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--- why_shouldn_t_the_z_offset_be_saved [2025/10/08 12:18] – dshoop
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   * if using with an uncalibrated probe and so including an error adjustment value this won't be a consistent value with saving because of the changing error adjustment.
+==== Furher discussion ====
+The gcode z offset is never saved under Klipper nor does that make sense. It’s supposed used for fine adjustment of filament squish to assure non-tangential bonding of extrusions to adjacent layers and walls.
+If your gcode z offset is negative then you’re mid-using it to include an error adjustment for not having your z probe calibrated. This then leads to an inappropriate workflow that makes you think you should be saving it in order to keep accounting for the error adjustment from being uncalibrated .
+What you want is to calibrate your z probe so you don’t need to keep the error adjustment value overloading the gcode z offset from it not being calibrated.
+You can read how to calibrate your z probe on the klipper docs stored on your printer or online at https://www.klipper3d.org/Probe_Calibrate.html
+Be aware that in later Elegoo software updates they broke this and other key klipper features purposefully, so you’ll need to manually edit the probe offset value to printer.cfg.