FAQs and Facts for the Elegoo Neptune 4 Series 3D Printer http://neptune4.help:8000/ 2026-05-18T10:13:41+00:00 http://neptune4.help:8000/ http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?media=wiki:dokuwiki.svg text/html 2026-02-26T00:42:17+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=infill&rev=1772066537&do=diff Infill about Orca Docs on Infill and Strength Demonstrates patterns and discusses strengths and weaknesses of various infill. <https://github.com/OrcaSlicer/OrcaSlicer/wiki/strength_settings_patterns> text/html 2026-02-18T22:42:20+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=pom&rev=1771454540&do=diff POM? What's that? faq Delrin, or POM (an abbreviation for PolyOxyMethalate), is the material from which your X and Y axis wheels are made of on your Neptune 4 (excepting the Pro model, which uses linear rails.) POM is a low friction plastic, with high wearability, and is impervious to most oils and solvents making it an excellent choice. text/html 2026-02-16T03:25:42+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=drying_filament&rev=1771212342&do=diff Drying Filament <https://help.prusa3d.com/article/drying-filament_332086> text/html 2026-02-07T04:06:32+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=thumbnails&rev=1770437192&do=diff Thumbnails faq article about Select ColPic for format of g-code thumbnails. Some versions of Moonraker in the Elegoo distributed firmware distributions have issues displaying thubnails on the side microcontroller Display and/or in Fluidd. Sometimes this is seen using Orca when Cura may work when using as the slicer. These issues are related to what thumbnail formats are included by the slicer and which are configured in Moonraker. text/html 2026-02-07T03:53:37+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=welcome&rev=1770436417&do=diff Welcome Welcome to the Neptune 4 Help Wiki, devoted to FAQs and facts about the Elegoo Neptune 4 Series of 3D printers. Here you'll find answers to frequently asked questions, steps for printer setup, hints & tips, and information about the Neptune 4 Series. text/html 2026-02-06T20:42:53+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=orca_slicer&rev=1770410573&do=diff Orca Slicer about See: <https://github.com/SoftFever/OrcaSlicer> and <https://www.orcaslicer.com/> Ocra is a powerful, modern and Open Source, community driven slicer that can produce native Klipper gcode for the Neptune 4. It offers advanced built in calibration tools, precision control of walls and seams (including scarf seams), sandwich mode walls, polyholes, a wide variety of infill patterns (including those optimized for high speed printers like the Neptune 4), mouse ears, adaptive bed… text/html 2026-02-02T15:51:03+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=part_knocks_shifts&rev=1770047463&do=diff What causes parts to be knocked off or shift on the bed plate? faq articles Normally this is caused by a combination of the following issues: Bad gcode Z Offset A poor gcode z offset results in poor bed and layer adhesion and can cause the part to separate or move on the plate, resulting in the part shifting to getting knocked off the plate. text/html 2026-01-28T18:42:30+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=screws_tilt_calculate&rev=1769625750&do=diff SCREWS_TILT_CALCULATE about IMPORTANT: You MUST always execute a G28 before using this command. SCREWS_TILT_CALCULATE [DIRECTION=CW|CCW] [MAX_DEVIATION=<value>] [HORIZONTAL_MOVE_Z=<value>] [<probe_parameter>=<value>] Invokes the Klipper native bed screws adjustment tool. It will command the nozzle to different locations (as defined by the [SCREWS_TILT_ADJUST] stanza in text/html 2026-01-28T18:40:03+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=screws_tilt_calculate_example&rev=1769625603&do=diff SCREWS_TILT_CALCULATE example howto setup article Execution is from the console and a “SCREWS_TILT_CALCULATE” button will appear as part of the Tool pane of Fluidd's main dashboard as well once the [SCREWS_TILT_ADJUST]] stanza is defined in printer.cfg configuring the bed screw points. See the article text/html 2026-01-28T18:33:40+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?id=bed_leveling&rev=1769625220&do=diff Bed Leveling setup What does it mean for the bed to be "Level"? Bed leveling, also know as “tramming” does not refer to the bed being level to the ground. Think about this is terms of geometry. The printer's bed is level when its z plane is orthogonal to the printer's x and y planes. text/html 2025-11-25T05:35:59+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=nozzle_height_composition.jpg&ns=0&rev=1764048959&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=79dfda&amp;media=nozzle_height_composition.jpg" alt="nozzle_height_composition.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-11-25T05:12:28+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=fluidd_screen.jpg&ns=0&rev=1764047548&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=74f309&amp;media=fluidd_screen.jpg" alt="fluidd_screen.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-11-08T22:51:58+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=linear_advance_example.jpeg&ns=0&rev=1762642318&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=9620f9&amp;media=linear_advance_example.jpeg" alt="linear_advance_example.jpeg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-11-05T23:28:43+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=orca_adaptive_bed_mesh_settings.jpg&ns=0&rev=1762385323&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=6d7e3e&amp;media=orca_adaptive_bed_mesh_settings.jpg" alt="orca_adaptive_bed_mesh_settings.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-10-08T17:45:48+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=level-screen-numbers.jpeg&ns=0&rev=1759945548&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=4c91f2&amp;media=level-screen-numbers.jpeg" alt="level-screen-numbers.jpeg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-09-18T03:06:58+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=shopping.png&ns=0&rev=1758164818&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=47fd7e&amp;media=shopping.png" alt="shopping.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-09-14T09:01:06+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=bed_mesh.png&ns=0&rev=1757840466&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=f30ea8&amp;media=bed_mesh.png" alt="bed_mesh.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-09-14T08:59:50+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=0%3Abed_mesh.png&ns=0&rev=1757840390&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=d8974b&amp;media=0:bed_mesh.png" alt="bed_mesh.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-09-14T08:55:39+00:00 dshoop (dshoop@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=console.png&ns=0&rev=1757840139&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=8224f4&amp;media=console.png" alt="console.png" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" /> text/html 2025-09-08T02:03:45+00:00 sysmgr (sysmgr@undisclosed.example.com) http://neptune4.help:8000/doku.php?image=orca_slicer_filament_z-offset_setting.jpg&ns=0&rev=1757297025&tab_details=history&media_do=diff&do=media <img src="http://neptune4.help:8000/lib/exe/fetch.php?w=500&amp;h=500&amp;tok=ebbcf9&amp;media=orca_slicer_filament_z-offset_setting.jpg" alt="orca_slicer_filament_z-offset_setting.jpg" loading="lazy" width="500" height="500" />