<p>I own a Qidi X-Plus 3D printer and have been trying to get it to print properly but to no avail. I've leveled the bed and have been fiddling with the Z-offset yet my prints still fail. Weirdly enough, the 3D prints seem to start off okay, however, after a while, they come out stringy, and then the extruder just stops extruding the filament altogether. I had something like this happen a while back which I sort of solved by adjusting the Z-offset but that doesn't seem to work now. Any ideas on why this happening?</p>
<p>Here are some failed prints:
<a href="https://i.sstatic.net/Pds6T.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/Pds6T.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/3wkph.jpg" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/3wkph.jpg" alt="enter image description here" /></a></p>
<p>I'm using the following print options:</p>
<ul>
<li>Retraction distance is 1.5 mm;</li>
<li>Retraction speed is 38 mm/s;</li>
<li>Printing temperature is 210 °C</li>
<li>Building plate temperature is 75 °C (initial building plate temperature is 75 °C);</li>
<li>Print speed is 60 mm/s; fan speed is at 100 %; and</li>
<li>the Z-offset is at 0.06 mm</li>
</ul>

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2023-08-25T07:19:59.570Z
Hi Friend, welcome to 3DPrinting.SE! If I look at the image, it looks to me you are experiencing heat creep. Please update your question by [edit] to include some basic printing parameters. E.g. temperatures, printing speeds, retraction length and speed.
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2023-08-25T20:22:06.203Z
Hi @0scar, thanks for the welcome! My current settings are the following: Retraction distance is 1.5mm; retraction speed is 38 mm/s; printing temperature is 210 cel.; building plate temperature is 75 cel.; initial building plate temperature is 75 cel.; print speed is 60 mm/s; fan speed is at 100%; and the Z-offset is at 0.06. Hope this helps! : )
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3D Print Failing With Extruder Not Extruding After a While
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# 3D Print Failing With Extruder Not Extruding After a While

(Asked by: username_0 on 2023-08-25)

I own a Qidi X-Plus 3D printer and have been trying to get it to print properly but to no avail. I've leveled the bed and have been fiddling with the Z-offset yet my prints still fail. Weirdly enough, the 3D prints seem to start off okay, however, after a while, they come out stringy, and then the extruder just stops extruding the filament altogether. I had something like this happen a while back which I sort of solved by adjusting the Z-offset but that doesn't seem to work now. Any ideas on why this happening?

Here are some failed prints:
[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/Pds6T.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/Pds6T.jpg)

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/3wkph.jpg)](https://i.sstatic.net/3wkph.jpg)

I'm using the following print options:

* Retraction distance is 1.5 mm;
* Retraction speed is 38 mm/s;
* Printing temperature is 210 °C
* Building plate temperature is 75 °C (initial building plate temperature is 75 °C);
* Print speed is 60 mm/s; fan speed is at 100 %; and
* the Z-offset is at 0.06 mm

**Tags:** troubleshooting, extruder, bed-leveling, print-failure, qidi-tech-x-plus

> **Comments:**
> **username_1**: Hi username_0, welcome to 3DPrinting.SE! If I look at the image, it looks to me you are experiencing heat creep. Please update your question by [edit] to include some basic printing parameters. E.g. temperatures, printing speeds, retraction length and speed.  
> **username_0**: Hi @username_1, thanks for the welcome! My current settings are the following: Retraction distance is 1.5mm; retraction speed is 38 mm/s; printing temperature is 210 cel.; building plate temperature is 75 cel.; initial building plate temperature is 75 cel.; print speed is 60 mm/s; fan speed is at 100%; and the Z-offset is at 0.06. Hope this helps! : )  

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