See original problem here

So I played with all kinds of settings in PrusaSlicer. Nothing changed anything.

The only things that did improve the outcome some was:

  • Forcing the letters to be printed first: then the letters are smooshed and bleed into the background instead of the other way round, which arguably looks better / more legible. Nothing to write home about though.

  • Dropping the first layer’s height to 0.1mm (the other layers are 0.2mm high): that improves the letters a bit.

  • Dropping the first layer’s height to 0.05mm: because the first layer is so thin, it becomes kind of translucent and the wider white letter beneath it sort of show through. The net result is that it drops a kind of gaussian blur onto the lettering, which actually improves them - especially at a distance.

Other than that, there’s just nothing for it. And half of the suggestions I got concern other slicers, and I couldn’t find them or equivalents in PrusaSlicer. Oh well…

I guess that’s as good as it’s gonna get.

  • BigDanishGuy@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    1·
    1 hour ago

    From the other post I remember you said that having the letters in the top layers didn’t work for you, because that meant a lot of support material to remove.

    From what I understand, your product consists of two parts. The large part with the letters and a counter part, which is just a flat piece.

    So why not put the letters in the flat piece? That way you can print them either way up.

  • greybeard@feddit.onlineEnglish
    10·
    4 hours ago

    Just a thought: Try making the first layer of letters empty so the letter fill is actually a layer 2 bridge.

    A trick I have done is printing the first layer solid in a transparent filament, then layer 2 as 2 color.

  • ladicius@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    3 hours ago

    Besides printing issues: If I were a user of these adapters I’d be fine with what you got - it’s readable, and I wouldn’t expect high definition on this.

  • mvirts@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    2 hours ago

    I was thinking you could inset the letter boundaries on the letters first setup, but it looks like you only get 2 walls out of the slicer. Maybe try setting it to not outline the walls at all in letter first mode?

  • surph_ninja@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1·
    3 hours ago

    I’m not sure if any of the tips will translate well to your project, but this is another project that worked with small lettering: https://youtu.be/e7K3BXWmipk

    That being said, I printed this project, and the results were kinda ‘meh’ even after loads of manual cleanup. Probably one of the most tedious prints I’ve ever had to do.

    • StarvingMartist@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 hours ago

      Fuck me retraction has done me dirty so many times, I’m convinced it’s just not worth it unless you’ve got a direct drive extruder

      • ffhein@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        60 minutes ago

        You mean you have turned it off completely? I used it with the stock E3v2 extruder and BMG in Bowden mode, and later with BMG in direct drive mode, without any retraction related problems and I think it’s the same for the majority of 3d printer owners. Perhaps your printer had some other issue, which only showed up in combination with retraction?