UP Mini 3D Printer User Manual
6. Maintenance
6.1 Changing the Material
To change colours or different materials it’s best to f
extruder head. Initialise the printer and choose “
the system automatically begin
ture, the printer will beep, and you can gently
Place a new spool of material on the
material is about 10cm out of the
Select the “maintain” menu form the “3D Print” menu
“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.
thin, bright and smooth. Then in the maintenance window click “New Spool” and enter the mat
rial weight of the spool so the printer can keep track of material usage.
If the nozzle is blocked,
The extruder and platform are hot. Use gloves when working in this area of
printer.
6.2 Vertical Calibration
This is only recommended to carry out if you find that your
models are not vertical.
The Vertical calibration procedure allows you to ensure that
the printer platform is perfectly horizontal and that the prin
er prints consistently in the X, Y and Z direction.
Open the “Calibrate” box form the “3D Print” menu.
Click Reset and then print the
your printer. The calibration file is
Files\UP\Example”.
3D Printer User Manual
aintenance
Changing the Material
To change colours or different materials it’s best to first withdraw the leftover
e the printer and choose “3D print->Maintain” and click
begins to heat the nozzle. When the nozzle reaches the
the printer will beep, and you can gently withdraw the material.
material on the spool holder, and pull it through the filament tube
f 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 is squeezed out of the nozzle
Then in the maintenance window click “New Spool” and enter the mat
rial weight of the spool so the printer can keep track of material usage.
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
This is only recommended to carry out if you find that your
n procedure allows you to ensure that
the printer platform is perfectly horizontal and that the print-
er prints consistently in the X, Y and Z direction.
Open the “Calibrate” box form the “3D Print” menu.
print the supplied Calibration model on
printer. The calibration file is located in “C:\Program
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material from the
lick “Withdraw” and
reaches the correct tempera-
and pull it through the filament tube, until the
at the top of the extruder head.
” 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
out of the nozzle should be
Then in the maintenance window click “New Spool” and enter the mate-
The extruder and platform are hot. Use gloves when working in this area of
