# Possible to save the leveling grid instead of repeating every print?

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792>\
**Category:** LulzBot TAZ\
**Created:** [April 10, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792 "2017-04-10T21:17:42Z")\
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**Author:** ![ChopOMatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/chopomatic/32/9567_2.png) [@ChopOMatic](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/ChopOMatic)\
**Post date:** [April 10, 2017, 9:17pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792/1 "2017-04-10T21:17:42Z")

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I’m curious as to whether it’s possible to auto-level and save the results, as opposed to running auto-level before each and every print.

Thanks!

Chop

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**Author:** ![mrvanes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/mrvanes/32/103_2.png) [@mrvanes](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/mrvanes)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 7:08am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792/2 "2017-04-11T07:08:35Z")

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I once found this blog. Still a bit faint of heart to try and recompile firmware myself:  
[http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?8064-Saving-G29-Bed-Level-Correction-Matrix-to-EEPROM](http://3dprintboard.com/showthread.php?8064-Saving-G29-Bed-Level-Correction-Matrix-to-EEPROM)

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**Author:** ![ChopOMatic](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/chopomatic/32/9567_2.png) [@ChopOMatic](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/ChopOMatic)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 8:10am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792/3 "2017-04-11T08:10:56Z")

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Thanks for the link. Yeah, I don’t mind doing that on a home-built but don’t want to be that intrusive on this one. Seems like a feature Lulzbot should seriously consider adding.

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**Author:** ![mrvanes](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex020/user_avatar/forum.lulzbot.com/mrvanes/32/103_2.png) [@mrvanes](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/mrvanes)\
**Post date:** [April 11, 2017, 12:09pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792/4 "2017-04-11T12:09:44Z")

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The only problem I see is that there’s a lot of travel between Z-home and bed and thus a lot of room for error on consecutive prints. Much less so between washers and bed. So, alhough time consuming, I think I’ll stick with G29 for the time being.

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**Author:** ![lutorm](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/b5a626/32.png) [@lutorm](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/lutorm)\
**Post date:** [July 9, 2017, 3:04am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/possible-to-save-the-leveling-grid-instead-of-repeating-every-print/4792/5 "2017-07-09T03:04:21Z")

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I’ve taken a half-measure approach to this: I got tired of waiting for the autolevel (and very meticulously cleaning the nozzle to not make it fail every time) so I’ve removed the auto-level G-code from my prints. Instead, I have the auto-level code saved as a separate script that I can run once when I start up the printer and then after that I trust that the leveling has not changed. If you are doing many consecutive prints, this saves quite a bit of time.