The old filament printed great the last time I printed, then I order the new filament and it printed bad. The time between the old and new filament was about 2 weeks.

I didn't damage the nozzle when cleaning it because I didn't even do anything, it was already totally clear. There was a lot of plastic in the threaded tube that connects to the nozzle. Is that normal? I would guess it is since the filament has to melt and fill this area before it can come out the nozzle. I didn't clean this out, but maybe I should have. That's the only thing I can think of.

My original suggestion:
Time for an e3d? I'm thinking you may have damaged the nozzle during cleaning or have some other sort of partial clog. Delay in extrusion would seem to indicate that.

I'm going to take the extruder out again and clean it out, just in case I missed something. But the tip was totally clean when I took it apart the first time.

I know what to do now. I still have a little bit of my old filament left. I will print a small piece and see if it comes out right. That will tell me for sure if it's the filament or a setting. lol. Why didn't I think of that before.

Extra length on startup is set at 0mm, and both sliders are set at 100% And I took apart the extruder and it was totally clear.

It sounds like it might just be the filament I bought. I just hate to buy new filament since I just purchased it.

As for the delay in extrusion make sure "extra length on restart" is set to 0 in Slic3r's Printer Settings tab. Also make sure the flow rate slider in Repetier Host under the manual control tab is set to 100%. It may also be a partial clog.

I see some Z banding in your print as well, but bad filament can do that too.

Once it stops printing to move to a new location, it takes a second for the filament to start coming out again.

I normally have the filament retract 2mm when it relocates to a new position, but this still happens even when I don't have the filament retract when it moves location.

It seems like, when the extruder moves to a new location to start printing, I need the extruder to extrude 4mm before it tries to print the actual object. That way the filament will be at the tip of the extruder ready to come out.

I'm stumped.

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I have had the SD2 for probably 1.5 years. When I bought the machine I also bought 2 rolls of filament from solidoodle. I just ran out of the last roll and bought a new roll. I didn't buy the new filament from SD this time, but from another company.

Oh, and I'm using ABS.

Could this be from bad filament? I would assume I have a setting wrong somewhere, but I'm not a 3d printing expert or even close to it. The filament that I bought was sealed up air tight when I bought it and printed like this the moment I opened the package.

What brand is it?

Oh, and I'm using ABS.

Could this be from bad filament? I would assume I have a setting wrong somewhere, but I'm not a 3d printing expert or even close to it. The filament that I bought was sealed up air tight when I bought it and printed like this the moment I opened the package.

It seems to be printing fine, until it stops to change positions and then starts printing again. The plastic doesn't come out right away and after a second it starts coming out. This becomes a huge problem when it tries to print in little areas or tries to print supports. Basically no plastic comes out.

Attached is a picture of a part I printed. The sides are suppose to be filled in, but there are only little bits of messed up plastic in them. I have messed with every setting to all extremes and it hasn't fixed this. I've also cleaned out the nozzle(which was clean) and nothing changed.

What am I missing here?!?!