Overture PETG Print Profile that WORKS!

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<center><h3><u> Finally an Overture brand PETG print profile for Cura that works! </h3></center> After almost 2 weeks and many-many meters of various colors of Overture brand PETG filament...I have reliable settings that offer good prints. Contrary to others experiences I could not for the life of me to get the first layer to adhere to my textured glass build plate...and...offer great prints. My PLA prints have been near perfect, but I needed the characteristics of PETG so had to make this work. I wanted to share in the hopes of saving others similar frustration. Use as is or perhaps as a good basis for your individual setup. Quality/Layer height as you need, but the rest is working great. My setup is an Ender 5 Plus with a Micro Swiss hot end and Micro Swiss direct drive extruder, so alter your retraction etc. to fit what you have. I did find that I needed a bit more retraction length and additional retraction speed over PLA. And just so you know the machine is dialed in perfectly. Extremely level bed, Z-offset perfect, calibrated extruder, calibrated flow rates...etc. So my profile here is NOT a compensation for a poorly set up printer! Issues resolved: <p>* Lifting from plate: Print a bunch of temp towers and find your sweet spot. Build plate @ 85C. No fan for first few layers. Also (this seems nuts but works) Initial layer line width 150%, and initial layer flow @ 150%!<br><br> *Duck tails/retract lifts: Correct filament temp and enable Z-hop when retracted.<br><br> *Strength: Only 50% fan during the build<br></p> If you still get small zits or blobs, dial back your live extrusion % a bit until they go away. If you find a sweet spot for your setup...update your Cura profile with those flow settings...but leave the initial layer flow where it is for good plate adhesion<br> Hope this helps a lot of folks. Please provide your comments in the hope that collaboratively we can make this even better!