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UP Plus 3D Printer User Manual

Acetone (nail varnish remover)

CAUTION: ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL,

ESPECIALLY WITH PLA MATERIAL.

CAUTION: The support material and the tools are sharp. Wear gloves

and safety glasses when removing the part from the printer

material

3D Printer User Manual v 2013.1.31

Acetone (nail varnish remover).

CAUTION: ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL,

ESPECIALLY WITH PLA MATERIAL.

CAUTION: The support material and the tools are sharp. Wear gloves

and safety glasses when removing the part from the printer

material.

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CAUTION: ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL,

CAUTION: The support material and the tools are sharp. Wear gloves

and safety glasses when removing the part from the printer or support

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Summary of Contents for Up Plus

Page 1: ...UP Plus 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31...

Page 2: ...the user s authority for use This document is protected by copyright All rights reserved Its use disclosure and possession are restricted by an agreement with 3D Printing Systems Ltd per software copy...

Page 3: ...3 6 Print Preferences 4 PRINTING Options During Printing Print Options 4 1 EXTRUDER VENT WIND BARRIER 4 2 CALCULATING MODEL COSTS 5 MODEL REMOVAL 5 1 REMOVING THE RAFT 5 2 REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL 6...

Page 4: ...HOW TO CLEAN THE NOZZLE 8 4 HOW TO CLEAN THE EXTRUDER COLUMN 8 5 HOW TO CLEAN THE EXTRUDER DRIVE GEAR 8 6 SOLUTION FOR WINUSB DLL NOT FOUND 8 7 UPDATE THE DRIVER MANUALLY APPENDIX A SUPPORT 2 Overvie...

Page 5: ...e platform by hand part of the body while the printer is working or immediately after it has ould always be worn when removing support material especially PLA The brown sections of the currently suppl...

Page 6: ...voided may result in serious injury Gloves When performing certain maintenance procedures the machine may be hot and gloves are required to avoid burns Safety Glasses Wear safety glasses to avoid inju...

Page 7: ...ashing 2 times per second Printing in progress Flashing about every 2 seconds Printing has stopped is designed with ultimate portability and simplicity in mind The system allow you to print great mode...

Page 8: ...UP Plus 3D Printer User Manual 2 1 Appearance Figure 1 Front view of printer 2 Overview 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 view of printer 2 Overview 1 31...

Page 9: ...UP Plus 3D Printer User Manual Figure 2 Back view of printer 2 Overview 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 re 2 Back view of printer 2 Overview 1 31...

Page 10: ...UP Plus 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3 Accessories PARTS TOOLS Bag of spare screws and washers 2 Overview 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 Bag of spare screws and washers 2 Overview 1 31...

Page 11: ...1 31 Specifications Physical Characteristics Material ABS or PLA White Layer Thickness 0 15 0 40mm fine 10 fast 100 cm3 h 140 140 135mm 5 KG 11 lb 245 260 350 mm Extrusion Temperature ABS 260 270c PLA...

Page 12: ...ruder head and platform in place during shipping roll holder feeder guide onto the left side using the middle sized included alan key Remove screw b and attach the roll holder as per diagram and attac...

Page 13: ...he roll holder with the filament coming out from the back of the roll printer Feed the end of the filament through the filament guide through the feeder tube and feed about 10cm out the other end of t...

Page 14: ...inter should align each of its 3 axis the table forward and backwards table up down head moves left and right and then beeps Chapter 3 3 1 can print you need to set the height be tween the nozzle and...

Page 15: ...ual v 2013 1 31 the following 0 2mm Hollow Honeycomb bottom right 30 degrees these are the only values you ll need to Chapter 3 3 6 Print Preferences Select the overall print quality Average quality G...

Page 16: ...choose C 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 3 1 3 Installing drivers Required for Windows only MAC doesn t require drivers Connect the printer to a computer with the USB cable The computer should pop...

Page 17: ...al v 2013 1 31 ox pops up Choose Continue Anyway and the drivers will install a If you have any problems installing the drivers or get a Winusb dll not found error please refer to the driver section i...

Page 18: ...brand new it is best to check you have the latest ROM version number i Currently the ROM update can only be updated using the If you have a MAC it s best to get access to a Windows PC to just do the...

Page 19: ...t be initialised Click the Initialis the 3D print menu The printer will beep and the initialisation procedure will begin The p will then return the platform and print head to the printer s origin and...

Page 20: ...2mm A piece of paper folded over from the nozzle As each printer is slightly different this distance needs to be cal brated before starting to print out the correct nozzle distance please follow thes...

Page 21: ...tting the height a e the printer before undertaking any further operations and start again need to intialise the printer after every print Normally only when switching on the printer It is only possib...

Page 22: ...31 f the extruder head and push the filament in with some gentle pressure until the extruder motor grabs it and starts pulling it through the extrusion head The extruder will then a tomatically extrud...

Page 23: ...r User Manual v 2013 1 31 3 2 Using the basic functions program icon on the desktop 3D model or on the toolbar and select the model you want to open ports STL files which is the standard input format...

Page 24: ...m section the left mouse button on the model to select it Pink the right mouse button while over the model and a context menu will hoose unload the model or unload all models if you have more than one...

Page 25: ...ving the model as a UP3 file then reopening the file can also fix it If you still cannot fix just try printing a rough version to see if it comes out If you still have errors use the option in the pri...

Page 26: ...iew button is options Window 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 ouse wheel The view gets zoomed in or out The system has 8 preset standard views stored under the View button on the toolbar the View bu...

Page 27: ...ockwise and negative numbers rotate clo 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 transformations Model Transformation can be achieved through the Edit menu or the toolbar he Move button and choose or input...

Page 28: ...axis around which you want to scale if you only want to scale in one direction the model uniformly by 2 0 times Procedures 1 Click Scale 2 Input 2 0 in the text box 3 Click Scale again the model by 1...

Page 29: ...ticking together If printing multiple models you ca them closer and then merge the models together Click Edit menu click Merge which co bines multiple separate models into one model this can be saved...

Page 30: ...mperature of the nozzle and platform heating and all the movement of the printer Once you click this button the cancelled You CANNOT resume a print job once the printer has been Stop All option you wi...

Page 31: ...ping force can be so strong that it will cause the Perfboard to warp as well in these cases you will need to use more clips to hold it 45 degrees angle with the edge and just fits the size of the plat...

Page 32: ...pending on the model you are printing Windows version Mac version on layer thickness of the printer This can be between 0 2 the layer thickness the better quality the stronger the printed part and hon...

Page 33: ...oftware s Smart Support is where the software will automatically calculate where it requires support material The Bunny on the left was printed with 80 degree support and then the support material is...

Page 34: ...d When you choose area is less than 5mm2 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 There is always a delicate balance between Plusmizing the amount of support material versus the quality of the part versus t...

Page 35: ...to the raft layers layer The default value The part Angle determines at what point solid dense support material gets used If the angle is small than the printer will add solid fill layers under the pa...

Page 36: ...he software window Check if there is enough model the software will generally tell you if there is not enough material when you begin the print new one For large models results can be improved by preh...

Page 37: ...o complete the job By holding down the front switch on the printer will the platform down and then put the printer into sleep mode This simply determines the speed at which the printer moves As a gene...

Page 38: ...less making for a wea The under sides of printed curves have a smoother finish Recommend for small and intricate Support material is easier to remove Delaminating can occur in the model try with the d...

Page 39: ...from www 3DPrintingSystems com was AU 59 per 1KG cents per gram moval s finished printing the printer will beep and the nozzle and platform stop Open the door remove the clips and slide the Perfboard...

Page 40: ...ack with a slight brushing of Acetone nail varnish r Removing Support Material Printed models are composed of two parts One part is the model itself and the other part is the support material used to...

Page 41: ...inter User Manual v 2013 1 31 Acetone nail varnish remover CAUTION ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL ESPECIALLY WITH PLA MATERIAL CAUTION The support material and the tools are...

Page 42: ...the printer will beep and you can gently withdraw the material material on the spool holder and pull it through the filament tube is about 10cm out of the tube then insert it into the hole at the top...

Page 43: ...ore you enter any new calibration values always click the Reset button otherwise the new values get added to the old ones Before you enter any new values the bar at the very top of the screen should r...

Page 44: ...ome blocked you may need to remove it in order to unblock or change first click Withdraw in the maintenance screen then once the printer is use the nozzle wrench provided in the toolkit that comes wit...

Page 45: ...methods to level the platform choose a method that works best for you Software Platform Leveling Calibration Below is a video showing how to use the software for the UP Mini which uses the same softw...

Page 46: ...ooking at a square surface while having to level a triangle tripod shape It is easier if you imagine you are leveling a Remove clips and Perfboard from the It is harder to level the platform with the...

Page 47: ...oosen the screws until you have the same gap between the nozzle and the platform at all four corners of platform Tips Tricks can sometimes have their corners lift from the platform which causes the pa...

Page 48: ...Windows that the printer driver is correctly installed 6 Try with a different USB cable and with a different PC 7 If using a USB Hub try without it 1 Close the vent door on the extruder head 2 Check i...

Page 49: ...nt has a knot in it Check by unspooling about 10 meters always keeping filament feed guide on the back of the printer needs to be at about 10 degree angle E sure the extruder can pull the filament wit...

Page 50: ...nce the printer beeps using the gloves and nozzle spanner unscrew the noz might need to gently push the nozzle down while unscrewing the nozzle to remove it as the remaining plastic will act like a so...

Page 51: ...silver column of the extruder column removing any plastic residue Clean the plastic off the drill bit each time You might need to click Withdraw a few times to remove as much plastic residue as How t...

Page 52: ...sb dll not found problem dll not found error message please follow the steps below Uninstall Older Driver and Automatically Install New Driver ontrol panel go to the System Properties dialog box and t...

Page 53: ...USB cable then plug again Windows will find a new device Manually select Program files UP Driver or C Program files X86 UP 6 There should now be a new driver section in the device manager as shown bel...

Page 54: ...Systems com 4 Troubleshooting 3D Printer User Manual v 2013 1 31 the default is C program files UP Driver 5 A Free Motion Card section should now have been inserted into the Device Manager Support rt...

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