Why is my 3D printer extruding instead of printing

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Before I could actually 3D print my AirPods case, I had some printing troubles. I would click to start the print, and rather than moving, heating up or anything, the printer would extrude!

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I had also just swapped from using PLA filament to TPU filament. I preheated my machine manually and the filament was slowly just coming out of the nozzle for no reason.

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I re-sliced the print file 3 times and retried, each time it had the same results.

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I shut off the printer, reset the slicing software and searched for a new file.

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I sliced the new file, turned my 3D printer back on and preheated it manually. I started the print, and it didn’t start by extruding!

The print ended up great and there were no more signs of trouble along the way.

The issue possibilities:

- gcode file was corrupt

- software needed to be rebooted

- printer needed to be rebooted

- original design file downloaded was faulty

The final solution:

- restarted software

- restarted printer

- used a new design file

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