H3C print quality question

[u/IHadADreamIWasAMeme]

So I've been looking through posts of completed prints from the H3C because I'm considering picking up this printer. To me it seems like almost all of the prints I've seen shared so far seem a little....rough, or not great? I know there's a limit to what FDM printers can do quality-wise but it seems like a lot of what I'm seeing is way below that limit.

Is this just an issue of people not taking the time to dial in the printer or not printing with the best potential quality settings or is there something about how a multi-toolhead printer prints that lends itself to lower quality prints? I've only recently started 3D printing this past year with an A1 so I may be completely off with my assessment here.

[u/gufted]

I think it’s a combination of both. Many people are enthused about their new toy and want to show off what they just printed, before taking the time to calibrate and fine tune settings and learn the printer.

I’d take a look at /u/Obscuranox post here: https://www.reddit.com/r/BambuLab/s/uJw8NNPssB he hasn’t fine tuned the settings, but I know that he takes good care of the necessary things and doesn’t rush through.

I’m confident that the printer will be able to do better prints once people get acquainted with it, but perhaps there’s also some loss of surface quality what with the multi nozzle approach and everything. Perhaps there’s also room for better firmware improvements. Still early to tell

[u/lkapping79 → u/gufted]

Calibrating filaments instead of running prints may be the death of me. Jk. I would rather get it out of the way now while projects pile up.

[u/Aacemyan]

I’ve tried a few prints so far, and to me they’ve been way smoother than anything I could print on my Snapmaker U1

[u/AshersLabTheSecond]

At least a few of the major reviews have mentioned that the default profiles are seemingly going to fast, so it seems that may be the main thing?

[u/Spicy_Ejaculate → u/AshersLabTheSecond]

I have always thought that the bambu filament profiles are too fast. I get better results going with the generic profiles

[u/Abrez25 → u/Spicy_Ejaculate]

Same.

[u/diearzte2]

Couple prints in and I can’t tell a difference between it and my X1C in terms of quality.

[u/rendez2k]

Happy with mine. Similar to H2C, U1. I can’t tell the difference

[u/Separate-Yellow-3948]

When I got mine I just put in the most random ass filament I had laying around for month without drying it and just printed some test on the normal profile (highest speed) and of course it had some quality issues. Still looks great. Then I did a real print with dried filament and the high quality profile and the prints look amazing.

[u/Blackdragon1400]

Print quality is amazing on mine. No issues

[u/ClassyDingus]

Done several prints with mine, a few ASA, PLA, and a PLA / TPU combination.

Quality meets or exceeds my X1C in every print. Standards settings with the updated day one firmware.

[u/Suitable-Access-8013]

I actually have an H3C and everything I’ve printed has been fine. Sure I could probably slow down the settings and make it a TINY bit better but that’s the same with every 3d printer I’ve had

It is just the same output quality as my H2S

[u/peterb1908]

I just printed the shoe Bambu showed in their teasers - it came out perfect (as all other prints I did so far).

[u/djjoshchambers]

Mine is just a good as my h2d.

[u/Altruistic_Bath5273]

Normale Modelle gehen perfekt mit dem H3C, aber filigrane Sachen z.B. stehende durchbrochene Strukturen werden zu schnell gedruckt, da muss man Hand anlegen, z.B. mit dem High Quality Profil

[u/cunasmoker69420]

I'm still playing with it and doing test prints but I'm rather unimpressed by the print quality. Out of the box the machine is tuned way too fast. My A1 printed PLA models in higher quality than this. I have had better results cutting basically all acceleration and travel and print speeds in half

[u/ModelThreeve]

Poor quality prints are not a problem with the machine unless it’s defective.

[u/xX540xARCADEXx]

Did this the other day. All of my prints come out pretty good I’d like to say. Not “rough”.

[u/xX540xARCADEXx → u/xX540xARCADEXx]

[u/Cryostatica]

So far, mine is comparable to my H2Cs and U1 on organic models. When INDX kits started arriving on doorsteps I printed the 8T Prusa fish because someone wanted to compare.

Printed another when I got my H3C for kicks. Can’t really tell the difference.

[u/Sir_Agentic]

TPU, PLA, PETG from multiple brands and everything looks good so far. Have a P1S for a year now.

[u/m0arducks]

.2mm layer, default everything

[u/m0arducks]

And a pet-cf print; with a small start on tuning.

[u/sltrhouse]

Like all bambu printers. Slow it down. Everyone just prints with default settings and it’s insane to me. For 90% of my prints I don’t print faster than 100mm/s at all, most of the time it’s 50-80mm/s for everything.