In 3D printing, we often talk about leveling the print bed, although that’s not an accurate term. A bed that is level in our terms presents a flat surface that is parallel to the path of the ...

Manual bed leveling requires adjusting screws until the nozzle is the proper distance from the bed. Some printers come with auto-leveling features, but even these need occasional calibration.

In 3D printer terms, bed leveling (or simply “leveling”) is a broad term for a process whose end result is getting the first layer of a print deposited optimally onto the build platform.

Some budget 3D printers require you to manually align the bed yourself. Mid-range and premium options usually feature “auto bed leveling,” where the printer aligns itself when prompted.

And once you finally build a 3D printer it requires the knowhow for manually leveling a print bed, bonding layers, and navigating computer programs to find the right balance of settings for each ...