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Guide
FELIX
Food V1.5
2 Introduction
3 Contents
Thank you for choosing FELIXprinters!
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this might work but taking this strategy will most likely set you up for failure and frustration.
So please follow this manual, we made it as short and understandable as possible to enjoy your FOODprinter.
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1 SAFETY ............................................................................................................................ 1
2 INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................... 2
3 CONTENTS ................................................................................................................... 2
4 PRINTER SPECIFICATIONS .................................................................................... 3
5 FELIX FOOD AT A GLANCE .................................................................................. 4
6 UNBOXING .................................................................................................................... 5
6.1 WHAT’S IN THE BOX? ............................................................................................................................ 5
7 INSTALLATION ............................................................................................................. 6
7.1 INSTALL FOOT BRACKET ................................................................................................................... 6
7.2 PREPARE THE PRINTBED ................................................................................................................ 8
8 DISPLAY AND POWER ......................................................................................... 12
8.1 DISPLAY OVERVIEW ........................................................................................................................... 12
8.2 INSTALLING THE DISPLAY UNIT ................................................................................................. 13
8.3 INSTALLING THE POWER CABLE .............................................................................................. 14
8.4 DISPLAY MENU OVERVIEW .......................................................................................................... 15
9 CONNECTING TO THE INTERNET ..................................................................... 16
9.1 CONNECT PRINTER THROUGH WIFI/WLAN ....................................................................... 16
9.2 CONNECT VIA LAN .............................................................................................................................. 16
9.3 CONNECT THROUGH WEB UI ..................................................................................................... 17
10 CALIBRATION ......................................................................................................... 21
10.1 LEVEL THE PRINT SURFACE ........................................................................................................ 21
10.2 CALIBRATE THE BED DISTANCE (Z=0) ................................................................................ 25
10.3 CALIBRATE THE EXTRUDER XYZ OFFSET (SWITCH ONLY) .................................... 31
11 PREPARATION FOR PRINTING ......................................................................... 36
11.1 UPLOAD G-CODE USING A USB STICK .................................................................................. 36
11.2 UPLOAD G-CODE USING THE WEB INTERFACE ........................................................... 38
11.3 PREPARING THE SYRINGE ........................................................................................................... 40
11.4 MOVE THE PLUNGER PUSHER (BY HAND) ...................................................................... 41
11.5 MOVE THE PLUNGER PUSHER (TROUGH MENU) ........................................................ 42
11.6 LOADING A SYRINGE ........................................................................................................................ 44
12 STARTING A PRINT ............................................................................................... 45
12.1 START A PRINT VIA THE DISPLAY MENU ............................................................................ 45
12.2 START PRINT VIA THE WEB-UI ................................................................................................. 46
13 PCB OVERVIEW .................................................................................................... 47
14 FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ................................................................ 48
