# Snapmaker A250 will not print

**URL:** <https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/snapmaker-a250-will-not-print/18149>\
**Category:** Snapmaker 2.0 (3-in-1)\
**Created:** [April 24, 2021, 6:13pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/snapmaker-a250-will-not-print/18149 "2021-04-24T18:13:20Z")\
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**Author:** ![sdj544](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex022/user_avatar/forum.snapmaker.com/sdj544/32/11365_2.png) [@sdj544](https://forum.snapmaker.com/u/sdj544)\
**Post date:** [April 24, 2021, 7:01pm UTC](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/snapmaker-a250-will-not-print/18149/4 "2021-04-24T19:01:18Z")

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Hard to tell anything from that picture.

Have you printed a benchy or calibration cube?  
It’s highly recommended to start with something like that to get everything checked and dialed in.

Extruder calibration:

> [@Summary: Extruder calibration a must](https://forum.snapmaker.com/t/summary-extruder-calibration-a-must/16667):
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> 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 …

Share your stl too. Not everything you find online is either meant to be 3d printed, or it’s for a different type of printer, or just is not well designed and has problems, or needs support, or needs to be printed in a different direction…you get the idea.

-S

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