My Cura Settings for Prusa i3 Clone CTC PLA

As requested the Cura settings I use. Please comment if you think they can be improved and hit the like button if you agree or this helps.

[aydenowens]

Thank you sir. After i put these in my cura my printer now prints PRESTINE prints, they are probably the best prints ive ever seen or made.

[_Dandle]

Hi, just wanted to say thanks a lot for this video and your printer build video. I'm a complete beginner to 3D printing, and I have the same printer as you, but the instructions mine came with were completely wrong, so I would have been stuck without your help. But thanks to you, it's happily printing away right next to me as I type this :)

[geospectrum]

Thanks for this. I have just done a test print using your settings and got a big improvement ie it worked! Thanks

[dariusz]

Wow great settings, prints are so much better thanks.

[dannybartel]

I'd love to see an updated version for a recent version of Cura. The setting and terminology have changed significantly.

[whitewolfskin]

can you share your settings with the latest cura version? They changed a lot and I cant find all of your settings in the video.

[darrenjones]

Brilliant, I used your settings and now I have actually printed something ☺ my problem now is that when I print, I use string ( I think that's what it's called ) instead of grid! and some of the layers has collapsed here and there.

[goldbunny]

Just a note on filament diameter; In my experience they vary rather more than you'd expect, Ive seen 1.75mm filament measure at 1.62mm and as wide as 1.78mm, in general manufacturers seem to err unwisely on the side of too small rather than too big which is a mistake of poor logic because eg. 0.03mm error 1.78mm/1.75mm v. 1.75mm/1.72mm *isn't* an equal amount of diameter inaccuracy; The calculation used is Pi xR-Squared Cross Sectional AREA of the filament not radius alone, so comparison1 is 2.487/2.404 =1.034, 3.4% too big versus 2.700mm/2.404mm = 1.035 or 3.5% too small for the same 0.02mm - You should not assume that your filament IS 1.75mm but instead use digital calipers to measure it OR be ready to adjust %flow to compensate for over/under extrusion.

[Stephen-qqoc]

The steps per mm are set on the printer itself I assume (thro the LED menu), and the slicer/gcode sends info in mm's.  Think mine are something like X and Y 78, Z 2560.  Then you can do some calibration runs (or manual movement) and measure the actual results.

[lesleeoakes]

Do you have updated settings for the latest Cura version?

[medicon]

hi, thanks for the tutorial.... but I can't work with my printer because I don't have the drivers, my printer is a prusa i3 reprap aurora... please did you know where ca I find the drivers???

[garywateridge]

Hi I have a ctc prusa 3d printer. Curs says no printer connected.has a 2560 motherboard.device manager shows no drivers loaded do you know how I can get the drivers for the 2560 geetech clone motherboard.thankyou

[gavintownsend]

I followed your assembly vid witch was good but every time I try to print u wants to push the print nozzle through the bed

[ciorikburic]

will this work for a hictop prusa I3 spinoff?

[rafacarbonell]

Can you share your settings in a file?

[radiorob]

for speed,
shake/vibrating, coincidental I'm working on that now
Can you also change the settings in your LCD screen?
acceleration, eg jerk, view jerk v max, x speed
In my screen it was: v max x 200 now 150
and v max y 200 now 150
a travel 2000 now 1700
My machine vibrant also a lot and missing the Y axis steps!
now not anymore! :-)
try this too?

success and kind regards from the Netherlands!
Rob.

[ArcAiN]

how are you using cura 15.x.x when currently, cura is 3.6.x ??

[alanpedder]

my a13 ctc keeps saying change filament at start up

[David-hirp]

another thing slow your print speed down by using the control knob to 70% other wise machine try to do much to fast