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You get a worse bond if it's too cold. as the plastic cools it warps and can crack along the interface between layers. Plastics like abs usually require a heated print bed as well.

I think the ideal solution would allow the entire piece to stay at a elevated temp somewhere between ambient and melting, but blow cool air over the freshly extruded plastic to quickly bring the temp down from the melting point



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