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tube (Figure 2.38), and push it through the tube until it reaches the filament drive in
the front end of filament guide tube.
Figure 2.38: Feeding filament through the filament guide tube
Step 2 Heating up extruder
On the “Manual Control” page of Repetier-Host, there is an “Extruder” section (Figure
2.39). After the Repetier-Host is connected with your Artifex 2 3D printer, the extruder
target temperature shows 185
◦
C
as we set in Chapter 2, and the extruder is turned
off. Click the Extruder icon to heat up the extruder to the target temperature.
Figure 2.39: Extruder control commands on Repetier-Host interface
The Repetier-Host provides a nice temperature monitoring interface. You can configure
the parameters and preference on the “Temperature Curve” page. (Figure 2.40)
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