ABS

How do I print ABS successfully?

Q: How do I print ABS successfully?

Print ABS in a draft-free enclosure with little or no part cooling, start from the spool's manufacturer ABS profile, and ventilate for fumes; if you need outdoor UV resistance, prefer ASA instead.

First in this ranking: Bambu Lab ABS.

Nozzle230–260 °C (446–500 °F)
Bed90–110 °C (194–230 °F)
Speedup to 300 mm/s
Dry80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h
Density1.05 g/cm³

Ranked filaments

Rank	Filament	Material	Nozzle	Bed	Price / kg	Datasheet	Buy
1	Bambu Lab ABSNozzle 230–260 °C (446–500 °F) and bed 90–110 °C (194–230 °F) from the Open Filament Database record. The Bambu ABS technical data sheet adds drying at 80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h and print speed up to 300 mm/s. Enclosure required is blank on the row.	ABS	230–260 °C (446–500 °F)	90–110 °C (194–230 °F)	—	Datasheet	Check price at Amazon
2	eSUN 3D ABS+eSUN ABS+ from the Open Filament Database. Nozzle 230–260 °C (446–500 °F) and bed 90–110 °C (194–230 °F). Drying and enclosure required are not in our sources.	ABS	230–260 °C (446–500 °F)	90–110 °C (194–230 °F)	—	—	Check price at Amazon
3	Creality ABSCreality ABS from the Open Filament Database. Nozzle 230–260 °C (446–500 °F) and bed 90–110 °C (194–230 °F). Drying and enclosure required are not in our sources. The matching bed range is this row, not a universal ABS bed.	ABS	230–260 °C (446–500 °F)	90–110 °C (194–230 °F)	—	—	Check price at Amazon
4	Bambu Lab ASAThe ASA alternative when the part needs outdoor UV. Nozzle 235–260 °C (455–500 °F) and bed 90–110 °C (194–230 °F) from the Open Filament Database. The ASA sheet adds drying at 80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h and print speed up to 250 mm/s. Enclosure required is blank.	ASA	235–260 °C (455–500 °F)	90–110 °C (194–230 °F)	—	Datasheet	Search Amazon
5	ELEGOO ASAELEGOO ASA from the Open Filament Database. Nozzle 235–260 °C (455–500 °F) and bed 90–110 °C (194–230 °F). Drying and enclosure required are not in our sources.	ASA	235–260 °C (455–500 °F)	90–110 °C (194–230 °F)	—	—	Search Amazon

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Start from the manufacturer profile for the spool on the printer. The temperatures below are that spool's catalog row. ABS is the material hub.

Enclosure and drafts

Keep the chamber free of drafts and use little or no part cooling. That is the process the summary credits for holding layers together. The enclosure-required cell is still blank on Bambu Lab ABS, eSUN ABS+, and Creality ABS. This page does not fill that cell.

Bed and cooling

Bed adhesion covers glue stick and the first layer. Glue is the extra step for ABS on the adhesion guide. It does not replace the bed range on the row. Bambu ABS, eSUN ABS+, and Creality ABS each list 90–110 °C (194–230 °F). Leave part cooling low. This page does not publish a fan percentage.

Fumes

Ventilate. The bank's caveat is fumes and VOCs. One cited thread is about printing ABS in a bedroom. The practical reply in this summary is airflow out of the room.

ABS and outdoor UV

Prefer ASA when the part lives in the sun. Bambu Lab ASA lists 235–260 °C (455–500 °F) and 90–110 °C (194–230 °F), with drying at 80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h on the sheet. ELEGOO ASA lists the same nozzle and bed, and drying is not in our sources. The outdoor guide ranks ASA ahead of ABS for UV and does not publish a UV-hours test. Heat is the separate question. There is no warping URL yet. Warping on ABS is the draft and bed problem on this page.

Drying

Bambu ABS lists drying at 80 °C (176 °F) for 8 h. eSUN ABS+ and Creality ABS do not list drying. The drying guide is the general method. Do not copy 8 h onto the rows that lack it.

A NASA link from one thread

A comment on the infrared-lamp thread points at NASA technical report 20170000214. The comment is a pointer. This page does not adopt a bed temperature, a lamp distance, or a chamber temperature from that report.

Pros and cons

Pros

Each ABS bed range is tied to a named row. The page does not publish one ABS bed for every spool.
ASA is on the list for outdoor UV, which is the alternative the summary names.

Cons

Enclosure required is blank on these records. Reading the first sentence as a filled catalog cell would be wrong.
eSUN ABS+ and Creality ABS do not list a drying time. The 8 h figure belongs to the Bambu ABS and Bambu ASA sheets.

Printer considerations

A draft across the part is the failure this summary is trying to stop. The enclosure in the first sentence is that process. These rows still leave enclosure required blank.
Ventilate. The bank's caveat is fumes. A bedroom print is the question on one of the cited threads, and the answer there is airflow, not a higher bed temperature.
Check the printer's maximum bed before loading a 90–110 °C (194–230 °F) row. An open printer that cannot hold that bed is a reason to stay on PETG.

Printer limits

What the community says

The editorial summary is that ABS wants a draft-free chamber, little or no part cooling, and ventilation, and that the chamber is what stops warping and layer splits. The summary also says a 100–110 °C (212–230 °F) bed. This page does not publish that band as a FilamentFacts fact. The three ABS rows below each list 90–110 °C (194–230 °F), which is wider than 100–110 °C (212–230 °F), and each figure stays on its own row. ASA is the outdoor alternative. One comment on the infrared-lamp thread points at a NASA report. This page does not take a temperature from that report.

Sources & notes

Accessed 15 October 2026.

Bambu Lab ABS technical data sheet datasheet
Bambu Lab ASA technical data sheet datasheet
Open Filament Database, eSUN 3D ABS+ other
Open Filament Database, Creality ABS other
Open Filament Database, ELEGOO ASA other
Community source, r/3Dprinting 1t004wu reddit
Community source, r/3Dprinting 177x4r5 reddit
Community source, r/FixMyPrint u9owrt reddit
Community source, r/BambuLab 1ezdri8 reddit
NASA technical report 20170000214, cited from the infrared-lamp thread other

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Questions

Is the ABS bed always 100–110 °C (212–230 °F)?

No. Bambu Lab ABS, eSUN ABS+, and Creality ABS each list a bed of 90–110 °C (194–230 °F). That is those three catalog rows. It is not a single ABS bed for every spool, and it is not the community sentence copied into the table.

Does the catalog mark these ABS spools as enclosure-required?

No. Enclosure required is blank on the ranked rows. A draft-free enclosure, little or no part cooling, and ventilation are the process in the first sentence.