K2 first layer printing

Flagship K Series Creality Flagship K2 Plus & CFS
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Hi All, I highly recommend printing a first layer calibration test if you get a new filament type that you are having any issues with.
Or just to see what you can fine tune… As a FYI I can push printing of some filaments up to 200% speed and get good quality printing..

If you use something like

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And manually play with z-offset & flow/speed, you can see what the results are as you move from 0 offset up to a point that it starts detaching from the bed .
You also observe what offset peels off the build plate in a consistent layer vs prints OK but structural issues

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I use this method combined with fluidd speed increases to push the limits of flow/printing to obtain far faster prints.. (even printing first layer at speeds)

The more you experiment the more you see what effects / results the tweaks do or not do.

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I just recently learned the hard way that they’re Z calibration on the LCD, simply serves as a modal delivery system to tell me to basically set it in the slicer. I haven’t printed on my k2 in months as it needed parts replaced (typical with a k2), and I don’t miss this stress. My $300 elegoo printers out-shine this piece of trash any day with ease.

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Yeah, I have all of these printers and no, it doesn’t. I put 1000 hours on one of the K2’s before they needed anything more than an extruder or a nozzle.. Allego makes good resin printers. I’ll give them that.. they don’t outshine anything though. K2’s are very basic super easy to work on if yours is down for months it’s due to user error