Slicer settings for the Mosquito® Hotend

Does the Mosquito® require special slicer settings? What about retraction settings?

For direct drive extruders paired with the Mosquito® series of hotends, we recommend setting your retraction to the same distance as the diameter of the nozzle you are printing with. For example, when printing with a 0.4 mm nozzle, set the retraction distance to 0.4 mm in your slicer. For bowden setups, the length of the bowden tube heavily influences necessary retraction lengths, and will require some tuning. We recommend halving the retraction setting used with your previous hotend (before Mosquito® installation), and tuning from there.

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