<p>Your filament is <code>1.75 mm</code>, but you specified <code>1.6 mm</code> in the <code>Filament</code> option <code>Diameter (mm)</code>.</p>

<p>Furthermore, your layer thickness is very small (<code>0.06 mm</code>), why not try <code>0.20 mm</code> first; a thicker layer will cause a higher extrusion flow. It could be that the print speed is too high for the low layer size.</p>

<p>Your initial layer <code>0.3 mm</code> is also high, the maximum for a <code>0.4 mm</code> nozzle. </p>

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<p><sub>Why did you change so many parameters? The standard values work pretty well.</sub></p>

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2018-10-10T09:07:02.933Z
It worked fine after I changed the diameter to 1.75 and the thickness to 0.2 (initial 0.25).
Tomas By
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2018-10-10T09:34:03.033Z
side note: Most printers can easily achieve 0.1mm (I rather like it that way), but any lower is hard for many printers.
Trish
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2018-10-10T09:51:16.970Z
@Trish: 0.06 was the standard setting I think, and worked fine for a while with the original extruder.
Tomas By
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2018-10-10T14:16:29.613Z
FWIW  my AnetA8 runs with 0.4 mm nozzle and 0.06 mm layer just fine (and up to about 1.0 mm layer height for less resolution); with PLA.
Carl Witthoft
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<p>Have a Monoprice maker select with a Micro Swiss hotend, and am using Cura IIIP.</p>

<p><strong>Edit</strong>: plus <a href="http://www.janbex.eu" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Janbex</a> PLA 1.75mm filament.</p>

<p>Trying to print a <a href="https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:128617" rel="nofollow noreferrer">Pi camera mount</a>, but am getting (I believe) under extrusion, as seen here.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ccx0N.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ccx0N.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>My Cura settings are these.</p>

<p><a href="https://i.sstatic.net/ryZw9.png" rel="nofollow noreferrer"><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/ryZw9.png" alt="enter image description here"></a></p>

<p>Does anybody see any obvious problems? What should I try to change?</p>

<p><strong>Edit</strong>: have played around with different temperatures, and some other settings (eg the filament diameter), but lost track of the reasons. Was following various instructions on web pages.</p>

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Under extrusion, looking for specific information
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# Under extrusion, looking for specific information

(Asked by: username_0 on 2018-10-09)

Have a Monoprice maker select with a Micro Swiss hotend, and am using Cura IIIP.

**Edit**: plus [Janbex](http://www.janbex.eu) PLA 1.75mm filament.

Trying to print a [Pi camera mount](https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:128617), but am getting (I believe) under extrusion, as seen here.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ccx0N.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ccx0N.png)

My Cura settings are these.

[![enter image description here](https://i.sstatic.net/ryZw9.png)](https://i.sstatic.net/ryZw9.png)

Does anybody see any obvious problems? What should I try to change?

**Edit**: have played around with different temperatures, and some other settings (eg the filament diameter), but lost track of the reasons. Was following various instructions on web pages.

**Tags:** ultimaker-cura, extrusion, monoprice-maker-select


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2018-10-09. Score: 3 | Accepted answer

Your filament is `1.75 mm`, but you specified `1.6 mm` in the `Filament` option `Diameter (mm)`.

Furthermore, your layer thickness is very small (`0.06 mm`), why not try `0.20 mm` first; a thicker layer will cause a higher extrusion flow. It could be that the print speed is too high for the low layer size.

Your initial layer `0.3 mm` is also high, the maximum for a `0.4 mm` nozzle.

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Why did you change so many parameters? The standard values work pretty well.

> **Comments:**
> **username_0**: It worked fine after I changed the diameter to 1.75 and the thickness to 0.2 (initial 0.25).  
> **username_2**: side note: Most printers can easily achieve 0.1mm (I rather like it that way), but any lower is hard for many printers.  
> **username_0**: @username_2: 0.06 was the standard setting I think, and worked fine for a while with the original extruder.  
> **username_3**: FWIW  my AnetA8 runs with 0.4 mm nozzle and 0.06 mm layer just fine (and up to about 1.0 mm layer height for less resolution); with PLA.  

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