Areas above supports usually have a less-than-ideal surface quality. Before you decide to use
supports, try to move/rotate the object to find an orientation that will require less or even no
supports.
8.7 Print speed vs Print quality
Printing a small object takes a few minutes, but printing larger models are more time consuming -
there are prints that will take dozens of hours to finish. There are
various elements affecting the
print time.
The first way to affect the printing speed is to
change layer height
in PrusaSlicer - the
upper right window shows the Print settings option. The default setting is
0.15 mm QUALITY,
but
you can
speed up the printer by choosing the 0.20 mm (SPEED)
option - or even 0.25 mm DRAFT
quality. Raising the layer height will result in
less detailed models
with more prominent layers. If you
prefer quality over speed, choose a 0.10 mm (DETAIL) option. Printing time will increase noticeably,
however, the models will look better. Increasing the printing speed may result in a less-detailed
model.
Our
most used profiles 0.15 mm and 0.20 mm
come in two different versions.
•
Quality
- slower perimeters and infill, gives you better surface quality
•
Speed
- faster perimeters and infill without much sacrifice of surface quality
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