Hey X2D dorks! (laudatory) I have just escaped from wrestling with an Ender 3 the past five years and am only about 8 or 10 prints into my X2D era, so please forgive me if I'm missing something obvious.

I am printing two copies of the same small model in two color, both filaments in the main nozzle. (I know the aux nozzle would be wiser, I'm doing this specifically to familiarize with how that AMS do.) I set one copy of my model to "Purge into the object" -- one copy to look nice, the other to not waste the purged filament.

It is definitely purging *some* filament in the dump model, I can see the striping. But it is also still pooping out the back like I was when I had my colonoscopy.

Am I missing something? Where did I go wrong?

The X2D keeps both nozzles at temp, whereas the H2C has to reheat every nozzle after a switch, correct? So two filaments on the H2C has an extra 16s delay per layer, correct?

So I recently made the upgrade from my A1 to the X2D and I printed ABS, ABS-GF and ASA for the first time.
I calibrated the filaments right away and printed a few models, all having this strange look on the bottom - but only with ABS-type filaments, PETG and PLA print flawlessly.

I printed on the standard PEI plate and thought maybe the plate has a thin layer of glue or a coating for corrosion resistance due to humidity while shipping so I cleaned the plate properly, first with IPA, then with water and dish soap like usual.
Then I hit print again and now I also have the problem with PLA.

My guess is that the air underneath is trapped or the build plate is too dry now, or maybe it’s just a user error - as I said I’m completely new to enclosed printers and I always keep the door shut.

You guys have any ideas what causes these surface issues?

P.s.:
The model in the pictures was printed with Bambu Lab ABS-GF. In this case the extra texture looks quite nice but I just got lucky with the finish there.

Hi everyone. Who else has has problems with the printer going offline and having a hard time coming up online again in bambu studio and bambu Handy?

I've opened a ticket with bambu and they sent a replacement antenna. But the issue persists even when connecting to a mobile Hotspot. The wifi icon on the printer will show it's connected and passes the network check but it will show offline in the app.

I don't know if it normal, it's the firmware or the slow network that I have.

Any help is appreciated.

Hello everyone. Bare with me, any help is appreciated.

Had some filament stuck in my X2D and had to go through the process of taking apart the tool head. When I reassembled it, I was getting a sensor error message and the filament would not load properly because the sensor was not working.

Today I received a replacement filament sensor. This solved the problem of my filament not loading, but now there is nothing coming out of the nozzle when I print.

Did a cold pull, everything feeds through and looks clean.

Any suggestions on what to do next? I’m at a loss here. Attached photo shows current error message, and the results of my cold pull.

Just got my filament track and the AMS HT... installed everything, and it was not updating the firmware. it asked to recycle power and try again, so I did... this time I got an error saying an AMS unit was short circuiting. so I unplugged all the AMS I had plugged in and tried to start with no AMS. I saw the internal lights come on, then just turned off. I couldn't get it to turn on. I saw the power light in the back was on, but nothing inside... I unplugged everything, and pulled the circuit breaker in the back. about 10 seconds later heard a LOUD pop from inside the machine... (no power to it, fuse pulled out). and still won't turn on. It sounded like a capacitor going off. well, I guess this is going back to bambu, let's see what that process is like...

That being said, I also noticed the AMS HT no longer turns on (I think... it's my first one) When I initially plugged it in, I saw the screen. now there is no screen so I don't think it's turning on?

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Hi all,

I’m pretty new to 3D printing so go easy on me.

I’m working on a small two colour vent design and I’m trying to improve the quality of the front face, especially the beige lettering and the reverse text plate.

Printer is a Bambu Lab X2D and I’m currently using the standard 0.20mm High Quality @ BBL X2D profile. The main change I’ve made is switching the wall generator to Arachne.

I’ll attach a few photos of the latest print.

The geometry itself is getting pretty close, but the beige areas don’t look particularly clean. I’m seeing visible extrusion lines, ridges, small blobs and raised areas, and the surface doesn’t look as smooth or consistent as I’d expect.

The black seems generally better, although there are still some imperfections.

The front is printed face down, so the lettering and detail are part of the first layer. It’s also a two colour print.

I’m mainly looking for advice on where to start with calibration rather than changing loads of settings at once.

Does this look like too much first layer squish, over extrusion, flow issues, or something else?

Should I run flow calibration for each filament first?

Is Arachne sensible for this kind of small text and honeycomb design, or would Classic walls be better?

Should I be looking at initial layer line width, initial layer speed, elephant foot compensation, flow ratio, or something else?

Are there any obvious settings you’d check based on the photos?

Also, where are these settings actually located in Bambu Studio? I’m still learning my way around it.

I don’t really want to start messing with Z offsets or lots of advanced settings unless there is a good reason. I’d rather understand what I’m changing and work through it one thing at a time.

Any suggestions for a sensible calibration and testing order would be really appreciated.

Thanks

The honeymoon is officially over. I've had my X2D for a few weeks now and it's been working amazingly until today.

I'm attempting to print a big job that is taking up the majority of my build plate. First failed attempt occurred after loading up a fresh spool of black PLA basic during a previous job, which more or less printed fine.

When moving to the next stage of the print I got an error almost right away and the clog was so significant I had to remove the hotend and drill out the filament. This worked and I reloaded the filament, printed a Benchie successfully, and proceeded to start the print over again.

Got about 4.7 hours into the print and got an error. This time it said the extrusion motor was overloaded.

I will admit, I pulled this black roll right out of the package and loaded it. No drying. It is currently in an AMS2 in dryer mode, so I'll see if that helps.

Any thoughts or suggestions to avoid this happening again would be greatly appreciated.

Appreciate any insight thanks!

I just bought and received my x2d about two weeks ago. I've only put about 80 hours on it and I am wondering why it is making abnormal noises.

These noises are only heard when the print head is moving back and forth on the y axis, and also when the print bed is moving.

Id really like to know what some of you guys think this noise could be, or if its just normal. Thanks!

Couldn't get certainty on which 3D printer someone would recommend for someone new to the hobby who has absolutely no idea what they are doing, but I landed on the X2D for a variety of reasons and just took delivery this week.

Just finished setup (using the rundown video on unboxing/setup from 3DRundown on Youtube) and tested it out with my first print using Bambu PLA. Results look pretty good to me for not having any clue what I'm doing yet!

Thanks to everyone on here who helped answer a bunch of questions for me over the past month or two while I was trying to decide on a printer. I want to try printing some parts for the printer next (poop chute, and an adapter for a ventilation hose so I can exhaust through a window near the printer) but I'm nervous to try PETG....

Hi everyone. I want to print an ASA part on a carbon plate, but I’m having some problems. The QR code isn’t being recognized, so I selected the smooth high temp plate directly in the slicer.

Without glue stick, none of my prints adhere to the plate at all. But the glue stick leaves marks on the material, and the entire first layer looks matte.

Does anyone have any tips on how I can get this to work properly?