How to get best quality prints from XYZ Da Vinci 1.0

For small, thin prints like that, I use a slow speed and a fan pointing at the print.
I would use slic3r and reduce the speed till you get a good print.

Could you please guide on how to use sli3r for this?

I'm a newbie.
Thanks In advance.

If you want to use only the XYZWare, for now, there are some mods that will help.

As said , slow the print. Considering youre using a raft, try opening the door while printing.
W/out a raft the print may pop off w/ cool air coming in.
Im using AquaNet now. The UHU glue stuck so hard, the glass bed got a tiny chip.

Belts loose is a problem. Mine now sound like a plucked guitar string.

Loose pulleys mod- See http://voltivo.com/forum/davinci-hwmods … dware-mods- post #395.
Inserting cut out plastic shims from credit card stock. I managed to do this, remove plastic side panels help.
This cured circles and small prints for me.
There is a kit sold using washers, wave shims http://www.wctek.com/shop/da-vinci-3d-p … s-kit.html. The owner is good.
But printer parts must be dismantled to use. Havnt got to that point.

Hi thanks a lot for this! I've loaded in the config file. And would set the parameters as you have, Then i have to export the STL or the gcode?

Could you let me know where I can find hacked version of xyzware? I'll also try sd card method too. But don't want to open up right now

Several weeks ago I had a case of the fingers working before the brain was engaged - I turned on the computer and the first thing that came up after the typical startup programs loading was this prompt for "the upgrade" (the one from rev-J to what I called rev-Hell) mostly because after reading and re-reading all of the various prompts and suggestions on this site for reverting back to "rev-J" or earlier - I pretty much wasted the next 4+ hours before figuring out all that was needed to get back to the same place that I was before saying "Yes" for that "upgrade."  I know a lot of people have gone thru much of the same routines and know what I'm referring to - so now when I read the message above about how easy it is to use the FlashAir SD card - they're right, it's easy to upload the files to the card this way but isn't it also opening the door to allow some additional access to the existing XYZware again?  I'm not inclined to ever let that happen again so my choice is to limit that possibility by never having my internet access open on this computer while the printer is turned on.  If the folks at XYZ want to dink with the software that I prefer to have they're going to have to work hard to get to it.  That probably has some ramifications to my inclination to call for support, but I'll make that tradeoff pretty easily.  So it's back to the stone-ages with my hand on the switch - but at least it's my hand, not theirs!  I just installed the SD extended cable connector and it routes along the side of the cabinet and makes it easy to access the SD card that way.  I know that everyone has their options and reasons for picking them, but in this case making it tooooo easy for me may also work that way for others!  It's not about being paranoid - just PO'd!

Had I known what was in store behind that "update" I could have made a different decision but it didn't work out that way.  It's a sad note to think that we all bought and paid for a product from a company that we should have been able to trust (they would have gained so much more if that were true) but now we have to choose our own options for our own reasons - I hope everyone will choose them carefully.  Thanks.

I am curious about this as well. All of these WiFi flash cards I have seen regardless of brand function only in one direction. You setup your network and program on the PC you want the card to transfere images to. Anytime the card is in range of your network the program sees it and pulls any images from it that are new. I have yet to see one that you could push data to. That was why I bought one to use as described here with the printer but I can't seem to get it to work both ways.

Could someone explain the advantage of the wireless sd card over using the hacked firmware?  Is it just a matter of preference and not having to have a usb cable ran?  Also even with the hacked firmware do you still need to add the header to the gcode?  I have not seen much info on the hacked firmware.

The wireless SD card is a wireless means of uploading files to the printer instead of an SD extension cable or usb cable. It also has the advantage (as would an extension cable) that you don't need to do anything with your gcode file apart from rename it to one of the demo files such as SAMPLE01.gcode, no header required. It's only the xyzware program that uses the header.
I'm still on the stock firmware but I believe you don't need to do anything to your gcode files with Repetier either.

There are printers on the market such as Makerbot and some of the homebrew kits as well with Wifi built in. Including a camera to monitor it as we.. But these also will cost you $1500 plus. The Makerbot will put you back $3000.

I agree with your perceptions Scobo - it's always a tradeoff between the dollars and the basic capability and for the price I believe it's a better than average investment.  The construction and capabilities of the unit may look a bit different in a couple of years if the company pays attention to forums such as this and the value of the comments (both positive and negative) and if they don't we'll all be trying to keep the box alive by some means but by that time another "new" player will have taken their position in the field.  I hope they do pay attention and that eventually the mix of existing things that work well and those that need further attention will end up with an even better product.

Considering the money that I didn't spend for one of those other "boxes" (with heated plates, closed off enclosure, etc.) there's a lot of latitude for working with what I have to improve those results.  Wonder how many ft (sorry - meters) of filament you could buy for a that difference... wow!

Check your bearing mounts. I'll wager at least one of them may be broken.