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Resources
A collection of online resources all Neptune 4 owners should be familiar with.
Elegoo
Users Manual's
While the coverage of assembly and set up is authoritative, its methods for bed leveling and setting the nozzle height adjustment (gcode z offset) should be avoided, and Klipper's native screws_tilt_calculate used for bed leveling instead.
3D Printing Trouble Shooting FAQ
The canonical 3D print troubleshooting page (which is pinned on the r/fixmyprint Reddit) is located at https://www.simplify3d.com/resources/print-quality-troubleshooting/ Consult and try its recommendations before asking questions about print quality issues you may experiencing.
Klipper
The Klipper docs, including the Klipper gcodes which are different from Marlin are on your printer and also online at https://www.klipper3d.org/
Orca Slicer
Documentation: https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer Wii: https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer/wiki
Also see https://www.obico.io/blog/orcaslicer/ Watch: Orca Slicer getting started guide - https://youtu.be/cquTCpz1V74 Also watch: https://youtu.be/MqQak88YafU?si=0YMAO-EVmKvTNIMc
Ellis’s Tuning Guide
A well regarded tuning guide, geared to Voron based Klipper printers yet still relevant, https://ellis3dp.com/Print-Tuning-Guide/
WildRose Builds Tuning Guides
WildRose Builds' tuning guides are generally good, yet ignore for bed leveling and setting the gcode z offset as there are better alternatives.
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- Good coverage for tuning Extruder Rotational Distance and aligning the gantry.
General printer tuning
https://www.obico.io/blog/orcaslicer-3d-printer-calibration/
Bambu Labs, while designed with their printers in mind, have some excellent references and troubleshooting how-tos that apply in most cases to all printers, and focuses around Bambu Studio as the slicer, from which Orca is based so lots applies. In case related directly to the printer most everything can be interpolated to the N4 series accordingly.
https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/common-print-quality-problem https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/knowledge-sharing/troubleshooting-printing-issues https://wiki.bambulab.com/en/filament-acc/filament/slice-param