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Help me please. I've had my Mars Pro for 2 days and only the test rook has printed - Halfazedninja - 03-29-2021

Hello all.
I am getting extremely frustrated. I set up my Mars Pro yesterday and was able to print the test rook fine. Since then I have tried to print something, anything, else and nothing will stick to the build plate and there is no debris in the vat. Here are the steps I have taken:
  1. Updated the firmware

  2. Re-leveled the build plate. I did notice while leveling that one side of the paper seems to come out a little easier than the other put that was the same the first time that I leveled it.

  3. Sanded the build plate a little. Saw that on the Elegoo forums that the Pro build plate was "too shiny" and needed to be sanded a bit

  4. Re-sliced my model. I don't know if that matters. It is a simple, supportless model

  5. I'm using the grey Elegoo resin. I upped my exposure times a bit - 8 Exposure, 60 Bottom Exposure, Light off Delay one second each.

  6. Consulted the Elder Gods

  7. Cleaned EVERYTHING again

  8. Cried a little

  9. Came here
Can anyone tell what I'm doing wrong?

RE: Help me please. I've had my Mars Pro for 2 days and only the test rook has printed - cliffyk - 03-30-2021

Any photos of the failures? Each is worth at least 1000 words.

The default "Pro" lifting speeds are overly aggressive, pull them back to 60 mm/m for both bottom and regular layers.

FWIW the "light off delay" does nothing 'til set to > 7 seconds...

RE: Help me please. I've had my Mars Pro for 2 days and only the test rook has printed - rbbraman - 04-09-2021

Been having a similar issue with my MP2 - worked great for 2-3 months and now only prints first layer or nothing at all. Also no visible evidence of debris in the tray, but the LCD works fine whenever I test it