XYZ PLA now available (Page 1 of 3)

They might have there own pla formula that works with there nozzle.

If not like you say there in for a lot of frustrated customers.

Ordered some now and should tell you in a day or two if it works.

Mine is a duo running standard software and firmware.  So yes am an ideal candidate to get a measure of how many issues they will get.

Am also within 10 minutes drive of their support center so.....

OK package arrived and am currently printing with PLA.

Initial impressions - new packaging.  All previous cartridges have been received with just cartridge in the box with a silica jell pack to remove moisture.  The PLA one has come and in the box it is also double vacum wrapped.  Also new is there is now a center insert to lock the spool aswell as the previous little rubber bung.  Maybe someone else can advise if this is a new general revision for their cartridges or if this is only for the PLA.

Loading, no issues at all.  Went straight in, although I did do a double purge until the clear filament came through and any trace of the old abs could not be seen.

Printing - still in progress.  Printing 2 Linkings from Thingiverse as a test.

Extruder temp is showing as 192 degrees and print bed at 43 degrees.

So far "it just works", another hour or so to see the final results.

I have a feeling trying to use both extruders simultaneously one with ABS and one with PLA may cause issues.  May try it for a tets, but realistically I don't think I'd need to do that yet.

And now I have an issue.  The PLA stops feeding after a while, presumably the heat creep that others have reported to be issue on PLA.  Now XYZ site does say to change printer head is needed....and I have not.

This should now be interesting as the PLA filament is available in Japan where I live, but locally XYZPrinting does not sell the printer heads.  Let's see how support handles this.

Have a look at some of the other PLA and exotic filament threads. There are easy ways to get around the heat creep.

I was checking this out on their site yesterday, and I can't remember where I found it but I came across a page that listed the PLA compatibility with all of their machines. The 1.0 and I think one other model were listed as "Upgrade," but the rest of them were compatible.

Ok. Good luck with that, considering their track record.

@dazee

Well that seems like BS.  That is like $167 in US dollars.

This is from their website:

Model Name Product Name (first five digit of the serial number) Material Compatible (PLA)

da Vinci 1.0 3DP01              Upgrade Kits
da Vinci 2.0 Duo 3F20X       Upgrade Kits
da Vinci 1.0A 3F10A             OK
da Vinci 1.0AiO 3S10A          OK
da Vinci 2.0A Duo 3F20A       OK
da Vinci 1.1Plus 3F11X          OK

So if you have the 2.0 Duo and not the 2.0A Duo that really sucks to pay that cost to print PLA.  I will be getting some for my 1.0A and trying it as well.

I love how their website "suggests" that you buy a new extruder "to ensure the printing quality".

Yeah, like I'm going to swap out my whole extruder assembly just so I can switch to printing a different material.

I actually would like a spare extruder, so would not be too upset to pay.  But.... the fact that they will not sell you spares in Japan, or allow to buy the spares in the US for shipping outside the US, and that they have said they require the printer to be sent to them, gives me the impression that they are intending to keep the old one.  Maybe I'll be surprised and get my spare extruder after all.  Time will tell.

I have version 1.0A of the Davinci.  I have ordered the natural PLA cartridge from Amazon.  I will be a guinea pig.  I will report my findings here.  Going into this test, since I have a stock 1.0A, I expect it to work with no issues but we shall see...