I accidentally got the PETG filament instead of the PLA which I normally work with. I have an Elegoo Neptune 3 Pro.

Here’s what was weird:

  • The test strip went across the bottom of the board instead of the side. It went back to the side when I put the PLA back in.

  • The temperture melting point changed automatically from 200 F to 220 and then back again when I switched back to PLA.

Does the printer know what kind of filament I’m using and if so, how?

ETA: The filaments have all been the Elegoo brand filaments.

  • pelespiritOPEnglish
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    2 days ago

    I couldn’t have changed the settings because I thought it was PLA. I noticed that it moved the test strip, but thought it might be because they didn’t want to always go to the same spot or something. Then the supports were acting kind of weird, so I really checked the specs and discovered I ordered the wrong filament.