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Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes, it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be too much/too little room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured); the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft shouldn't be necessary for PLA, certainly not for large planar based prints. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Rafts generally print very well as there is extra space in between the deposited lines, and there usually is some over-extrusion.

Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes, it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be too much/too little room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured); the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft generally shouldn't be necessary for PLA (but some exceptions may apply), but certainly not for large planar based prints with a decent amount of surface area in contact with the bed. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Rafts generally print very well as there is extra space in between the deposited lines, and there usually is some over-extrusion.

Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be to much/less room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured), the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft shouldn't be necessary for PLA, certainly not for large planar based prints. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Rafts generally print very well as there is extra space in between the deposited lines and there usually is some over extrusion.

Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes, it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be too much/too little room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured); the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft shouldn't be necessary for PLA, certainly not for large planar based prints. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Rafts generally print very well as there is extra space in between the deposited lines, and there usually is some over-extrusion.

Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be to much/less room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured), the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft shouldn't be necessary for PLA, certainly not for large planar based prints. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Based on the scarring and the appearance of the printed holes it looks as if the nozzle to bed distance is not good, it is probably too large (could be too close as well, if you consider the scarring where the nozzle might have picked up already deposited material). The bed is also quite hot, for PLA you could drop this to 50 °C

Note that an initial layer height of 0.3 mm is also quite large, it causes a lot of material to be deposited while there might be to much/less room for the amount. Printing on glass should give you a shiny mirror glaze finish (unless the glass is textured), the images don't express that feature from printing on glass build platforms.

A raft shouldn't be necessary for PLA, certainly not for large planar based prints. It is hard to get a nice surface on top of a raft/support structure.

Rafts generally print very well as there is extra space in between the deposited lines and there usually is some over extrusion.