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Meaning of light prompts on Ender 6 motherboard

What are the meanings of the red, green, and blue light prompts on the Ender 6 motherboard? My Ender 6 is stuck at the boot screen. I followed the instructions provided in the "Creality After-Sale" videos on YouTube and took apart the base of the…
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Creality Ender 6 Heating Failed

There is a message on my Ender 6 that is telling my that my heating failed. This happened last night in the middle of a print. I have cycled the power like the screen says but the nozzle does not heat up. The print bed heats up just fine. The nozzle…
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Z offset's possible role in scraping final printed layers

Does Z offset matter after the first layer? I am using a commercial PLA filament to print 72 mm (length) x 42 mm (width) x 3 mm (thickness) samples. There are 30 layers to be laid in total with each layer's height being 0.1 mm. The nozzle diameter…
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How can I print in multicolor with Ender 6?

I'd like to make multicolor printing on Ender 6, but it seems that the filament change (ADVANCED_PAUSE_FEATURE) doesn't work (it works on my Ender 3). Can you help me how can I solve that? How can I make the ADVANCED_PAUSE_FEATURE available on Ender…
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Speed bump like structural distortions in 3D printed samples

I am printing 5-152 mm(L)x35 mm(W)x3 mm(T) samples using a commercial PLA filament with 0.1 mm layer height (30 total layers). The raster width is 0.4 mm while the raster angle in all layers is 0/0°. The bed temperature was 0 °C, while the printing…
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Z-axis compensation

What is the purpose of Z-axis compensation setting in the adjustment section of the Ender 6 screen panel? Is Z-axis compensation the same thing as Z-offset? If Z-axis compensation is the same as Z-offset, does it change each time when you do bed…
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Creality Ender 6 does not boot beyond the boot screen

My Creality Ender 6 has stopped moving beyond the boot screen. It kind of happened suddenly. Another thing is that I have a red light on the motherboard at the D2 location that is turned on continuously after I turn on the printer. The screen is…
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Glass bed for Ender 6

I have a warped glass bed on an Ender 6 that I recently bought. I want to replace this bed. However, the dimensions in which Ender 6 print bed comes (250x250x400 mm) are not available for purchase on sites like Amazon or Creality. Can anyone guide…
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Micro swiss direct drive for Ender 6

Microswiss does not mention Ender 6 to be a machine that is compatible with its direct drive. However, I have landed myself in a position where the printer I am using currently has a micro swiss direct drive. The printer was printing the bunny etc.…
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Ender 6 baud rate

Does anyone know what is the baud rate for Ender 6? I am trying to establish a connection between my repetier host on my windows 10 laptop and the Ender 6 3D printer to calibrate my extruder and I am being inquired about the baud rate.
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Can repetier host be connected to Ender 6 3D printer?

If so, please guide me through the process. I want to modify the G-Code to calibrate the extruder. I suspect my extruder is over extruding.
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Ender 6 un-modded loud retraction sound

Newly built Ender 6 printer makes a loud whine or beep for every retraction, print quality not affected, but is very annoying and louder than the rest of the printer. Is this normal or do I need to grease or lubricate extruder gears?
Owen Goudelock
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Crashed while printing (adhesion issue? Level issue?)

Printing with "Amolen bronze PLA", success with smaller prints. Decided to print the "Fillenium M", but it crashed at 50 % during the print. I assume the print fell down (due to raft failure). Or, it might be some other issues (no…
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Intermittent lifting (Creality CR-6SE + glass bed + stock PLA) issues

Creality CR-6 SE 1.0.2 Creality Slicer 4.2.1 stock PLA roll Slicer settings: Default (generic PLA) 0.2 Having intermittent issues where prints (usually edge) would "lift". I replaced the bed, and the filament, and I don't see this issue anymore,…
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Creality Ender 6 Heating failed error

I got this message from my Creality Ender 6 printer. Now every time I want to print, or when it heats up, the printer gives me this message. Can anyone please help with this?
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