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Answer·Materials·October 30, 2026

What retraction settings should you use for ABS and ASA?

Your printer's own: shipped ABS and ASA profiles use 0.7 to 0.8 mm on direct-drive Prusa and Bambu printers (0.4 mm for Bambu ABS) and 2.5 to 6.5 mm on Bowden.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

How do you calibrate retraction distance?

Print a retraction tower (OrcaSlicer tests 0 to 2 mm in 0.1 mm steps, a new length every 1 mm of height) and keep the shortest length whose band prints clean.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 30, 2026

Can Z hop cause stringing?

Yes. Prusa says a lower Lift Z improves stringing. Keep the hop low (Bambu Studio ships 0.4 mm) and lift on a slope, spiral or ramp instead of straight up.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What retraction settings should you use on an Ender 3?

Bowden Ender-3, Pro and V2: 4 to 6.5 mm (Cura gives the Ender-3 and V2 5 mm at 45 mm/s). Direct-drive S1, S1 Pro, V3 SE and V3 KE: 0.5 to 1.2 mm.

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Answer·Materials·October 30, 2026

What retraction settings should you use for PETG?

Shipped PETG profiles retract 0.4 to 1 mm at 30 to 45 mm/s on direct-drive printers and 2.5 to 8 mm on Bowden printers, close to each printer's PLA values.

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Answer·Materials·October 30, 2026

What retraction settings should you use for PLA?

Shipped PLA profiles retract 0.4 to 0.8 mm at 30 to 50 mm/s on direct-drive printers and 2.5 to 6.5 mm at 45 to 70 mm/s on Bowden printers.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What should retraction distance be?

Direct drive: 0.7 to 0.8 mm, as Bambu Lab, Prusa and Creality profiles ship. Bowden: 2.5 to 6.5 mm (Prusa MINI 2.5 to 3.2 mm, UltiMaker S5 6.5 mm).

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 30, 2026

What happens if retraction distance is too high?

Soft filament is pulled up into the heatbreak and jams, the gear grinds it, and lines restart with gaps. Bambu Lab and Prusa's MK3S cap it at 2 mm.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What is retraction distance when cut?

How far Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer pull filament back before the cutter cuts it at a filament change: 18 mm by default, and the field only accepts 10 to 18 mm.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

Where are the retraction settings in Bambu Studio?

Printer settings > Extruder > Retraction: Bambu Lab profiles ship 0.8 mm length and 0.4 mm Z hop. Per filament: Filament settings > Setting Overrides, which wins.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

Where are the retraction settings in Cura?

Print settings panel, Show Custom, Travel category. Most fields are hidden: search "retract". Cura's base Retraction Distance is 6.5 mm at 25 mm/s.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What should retraction speed be?

Use your profile's value: 30 mm/s on Bambu Lab printers, 35 to 45 mm/s on Prusa's direct-drive printers, 70 mm/s on the Bowden Prusa MINI, 25 mm/s in Cura.

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Answer·Materials·October 30, 2026

What retraction settings should you use for TPU?

Start from your slicer's TPU profile: 0.4 mm on Bambu Lab X1 Carbon, P1S and A1, 2.5 mm on Prusa MK4S and CORE One, off on the MK3S, 3 to 8 mm on Bowden printers.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What is retraction in 3D printing?

Pulling filament back before a travel move so the nozzle stops oozing: 0.8 mm at 30 mm/s in Bambu Studio's X1 Carbon profile, 3.2 mm at 70 mm/s on a Bowden Prusa MINI.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What is Z hop in 3D printing?

Z hop lifts the nozzle after a retraction so travel moves clear the print. Bambu Studio ships it on at 0.4 mm; UltiMaker Cura ships it off, set to 1 mm.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 30, 2026

Why is my 3D print stringing?

Stringing is plastic leaking from the nozzle on travel moves. Check a wet spool first, then heat (UltiMaker: 5 °C lower per print), retraction and long travels.

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Answer·Troubleshooting·October 30, 2026

Why is PETG so stringy?

Shipped profiles run PETG 20 to 35 °C hotter than PLA, and its melt draws out into threads. Dry it, drop the nozzle 5 to 10 °C, and expect a few fine hairs.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

What should Z hop height be?

0.2 to 0.4 mm on a 0.4 mm nozzle. Bambu Studio and OrcaSlicer ship 0.4 mm, PrusaSlicer 0.4 mm on the Prusa MK3S and 0.2 mm on the MINI, Cura's Creality profiles 0.2 mm.

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Answer·Hardware·October 30, 2026

Which Z hop type should you use?

Keep your profile's type: Bambu Lab printer profiles ship Auto, which picks Slope or Spiral per travel. OrcaSlicer's own default is Slope at a 3° Traveling angle.

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