Zsuite test M200 versus M300 - Abysmal printing speed

Z-SUITE/Firmware
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Hello,

We are looking to upgrade our M200 to probably M300 dual but after testing the same piece on ZSUITE the m200, m300 dual and m300 plus I dont see why we would upgrade. The printing speed is extremely slower than on the m200 despite me trying to replicate as close as possible the same settings.

14 hours versus 26 hours versus 19 hours

Application version: 2.16.2.0
Estimated print time: 14h 8m
Material usage: 39.29m (94g)
Printer: Zortrax M200
Profile: Last settings
Support type: Editable
Material: Z-ABS
Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm
Layer: 0.19 mm
Quality: High
Infill: Mesh
Fan speed: 0%
Seam: Normal
Outer contours: 0.00
Holes: 0.00
Surface layers Top: 6
Surface layers Bottom: 6
Support Lite: No
Smart bridges: Yes
Support offset: No
First layer Density: 100%
First layer Print speed: 100%
First layer Flow ratio: 100%
First layer gap: 0.21 mm
Raft Enabled: Yes
Raft layers: 6
Platform-raft gap: 0.20 mm
Raft Density: 100%
Raft Print speed: 100%
Raft Flow ratio: 100%
Support Density: 4.00 mm
Gap XY: 0.53

Application version: 2.16.2.0
Estimated print time: 1d 2h 17m
Material usage: 30.65m (73g)
Support usage: 8.75m (22g)
Printer: Zortrax M300 Dual
Profile: Last settings
Support type: Editable
Support material: Z-SUPPORT ATP
Material: Z-ABS
Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm
Layer: 0.20 mm
Quality: High
Infill: Mesh
Fan speed: 0%
Seam: Normal
Outer contours: 0.00
Holes: 0.00
Contour-infill gap: 0.35
Contour-top gap: 0.38
Surface layers Top: 7
Surface layers Bottom: 3
Support Lite: No
Smart bridges: No
Max. wall thickness: 3.13 mm
First layer gap: 0.20 mm
Raft Enabled: Yes
Raft layers: 6
Platform-raft gap: 0.22 mm
Raft Density: 100%
Raft Print speed: 100%
Raft Flow ratio: 100%
Support Density: 4.00 mm
Gap XY: 0.16
Hybrid Support: No

Application version: 2.16.2.0
Estimated print time: 19h 5m
Material usage: 40.62m (97g)
Printer: Zortrax M300 Plus
Profile: Last settings
Support type: Editable
Material: Z-ABS
Nozzle diameter: 0.4 mm
Layer: 0.19 mm
Quality: High
Infill: Mesh
Fan speed: 0%
Seam: Normal
Outer contours: 0.00
Holes: 0.00
Contour-infill gap: 0.40
Contour-top gap: 0.25
Surface layers Top: 7
Surface layers Bottom: 4
Support Lite: No
Smart bridges: Yes
Max. wall thickness: 3.13 mm
First layer Density: 100%
First layer Print speed: 100%
First layer Flow ratio: 100%
First layer gap: 0.30 mm
Raft Enabled: Yes
Raft layers: 7
Platform-raft gap: 0.22 mm
Raft Density: 100%
Raft Print speed: 100%
Raft Flow ratio: 100%
Support Density: 3.50 mm
Gap XY: 0.36

M200.zprojx (8.0 MB)

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@KarolinaZ @Marta

Hello? Is there something we are not doing right, because we want to upgrade.

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I use a M300 Dual at work and I enjoy it in a lot of ways. I do not have any experience with other Zortrax printers but most likely the reason for the M300 Dual being so much longer is the dual extrusion of the support and the main material, I find that the purge tower can add a decent amount of time to the overall print. Haha I know this is like 3 years old, but hope it helps!

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We bougth another brand at first, it was working well but there were downside. In the end we sold it and went with the M300 dual. It still much slower than the M200 plus and we dont use the 300% speed on that one because it create some flaws that render our pieces unusable (swelled corners).

For comparison, the m200 plus at 300% with 0.29 is fine. For the M300 dual at 300% on 0.30 has the problem.

the M300dual is fine for the bigger build platform but thats about it for us.