Ender 5 Pro print quality issue

Question

I got my 3D printer from Creality 1 day ago. My dog off the SD card came perfectly, Benchy was also printed almost flawlessly. I used standard Benchy settings on all my prints.

Now I tried making a mask and it failed mid-print. When I saw it failing I stopped the print.

What do you guys think is the cause of this?

I printed with the following settings:

I use PLA 50 °C bed and 200 °C hot end
Resolution: 0.20 mm
Infill: 20 %
3 walls with a line width of 0.4 mm each
50 mm/s first time i printed it and 40 mm/s second time.
Combing OFF
Retraction enabled
Retraction distance:6 mm
25 mm/s all retraction speeds
retraction extra prime amount 0
retraction minimum travel 1.5
maximum retraction count 100

I printed the mask again. this time I changed Z Seam alignment in Cura from user specified to random. It improved it a bit but it was not a successful print.

What about trying to print another benchy? That way we can see if it's an issue with the printer. — marcellothearcane, Apr 05 '20 at 15:25
i will do it tomorrow. Anyway, this mask was printed right after the benchy. The only problem on the benchy is like a line on the left side and some ghosting. I'll post a picture soon. — GGCristian, Apr 05 '20 at 17:54
What speed? Looks like printing too fast for the hotend to keep up. — R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE, Apr 05 '20 at 22:54
no. filament seems alright. I am using the filament that came in the box with the printer. — GGCristian, Apr 06 '20 at 15:14
@Wolfram: 3 mm retraction is not sufficient for a bowden, and there's no good reason the standard appropriate amount of retraction for this machine should cause the problem the OP is seeing. — R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE, Jun 19 '20 at 22:15
Not sure if OP is still around, but if so: do you perhaps have coasting enabled? It's a Cura antifeature that could lead to this. — R.. GitHub STOP HELPING ICE, Jun 19 '20 at 22:17

score 1 · Answer 1 · edited Dec 30 '20 at 22:35

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I was told to not even bother using the white filament which came with the Ender 5 as it was very low quality. I used an orange filament from Hatchbox and, once I have learned to adjust my settings (I found it works better at 210-215 °C), it seems to be great.

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answered Dec 30 '20 at 18:21

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Yeah, the white filament that came with my Ender 3 pro was of questionable quality, though I was eventually able to use it after some experimentation. I've had much easier success with every other filament since. It's weird that they wouldn't just include a mini roll of their quality PLA with their printers, it would be a great help to people who are new to printing – Kevin Feb 01 '21 at 21:11
Very true. New filament 206 °C, level bed thicker paper, infill: 100 % and watch if filament is fed properly. – Damian Bednarek Sep 08 '21 at 20:46

Ender 5 Pro print quality issue

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