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Added a PEI plate for my Artillery Genius using bull clips, and after leveling the leveling/adhesion test print comes out like this. Is this just me leveling the bed too close to the nozzle, or is it the pei plate not heating up as much as the original glass bed? It's at 60c btw

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[–] nieceandtows@programming.dev 1 points 5 days ago (1 children)

Makes sense, thanks for the picture. Is there a trick to the right friction when using the paper method?

[–] fhein@lemmy.world 2 points 4 days ago

I think it's more of an art form than an exact science to get perfect calibration using the paper method. It gives a decent starting point for further manual adjustment though. Personally I prefer to put a lamp behind the printer, and then babystep the nozzle down until I can no longer see any gap between it and the bed, but that also usually requires a few minor adjustments afterwards.