CHAPTER 11

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3D Printer Enhancements

There are many things you can do to enhance your printer. You can improve the print quality of your printer, improve usability and maintainability, or simply add new features. For example, you may want to improve vertical layer alignment (for smoother surfaces), add an LCD panel for computerless printing, or automated bed leveling (tramming) and Z-axis probing tasks.

Before you do any of these tasks, you should complete a comprehensive set of calibration tasks like those described in Chapter 4. I cannot stress that enough. You really should complete the calibration process before making any changes to your printer. ...

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