Printer setup
Model-by-model setup guides for Bambu Lab, Creality, Prusa, QIDI, Flashforge, Sovol, Anycubic and Elegoo printers. For most machines that means unboxing, first print, calibration, filament loading, slicer profile, maintenance schedule and nozzle replacement. If your printer arrived this week, find its setup page and work down the list.
Bambu Lab X2D: Bambu Studio Setup
The X2D’s dual-nozzle toolhead means your slicer setup has an extra layer most Bambu guides don’t cover: assigning filament to a left and a…
Bambu Lab X2D: Loading, Unloading, and Changing Filament
The X2D loads filament through two separate nozzles with different mechanics, and the auxiliary side has real material limits. Here is how loading, unloading,…
Bambu Lab X2D: Bed Leveling and Calibration
The X2D levels its bed and homes its Z axis with a pair of eddy current sensors, one per nozzle, and adds a dedicated…
Bambu Lab X2D: First Print Walkthrough
The X2D swaps the X1 Carbon’s lidar for a pair of eddy current sensors and a dedicated offset sensor to calibrate its dual-nozzle toolhead.…
Bambu Lab X2D: Unboxing and Safe First Setup
Cut every zip tie you can see before you touch the power button, and don’t force the toolhead by hand until the transport screws…
Bambu Lab H2S: Bambu Studio Setup
A practical walkthrough of installing Bambu Studio, connecting an H2S over cloud or LAN Only Mode, and setting up its single-nozzle printer profile, AMS…
Bambu Lab H2S: Loading, Unloading and Changing Filament
Load, unload and change filament on a Bambu Lab H2S, including how its hub-free AMS connection works and what actually separates AMS HT from…
Bambu Lab H2S: Bed Leveling and Calibration
Level a Bambu Lab H2S’s bed with its heatbed force sensors and eddy current coil, and know when a nozzle swap, plate swap, or…
Bambu Lab H2S: First Print Walkthrough
A practical walkthrough of the Bambu Lab H2S’s first real print, from starting the job on a single-nozzle machine to what the chamber camera…
Bambu Lab H2S: Unboxing and Safe First Setup
Unbox a Bambu Lab H2S, clear its transport locks and shipping foam, and get through Wi-Fi pairing and Bambu Handy binding before this large-volume…
