3ntr A4 V2 Quick Start Manual Download Page 4

Unpacking

We packaged your printer with the best solution, to withstand with rough handling 
usually involved with international freight. Therefore, despite our efforts, if you are 
being delivered a damaged package you should always refuse delivery or put 
your remarks on the delivery bill.

Package usually consist of:

Printer

AC power cable

USB cable

printing tray (PET surface)

filament spool(s)

To unpack machine:

Remove plastic straps and carboard cover.

Remove packaging foam/bubbles: don't use cutter blades!

Remove wrapping film

To open the door, turn counterclockwise the door knob

Remove the packaged items inside

One package consist of printing plate + power cable + Usb cable

Other package includes spool holders, filament spool(s), door keys

Check that no plastic/paper/adhesive tape parts are left inside the printer

Summary of Contents for A4 V2

Page 1: ...A4 V2 QUICK START Rel 1 01 ...

Page 2: ...face Congratulations for your purchase Your printer has been carefully engineered to bring you years of trouble free work this manual will help you the get to know everything about its use and maintenance ...

Page 3: ...ature or use protective gear gloves to remove finished prints Risk of pinching machine can suddenly start even if the power of actuators is low the speed is high enough to hurt Don t access machine until printing process isn t completed or the machine is remotely actuated i e using a print server Risk of fire don t use any flammable substance to clean the machine inner parts when printer parts are...

Page 4: ...nsist of Printer AC power cable USB cable printing tray PET surface filament spool s To unpack machine Remove plastic straps and carboard cover Remove packaging foam bubbles don t use cutter blades Remove wrapping film To open the door turn counterclockwise the door knob Remove the packaged items inside One package consist of printing plate power cable Usb cable Other package includes spool holder...

Page 5: ...t remotely via SD card or print spoolers BUT at least at the beginning you should use a PC Procedure 1 Place your printer on your desk 2 Open the printing compartment door turn knob counter clockwise 3 Place the printing tray on the print surface It will magnetically snap at the correct position 4 Close the door 5 Connect the printer to the AC power with the supplied cable 6 Turn on the power LCD ...

Page 6: ...u if you are using older systems or your installation is faulty the drivers for Windows Linux Mac PCs are available here http www ftdichip com Drivers VCP htm Please refer to above web site for installation instructions on your specific PC architecture If you need longer USB cable than the one supplied with your printer be sure to buy a good quality one cheap and unshielded ones will cause intermi...

Page 7: ... refer to Repetier Host as reference program for printer use and administration Please understand that we don t forbid you to use any other software solution we will just be offering help and support only for Repetier Host software Download your free copy here http www repetier com download Please refer to above web site for installation instructions on you specific PC architecture If you will lik...

Page 8: ... the upper right gears icon You will reach the following menus shown in English but you can choose among many languages Port leave the port you use to connect to printer Baud rate set it to 250000 Other parameter must be left unchanged at default values see fig 1 Fig 1 Connection parameters ...

Page 9: ...o always leave on your heated bed unchecking the disable heated bed after job kill option no serious issues with this other than having higher electricity bills If you choose to always leave on your extruders unchecking the disable extruder after job kill option BE CAREFUL as if you leave your printer unattended for hours you may end with degraded polymer inside your nozzle and with some polymer y...

Page 10: ...Above values must be entered precisely as from above screen capture feel free to choose names and colors but please be sure to enter correct numerical data Fig 3 Extruder control ...

Page 11: ...Y above values especially the Home X Y Z settings failing to do so you could not be able to use your printer Now if you turn on your printer with the leftmost ON OFF icon you will be able to start playing Fig 4 Printer shape ...

Page 12: ...les have to be inside the filament metal powder carbonized fragments wood pieces to avoid extruder nozzle jam Dry some polymer i e polyamides PVAs absorb humidity making for degraded prints or even destroying the filament PVA Keep your spools into dry containers use dehydration media silica gel molecular sieves to keep as dry as possible the environment Two hours at 70 C into a standard kitchen ov...

Page 13: ...the printer Reach the printer rear side place your spool on the spool holder rod With a pencil sharpener or simply using scissors make a conical point to the filament end Fig 5 Rear printer side Fig 6 Pointed filament end ...

Page 14: ...until it reaches the extruder assembly and you can t push t anymore Release the lock handle it will raise into closed engaged position About the pressure setting black plastic knob on feeder unit you should always use the minimal possible pressure needed to reliably feed the filament Fig 7 Filament feeders the one in foreground is locked open disengaged Illustrazione 8 Loaded spool feeder engaged ...

Page 15: ...ted 3 Release the feed mechanism of the selected extruder pulling the handle on the back of the printer Lock it open and remove the used filament 4 Remove the old spool and replace it with the new one 5 Use a scissor or suitable tool a small pencil sharpener could work with soft polymers to make a dart like point on new filament end 6 Feed the new filament up the mechanism and clear PTFE tubing un...

Page 16: ...changing if new filament color is different need to change temperature set extruder temperature to match the needed one for new filament Wait for extruder temperature to settle 5 Feed 50mm at 50mm minute with manual command See if filament is coming out of the nozzle freely 6 Done 2 New polymer has lower melting point than the old one i e changing from ABS to PLA 1 Turn on heating for the desired ...

Page 17: ...g ON Fig 9 to show printer return codes on the lower screen area 3 Use the manual control tab to send the M505 command to the printer 4 The printer should return the current loaded version in Fig 11 is is 18 08 14 5 If the firmware in your machine is older than the one currently available on your website you should seriously consider upgrading It FREE and it will surely improve your product usage ...

Page 18: ...petier Host Start the Xloader tool you should get this small window pop up on your screen The first line is used to find the hex firmware file you downloaded from our site the second line device must be set to Mega ATMEGA2560 then the COM port should be set to the same COM port you use to connect with Repetier Host Baud Rate is automatically set to 115200 as you choose the above said device Click ...

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