A lot can go wrong when you're printing a 3D object, with the inconvenient "stringing" being one of the most common.

Stringing is a common issue that 3D printing enthusiasts encounter. It occurs when the printer’s nozzle shoots out tiny strands of material as it moves between different parts of a print. These ...

To avoid this particular phenomenon, 3D printing slicers generally have options like retraction and wiping. But, instead of trying to stop the stringing, [Chris Harrison, Gierad Laput, and Xiang ...