Michael,
Attached are my cura settings for Ninjaflex for reference. Like an idiot, I modified two things and now my print looks awesome; so I don't know what fixed it.

First, I mechanically leveled my bed (added shims underneath). I was out close to .040" and now I have it within .005" in most areas, .010" at the worst.

Secondly, I did what you suggested. I did a load material through Mattercontrol. I said I was loading Nylon X even though it was Ninjaflex so I had the nozzle up to 260 and I just let it ooze out until Mattercontrol turned it off.

So, I'll give credit to both. I'm assuming leveling helped and who knows, maybe I had some Nylon X plugging up the nozzle a little bit

Once my print is finished, I'll start playing with speeds to see if I can go any faster.

I won't consider this issue resolved or closed but in the monitoring stage.

thanks

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Michael, thanks for the reply. I'll put some flex in the printer sometime in the next couple of days and take a picture of the first layer. I have measured my build plate with an indicator and I know that I'm out about .020" from one side to the other. I'm not running auto level in Cura (I don't know how so if someone does, please help there too) so I know that isn't helping matters either. I plan on shimming my bed to fix that issue but I know that isn't the only problem that I have. I print NylonX no problem, parts come out great (I would have to say somewhat comparable to the prints that we get at work on our Markforged printer so I am content on my NylonX prints). So, given that NylonX is good and TPU is bad, I have to assume that I have some setting issues. I'll get a list of my settings to in my next post.

Does anyone have any good settings for Cura and TPU's (Ninjaflex)? When I explore settings online, I constantly see sites saying that speeds should be around 30mm/sec. If I print at that speed I end up with a bunch of tiny balls somewhat connected with a tiny line. I am finding that I have to print around 10mm/sec to even have a shot.

I've tried increasing the flow rate to 130-150% to try and get more to lay down and I'm still getting a really bad initial layer as well as the following 2 or 3 layers before the print starts to look good. Any help would be appreciated.

thanks

Sorry for the delayed response. Once you do an autolevel in mattercontrol, there is a screen you can go into where it will list out your z values ( I forget where it is). From that you can tell how out of level your bed is.

Sorry for the delay, I've been off the forum for awhile.

I love the pulse. I mainly print with nylon x but also dabble with ninjaflex. I'm still working out the bugs on that material.

Setup and printing are fairly easy. I personally use Cura for slicing and depending on the geometry, humidity and temperature throughout the year, I may change some settings related to flow, speed and temp.

Nylon X prints come out awesome, I'm still working on ninjaflex.

There is also a "z offset" setting in cura that will do just what it says.

When I setup my pulse I use mattercontrol auto level to learn what the z offset is then I use that as a starting point in cura and then do some test prints and finetune the z offset value.

I can't give you a comparison but I can tell you that I was in the same boat as you earlier in the year and I decided to buy the Pulse XE. I liked the idea of the Pulse because of the ruby tip nozzle, spools of NylonX and the dryer all in one package.

I use a MarkForged printer at work so I am very familiar with CF Nylon. So, for Matterhackers to come out with a printer with the best of the best parts on it to work with such a tough material seemed to be the best solution.

And lastly, the fact that it is made in the USA and support is state side finally sold me on the Pulse. I can also speak that in the time that I have had it, the matterhackers support team has been beyond awesome.

That worked. It was a pain on windows 10 because it won't do it but I found a program that would. Reformatted, popped it in and saw all my files. thanks.

Just got my pulse and am excited to start using it. I've attempted to print about 6 parts so far with varying results, 2 good, 4 bad. During all of this I need my laptop hooked up to the printer which is a pain. I want to load a file using the SD reader.

So, I save the code to the SD card, insert the SD card into viki and it says card inserted. But when I click the wheel, the new screen says no SD card. Is there a secret on how to actually print via SD on this printer?

Any help would be appreciated.