@BobB

Oh - I was printing on the V2 textured glass provided with the unit. Just no sticking, despite cleaning with isopropyl. Left everything at default temps - 200C PLA temp, and 60C bed temp. Using PLA+

@BobB
Thanks for the reply. I MAY have it - finally. After a week. I've leveled once again, no different than I've done dozens of times before, BUT - I got in the stiffer bed springs (the yellow ones that are the correct length for the Ender 3 V2), and installed them. Also got some Elmers Disappearing purple stick glue and applied to the bed - AFTER going over it - again - with isopropyl. Normally, I'd use Acetone, but that was in the garage and didn't want to run up and get it.

It is NOW - at long last - printing, and has been printing the "dog" model on the original SD card, for almost 20 minutes. Many hours to go yet - so we'll see how it all goes through the end...

BUT AT LAST!!!

@tundwd Here's my frustation:

I see instructions to level... Should the printer be on or off? Seems it should be on, but not everyone starts off telling you to disable and autohome, etc. So - START WITH IT ON OR OFF?

2. If leveling before warming up ( seems some do that, others don't) - I would assume if you leveled cold - you should re-level after it's warmed up? No one really seems to say.

3. And so many just jump after bed leveling to printing. So it appears the unit is ON the entire process - but no one really says.

4. So - you start (cold or hot?) with the paper just starting to drag - then back off a bit so it no longer drags - do that several times around the perimeter. Then (was the unit pre-heated prior to this or not?) magically start printing.

5. And if you leveled cold, then heated the unit up and waited until pre-heated, and then re-leveled - should the paper "just drag" or not?

WHERE CAN ONE FIND QUITE CLEAR, STEP-BY-STEP INSTRUCTIONS OR TUTORIALS - and please don't point me to the crap I keep running into. If they don't say "start cold" or "start hot" with the leveling, and just go on telling you to level - they aren't clear. Everyone SHOULD realize that when it gets hotter, tolerances get tighter and things expand. So - is THAT where one should end up? Cold level, pre-heat, then just print?

Same issue - but I've NEVER had a print at all. New, have been doing everything I can think of. Getting EXTREMELY frustrated, as nothing seems to work.

The PLA just gums up and balls up on the hot end, and drags a few wisps of PLA around with it as it moves.

The real frustration is the "measurements" voiced by everyone. "Put a piece of paper under it until it just starts to drag, and then back off a tad". WTF is a "tad"? I've done that, and I don't know if the hot end is too low and not giving the PLA enough room, or it's too high. At least I haven't scored the glass yet with the hot end.

HELP!

Just got a new V2 printer, and set it up last night. I used the "paper table leveling" technique I've seen on several YT videos. Got to where the printhead would just start dragging as I would run it under the printhead, then just lowered table enough to let it move freely.

Checked everything over, and turned it on, and warmed it up to default temps. Checked table level again. Selected one of the provided models that was already processed on the card (the dog). Started printing.

From the home position, it ran a line down the table, which started curling up some, but then seemed fine. Once it started printing the model, by going to the center, and running a "ring" around the model, that would not stick to the table, and the printhead would hit it, and caused it to ball up and gum up on the printhead. So I cancelled it.

So - what could be the issue(s)? Everything was left at default, leveling was performed, and used the model. Is the model really "prepared" for this printer? Should I have brought the stl into Cura and re-exported the model (seemingly with settings once I selected the printer)?

Not sure where to proceed here...