# TAZ6 and Slic3R?

**URL:** <https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995>\
**Category:** Software\
**Created:** [June 23, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995 "2017-06-23T21:25:13Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 4\
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**Author:** ![GJG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@GJG](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/GJG)\
**Post date:** [June 23, 2017, 9:25pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995/1 "2017-06-23T21:25:13Z")

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Hi  
I have a TAZ6 printer that works well using CURA 20.01  
CURA usually works pretty good for most of the stuff I’m building.  
Sometimes, I get a rough anomaly on 45 degree overhangs that looks quite messy.  
When I look at the sliced file in CURA, it shows the layers where the anomaly happens as  
being sliced a bit goofy.  
…  
SO; I thought I’d try Slic3r.  
There is a posting concerning Slic3r in this forum, but everything is dated approx. 2014  
I don’t think the TAZ6 existed at that time.  
I’m at a loss on how to set it up with the before and after scripts that clean the extruder and level the bed.  
…  
Does anyone use Slic3r with a TAZ6 and maybe have some clues on how I can find out how to  
set it up?

Thanks for any suggestions or comments.

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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:** [June 24, 2017, 7:44am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995/2 "2017-06-24T07:44:33Z")

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I don’t own a Taz6, but what I did for my Mini was just copy over the start and end gcode from Cura to Slic3r and configured that printer with what I knew where the correct (bed, extruder, ) dimensions and filament presets etc. and was good to go. Realise however that it took me a while to understand all the extra controls I had at my disposal compared to Cura and so took a while to “dial in” my configs for the Mini.

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**Author:** ![GJG](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a587f6/32.png) [@GJG](https://forum.lulzbot.com/u/GJG)\
**Post date:** [June 27, 2017, 4:51pm UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995/3 "2017-06-27T16:51:47Z")

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Thanks mrvanes.  
I copied the start and end code Directly from CURA.  
I’m planning on printing the gcode on paper, of a simple 1mmx10mm rectangle that is about 0.6mm in the z axis.  
I’ll generate gcode in both CURA and Slic3r to compare them.

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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:** [June 28, 2017, 6:54am UTC](https://forum.lulzbot.com/t/taz6-and-slic3r/4995/4 "2017-06-28T06:54:32Z")

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And make sure you download 1.3.0-dev instead of the old 1.2.9. I know -dev sounds scary but it’s lightyears ahead of 1.2.9!  
[http://dl.slic3r.org/dev/](http://dl.slic3r.org/dev/) The files you see there are builds of the last git commits (hence the strange characters in the name).