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Created: 2023/5/25

Latest revision: 2023/5/2527

Material

Yanshen purchased the filaments in the bay. The orange one is from PrusaFilament, but the specific model is still TBD depending on his reply.

Searching for FilamentPM , which is the label as seen on the spools , yielded these results, for 1 kg spools of 1.75 mm diameter orange PETG :

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Since the Prusa i3 MK2.5S uses a PTFE/Teflon lined hot-end (link) (link), the nozzle temperature should not be set above 240 °C if possible. Prusa suggests a nozzle temperature of 240 °C in their manual for MK2.5S. Though a Prusa forum post with hot-end supplier’s information suggests that temperature of up to 300 °C is ok.

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Based on this Reddit post discussing settings for PETG supports, it would be beneficial to use bed and nozzle temperatures at or slightly above the upper limit recommended by the manufacturer.

Another Reddit post here discusses settings for PETG supports in PrusaSlicer.