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I'm using Cura to slice prints from a biodegradable polyester called PCL (Polycaprolactone).

I need to print @ ~70 °C but extruder does not run until nozzle reaches 175 °C.

Which setting to change so extruder will turn on when nozzle temperature has reached 70 °C?

Here are my settings for the material:

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0scar
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70 °C is a specialty filament. It is well below the MIN_TEMP defined in any sane firmware. In Marlin, you can't turn on the extruder in any way, while this is online.

You do need to define your firmware to allow such a print - either by dropping the value in the firmware or disabling Mintemp-protection and then flashing that firmware. That is quite invasive.

To temporarily disable the MIN_TEMP, you need to run the G-code M302 P1 or M302 S0 - M302 on its own does nothing. However, some firmware distributions might explicitly prevent these two commands of turning off the check.

In that case, you might use M302 S65 or similar to drop the MIN_TEMP.

Trish
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In Cura Machine Settings, add M302 S70.

Apparently, M302 P1 and M302 S0 do nothing, you need to define a non-zero minimum, and in my case, 70. Thanks to 0scar and Trish for your help.