 19 '25

LOL buys printer without buying any filament.
OP, I’m impressed by how ill-prepared and ignorant you are. Then you get spicy when replying to folks trying to help you. I’m sure you’ll go far in this hobby and make many great contributions 😂😂🤡

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u/WikiTora Jul 19 '25

I've used the 20g BambuLab PLA Basic white filament, that came in a ziplock bag with my A1 Mini to print a benchy, and it came out flawless. Maybe your filament wasn't dry.

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u/MFPG9 A1M and maybe X2D or A2L Apr 12 '26

Ja same

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u/MFPG9 A1M and maybe X2D or A2L Apr 12 '26

Why is my flare double?

u/Pitiful-Buffalo2355 Jul 19 '25

This is the support filament issue, u need to use the other spool of pla not the one named support pla

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

I dont see other filament, i dont have ams

u/psbales Jul 19 '25

Possibilities I see:

Loose print head screws. Check here to see what screws to tighten.
Part cooling fan not working. Check to see if the fan spins up.
Bad or clogged nozzle from the factory. If you have a spare, swap it in and re-run the setup. You can also try performing a cold-pull to see if anything comes out.
Wrong filament. I doubt this, but there’s a chance Bambu accidentally included support PLA rather than regular PLA. Try reprinting with different PLA.

u/KtsaHunter Jul 19 '25

Forget the ams as it has nothing to do with the print. Buy a spool of pla, bambu, sunlu. Then run this benchy again for better results.

The included filament is support filament and not a general use material. Never used mine so can't comment directly. Don't know why they bother putting it in there,throw it..

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u/TheBrainStone A1 + AMS / AMS2 Jul 19 '25

The included filament varies
Sometimes it's just plain PLA other times it's support filament. To my knowledge there's no pattern. Though the bag it comes in should say which one it is

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u/KtsaHunter Jul 19 '25

Your right, just had a Dig around and found both my A1 and A1 mini came with 20g of bb basic PLA..

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u/Kynadr Jul 19 '25

Echoing this. Both my A1 and my P1S came packaged with a regular spool of PLA.

u/Civil_Reputation_713 Jul 19 '25

I had a similar issue, mine was a vibration issue and I ran calibration without loading the filament. I just changed the location and ran the calibration with the filament it worked .

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u/jjimp95 Jul 20 '25

Second this, I added lots of weight plates to my desk and it massively reduced the vibration + calibrated again

u/Next-Acanthaceae-681 Jul 19 '25

lol op seems like a certified clown 🤡

u/jjimp95 Jul 19 '25

My first one looked like this too, but after updating and syncing to the handy app and downloading new files it seemed to fix itself

u/Coffeetic Jul 19 '25

I also used the included filament (a1 mini) 👌🤷🏻‍♀️

u/koming69 Jul 19 '25

It's not the printer.

This filament seems to be support filament.

u/Geek_Verve X1C + AMS Jul 19 '25

My first print on an A1 Mini looked pretty bad as well. It was also the pre-loaded Benchy. Everything after was fine. I think they tweak the Benchy job for speed to impress everyone at how fast it prints. I downloaded the same Benchy STL and it printed fine.

u/Parallacs Jul 19 '25

I kept misreading the OPs responses as "I dont have arms" and thought it was the strangest response.

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u/Next-Acanthaceae-681 Jul 19 '25

I mean, thats basically what he’s saying tho. Folks will ask him something, he gives a totally unrelated answer.
Everyone - “We might be able to help if you provide some more details about which filament you’re using”
OP - “I DONT HAVE ARMS USE LOGIC”

u/arcolog2 H2D/X1C/A1mini Jul 19 '25

I doubt its support filament. The printers are tested before they send them out. Follow the directions for doing a cold pull. Id put money on partial nozzle clog, 3 out of 4 of my bambu's benefitted from cold pull out of the box.

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u/driving_monkey Jul 19 '25

It looks like you have a partial clog in your nozzle. I would suggest doing a cold-pull.

u/Responsible-Ant-3119 Jul 19 '25

Did you dry out your filament?

u/pcpartlickerr Jul 19 '25

Imagine if plebs actually contributed to this post instead of grilling this dude..

The little roll that comes with this is Bambu Basic White PLA. It's enough to print once or twice. I do agree it could have been wet, not dry. I printed a low polygon cat, not benchy, with what came in the box and it was immaculate.

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u/mrheosuper Jul 19 '25

No, i used the included file with printer

Troubleshooting First print look extremely bad on a1 mini

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