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1. INTRODUCTION .............................................................................................................................. 5
1.1 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL.................................................................................................................... 5
1.2 PRECAUTIONS ..................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.1 Safety....................................................................................................................................... 5
1.2.2 The following classifications are used in this manual.............................................................. 6
1.2.3 Protection ................................................................................................................................ 6
1.2.4 New Updates ........................................................................................................................... 6
2. OVERVIEW ..................................................................................................................................... 7
2.1 APPEARANCE ...................................................................................................................................... 8
2.2 3D PRINTER BURN IN TEST ..................................................................................................................... 9
2.2.1 Status Indicators ...................................................................................................................... 9
2.3 ACCESSORIES .................................................................................................................................... 10
2.4 SPECIFICATIONS ................................................................................................................................. 11
2.4.1 Printer Physical Characteristics.............................................................................................. 11
2.4.2 Specifications ......................................................................................................................... 11
2.4.3 Environmental specifications ................................................................................................. 11
3. QUICK STEP BY STEP SETUP GUIDE ............................................................................................... 12
4. INSTALLING 3D PRINTER SOFTWARE............................................................................................. 17
4.1 INSTALLING DRIVERS (WINDOWS) ......................................................................................................... 17
4.2.1 Windows 8 - Disable driver signature enforcement .............................................................. 18
4.2.2 Windows 8.1 - Disable driver signature enforcement ........................................................... 18
4.3 Installing the UP Free motion Drivers ....................................................................................... 18
5 INITIALISING THE PRINTER ............................................................................................................ 18
5.1 INITIALISE WITH SOFTWARE ................................................................................................................. 18
5.2 INITIALISE WITH FRONT SWITCH ............................................................................................................ 19
6. LEVELLING THE PLATFORM (AUTOMATIC OR MANUAL) ................................................................ 19
6.1 AUTOMATIC LEVELLING ....................................................................................................................... 19
6.1.a How does automatic platform levelling work? ...................................................................... 20
6.2 SOFTWARE PLATFORM LEVELLING ......................................................................................................... 20
6.3 MANUAL PLATFORM LEVELLING ........................................................................................................... 21
7. PLATFORM HEIGHT (AUTOMATIC & MANUAL) ............................................................................. 22
7.1
AUTOMATIC PLATFORM HEIGHT SETUP ........................................................................................... 22
7.2 MANUAL PLATFORM HEIGHT SETUP ...................................................................................................... 23
8. LOADING THE FILAMENT INTO THE EXTRUDER ............................................................................. 25
8.1 WITHDRAWING FILAMENT FROM THE EXTRUDER...................................................................................... 26
9. USING THE BASIC FUNCTIONS ...................................................................................................... 27
9.1 START THE PROGRAM.......................................................................................................................... 27
9.2 Loading a 3D model.................................................................................................................. 28
9.3 View Options ............................................................................................................................ 29
9.4 Model transformations............................................................................................................. 31
9.5 Other Maintenance Options ..................................................................................................... 33
9.6 Print Preferences ...................................................................................................................... 35
10. PRINTING ................................................................................................................................... 39
10.1 PREPARATION.................................................................................................................................. 39
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