<p>My printer is ignoring the &quot;Z offset&quot; setting in Cura and the &quot;Bed Z&quot; stored in the printer LCD settings? It has been working before but after a firmware update of my printer, it doesn't work. Even after flashing the previous firmware back &quot;Bed Z&quot; changes no longer affect anything. No matter if I change &quot;Bed Z&quot; during prints or if I use the &quot;Z offset&quot; option in Cura, the nozzle still prints at the same height.</p>

I have the same problem. You need to check your G-code to detect where's the problem.
Try comparing the G-code file with different values of the Z offset.
In my case it looks like this:
No offset
```
```
;LAYER_COUNT:107
;LAYER:0
M106 S255
G1 F300 Z0.84
G0 F6000 X124.645 Y78.208 Z0.84
;TYPE:SKIRT
G1 F300 Z0.44
G1 F1500 E0
```
```
With offset (comments made by Cura)
```
```
;LAYER_COUNT:107
;LAYER:0
M106 S255
G1 F300 Z2.06 ;adjusted by z offset
G92 Z0.84 ;consider this the original z before offset
G0 F6000 X119.093 Y42.498 Z0.84
;TYPE:SKIRT
G1 F300 Z0.44
```
```
I hope this helps.