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Moving the Printhead
The print head can be moved using the
Move
tab on the touchscreen.
After selecting the
Move
button on the home screen on the touchscreen,
the
Move
window appears. This gives a variety of options for moving the
printer a certain number of millimeters in all directions.
The printer must be homed before it can be
moved manually. If a move button is pressed
without the printer being homed, an error
message will appear. This is necessary to
prevent damage to the machine by moving
the printer too far in one direction.
Moving in the X and Y Direction
The X and Y direction moves the
PRINTHEAD
. Once the printer is homed, it
can be moved in the X and Y direction freely without fear of moving the
printer too far in either direction.
Moving in the Z Direction
The Z direction moves the
BED
up and down.
More caution must be given
when moving in the Z direction because it is possible to ram the bed into
the nozzle which can SEVERELY damage the machine
. Take extra caution
when moving the Z axis. The negative Z buttons move the print bed
UP
while the positive Z buttons move the print bed
DOWN
.
The diagram below shows what the positive direction of movement is for
each axis. The origin of the x and y axis of the printer is in the front left.
