ABS / ASA on Creality Ender 3 / Ender 3 V2 (Bowden)

guide

Test on scrap first. Settings are starting points from the linked source. Dry hygroscopic filaments before printing.

Printer

Creality Ender 3 / Ender 3 V2 (Bowden)

Filament brand

Generic

Filament type

ABS / ASA

Slicer

Cura 5.x

Nozzle size

0.4 mm

Nozzle temp

240–250 °C

Bed temp

90–100 °C

Chamber / enclosure

Enclosure effectively required

Speed

Print 40–50 mm/s

Layer height

0.20 mm

Retraction

5–6 mm @ 45–50 mm/s

Cooling

Fan off or ≤15%

Notes

Hark Tech Cura guide: without an enclosure ABS warps badly on anything bigger than a coin. A raft helps significantly with ABS.

Source: Grant Harkness (Hark Tech) · 2026-05-17

Summarized from the linked source. Always test on scrap before production runs.