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Printed this cylinder as part of a larger project and there's a horizontal line that runs up most of the part. Not bad enough to scrap the project but I'm curious if anyone can explain what causes this. Using an Ender 3 printing PLA, Cura slicer.

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[–] [email protected] 38 points 1 year ago (3 children)

This is quiet normal and not an error. It's the Z-Seam, caused by the printer when finishing a layer and briefly stopping the printhead, before lifting it along the Z-Axis to the next layer.

Here you can find more about this effect and how to reduce it.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 1 year ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

You're welcome :)

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