# Calibration and Printing Issues **URL:** \ **Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\ **Created:** [January 24, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055 "2026-01-24T00:26:40Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 9\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![cdmcmillon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/cdmcmillon/32/31327_2.png) [@cdmcmillon](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/cdmcmillon)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 12:26am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/1 "2026-01-24T00:26:40Z")
Help please! I’m just not getting this. I’ve spent days calibrating. I’ve gone through all the calibrations I can find online. • Printing Temperature (Nozzle): 210 • Build Plate (Bed) Temperature: 70 • Flow Rate: 95.24 • Retraction Distance: 0.5 • Retraction Speed / Prime Speed: 40 • Z Hop: .2 Despite all my calibration prints coming out well, at least from what I can tell, every time I try to actually print something, I have problems. In this case stringing. There was virtually no stringing at all on my test. This is the Snapmaker PLA that came with the machine, it’s in a filament dryer as well. Any advice would be appreciated. ![20260123_181514](https://us1.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/uploads/snapmaker/original/3X/c/2/c23a870b299bc949ef2ded2e0342459294f1afba.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![clewis](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/clewis/32/3255_2.png) [@clewis](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/clewis)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 3:18am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/2 "2026-01-24T03:18:05Z")
Nozzle at 210 might be too hot. I get less stringing at 190 vs. 210. Have you printed a temperature tower? If not, @xchrisd ‘s [3D Print Guide](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/3d-print-guide-walk-through/5945) has some downloadable GCode. It looks like a lot of stringing, but nothing that can’t be cleaned up post print. But I’m also seeing your overhangs curl a bit, which also says “too hot” to me. Is that skirt solid? It looks like it tore on the left side of that picture. ---
**Author:** ![abbat](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/7ea924/32.png) [@abbat](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/abbat)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 4:20am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/3 "2026-01-24T04:20:52Z")
I usually print snap pla at 205. Did you dried your filament? ---
**Author:** ![Wyphorn](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/ebca7d/32.png) [@Wyphorn](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Wyphorn)\ **Post date:** [January 24, 2026, 8:47am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/4 "2026-01-24T08:47:54Z")
Do not forget to calibrate your e steps: > [@Summary: Extruder calibration a must](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/summary-extruder-calibration-a-must/16667): > > The topic known as: has become very useful to point people to so that they can calibrate their e-steps. However, that topic has become a bit large and overwhelming for a newcomer. So I’m starting this topic as an easier alternative to refer people to. Please continue to use the original topic for any discussion or questions so that we can keep this thread lean & mean. Here are the steps for calibrating the extruder on a Snapmaker A150, A250, or A350: On the touchscreen, swipe left and tap… ---
**Author:** ![Hauke](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/hauke/32/5704_2.png) [@Hauke](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/Hauke)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 10:59am UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/5 "2026-01-25T10:59:18Z")
Adding to what others wrote: Try a larger retraction distance, 2mm or so… And: IHMO you do not have much stringing, at least not in the photo. It should be easy to remove. One trick is to very quickly pass the flame of a gas torch over the print - it melts the strings away easily. Be careful of course not to melt your print, especially thin parts may suffer. ---
**Author:** ![cdmcmillon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/cdmcmillon/32/31327_2.png) [@cdmcmillon](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/cdmcmillon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:56pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/6 "2026-01-25T14:56:34Z")
There was definitely curling, I did print a temp tower, which was what landed me where I was, but will lower it. ---
**Author:** ![cdmcmillon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/cdmcmillon/32/31327_2.png) [@cdmcmillon](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/cdmcmillon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/7 "2026-01-25T14:57:09Z")
Thanks, I did do that already. ---
**Author:** ![cdmcmillon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/cdmcmillon/32/31327_2.png) [@cdmcmillon](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/cdmcmillon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:57pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/8 "2026-01-25T14:57:38Z")
Thanks ---
**Author:** ![cdmcmillon](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/cdmcmillon/32/31327_2.png) [@cdmcmillon](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/cdmcmillon)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2026, 2:58pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/calibration-and-printing-issues/41055/9 "2026-01-25T14:58:28Z")
Yes, dried it. I think it might have been too hot.