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> The printer can't print things like ASA. Limited to PLA/PETG/TPU.

Why would it not print ASA? In my experience (I mostly print ASA, with PLA almost always used for prototyping), printing ASA is about as easy as PLA. 10-30 degrees hotter, less fan and possibly slightly slower speeds but otherwise just fine.

This printer seems to be rated to 300℃ which should give you a margin of over 60+℃ for ASA.

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ASA is very prone to warping, and thus needs an enclosure to keep ambient temp high enough while printing. You might be able to print small parts in ASA with a non-enclosed bedslinger like this, but you will run in trouble for bigger parts.

I print ASA all the time on my Prusa MK3S. It's the filament I use the most. The printer is not encased, though it's also not in a draughty environment.

I rarely have a warped part, and I've printed from tiny parts to some that would take most of the bed and 10-30cm tall.

Keeping the bed clean is usually enough. For trickier parts I add a brim. I always use a release agent (I prefer a thin layer of talcum powder but glue and others work as well), otherwise it sticks badly and I've damaged more than a couple PEI sheets trying to get them off.

Bambulab itself says it can't print ASA. I've the feeling that while the max temperature is 300 degrees, for some reason and with the volumetric flow that they set, the hotend is not able to keep up.

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