I’m spending much of the day testing higher quality Benchy 3D prints, trying to dial in my wife’s printer.

3DBenchy printed with 0.15mm layer height, ~50min print.
The angle of lighting photo amplifies the layer lines, the print is very good overall.
I’m not sure how to proceed with tuning, this may be a case of reaching the upper limits of this printer.
A much clearer photo of the same print, without the shadow emphasis the print looks great.
The biggest outstanding defects are slight over-extrusion at seams and some odd pressuring at the right backside of the Benchy.

I tried removing my input shaping, reducing retraction, and reducing pressure advance. The changes degraded the print quality before running out of the filament spool.

My wife’s 3D printer with a fan shroud replacement for better airflow.
I found this particular shroud and duct to be very light and have good air direction.
As I get this more dialed in, I plan on releasing my configurations for Klipper and Mainsail.
It’s nice being able to check on my print via my iPad.
I have a number of a macros designed to make printer operations easier.

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