3.Operation
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6. Maintenance
Changing the Material
First withdraw the leftover material from the printer. Initialize the printer and
choose “3D print->Maintain”. Click “Withdraw” and the system automatically
begins to heat the nozzle. When the nozzle reaches the correct temperature, the
printer will beep, and you can gently withdraw the material.
Place a new spool of material on the spool holder, and pull it through the filament
tube, until the material is about 10cm out of the tube, then insert it into the hole at
the top of the extruder head.
Select the “maintain” menu form the “3D Print” menu. Then press the “Extrude”
button in the “maintain” dialogue. After the printer nozzle has warmed up to
260°C, the printer will beep. Push the filament into the hole at the top of the
extruder head, with a little pressure, and the extruder will automatically extrude
material. The plastic thread squeezed out of the nozzle should be thin, bright
and smooth.
If the nozzle is blocked, remove the nozzle and clean it.
The extruder and platform are hot. Use gloves when working in this
area of printer.
Vertical Calibration
The Vertical calibration procedure allows you to ensure that the printer platform is perfectly
horizontal and that the printer prints consistently in the X, Y and Z direction.
First, print the supplied Calibration model on your printer. The calibration file is in C:\Program
Files\UP\Example.