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C  PRINTER ACTIVATE AND UPGRADE 

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PRINTER

 

ACTIVATE

 

AND

 

UPGRADE 

In order to start printing, a few extra steps are necessary. Please follow the instruction to activate 
your printer and keep its software and firmware up-to-date. 

PRINTER

 

NETWORK

 

SETUP 

The printer must be connected to the Internet before activation and updating the firmware. 

Method1: Set on the UNIZ Desktop 

1. Plug into a power supply and switch on the printer. 

2. Connect the printer and PC via USB and start the software. 

3. Select the Control interface in the software. 

4. Select the SLASH 2 type in the printer list and click      . 

 

5. View network status. 

Press the ‘Printer Settings’ button

 to open the 

submenu. The first item is the Network which shows 

the connection status. 

 

Summary of Contents for SLASH 2

Page 1: ...USER MANUAL UNIZ DESKTOP PRINTER APPLICABLE TO SLASH 2...

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Page 3: ...he SLASH 2 3D printers the perfect machines for concept models functional prototypes and also the production of small series UNIZ does not warrant that the operation of the Hardware Product will be un...

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Page 5: ...RINTER 12 UPDATE THE FIRMWARE 13 D UNIZ SOFTWARE 15 INTRODUCTION TO UNIZ DESKTOP 15 PREPARE PRINT FILE 23 PRINTER CONTROL 39 ADDITIONAL TOOLS 47 E MAINTENANCE 51 PRINTER PLACEMENT AND LEVELING 51 BUIL...

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Page 7: ...thing about using your 3d printer by following the instructions in this user manual and experience how easy it is to produce great quality prints You might be familiar with other types of 3D printers...

Page 8: ...2 A SLASH 2 3D PRINTER...

Page 9: ...3 A SLASH 2 3D PRINTER SLASH 2 3D PRINTING SYSTEM...

Page 10: ...4 A SLASH 2 3D PRINTER FRONT BUTTON COLOR GUIDE...

Page 11: ...1 3 Power Cable 1 4 USB cable 1 5 Bottom Filter 4 6 Scrapping Card 5 7 Sand Paper 1 8 Protective Film 5 9 Shovel 1 10 Resin Bottle 1 11 Clean Bottle 1 12 Open Spanner 17mm 1 13 Hexagon Wrench M3 1 14...

Page 12: ...00 530 mm W H D 14 16 21 15KG 33LB Operating Temperature Suggested 18 28 C 64 82 F Power Requirement 100 240V 6A 50 60Hz Optical System 1 7mw cm2 blue LED array Liquid cooling system Mechanical Cast A...

Page 13: ...usable durable packaging that has been specially designed to protect your printer in transport To properly unpack your printer please follow the steps described below START UNBOXING Start unpacking by...

Page 14: ...ady to use SOFTWARE PREPARATION Open web browser open https www uniz com software Choose the software according to your corresponding system and download INSTALLATION Windows UNIZ Desktop supports Win...

Page 15: ...be connected to the Internet before activation and updating the firmware Method1 Set on the UNIZ Desktop 1 Plug into a power supply and switch on the printer 2 Connect the printer and PC via USB and...

Page 16: ...hernet 6 Set up the network This function only supports setting via USB connection Click the first item The Wi Fi list will pop up in the left if it is Wi Fi connection Click the Wi Fi name on Wi Fi l...

Page 17: ...d IP address on the side label b Open the browser on PC or mobile device and enter the IP address open the printer page and select the Network option c Click Check Network to check if the printer is c...

Page 18: ...to open the printer control interface 2 Click the Printer Settings button to open the submenu The second option shows the activation status Inactivated means activation is unsuccessful Activated mean...

Page 19: ...mplete the activation 3 When activation is complete disconnect the device from the hot spot connected to the printer and reconnect to the home or work network UPDATE THE FIRMWARE Before upgrading the...

Page 20: ...n the window 2 Updating the firmware An icon New will show next to the firmware version when there is new version firmware available Click the icon to start upgrading Restart the printer when the upgr...

Page 21: ...Control UNIZ Account An UNIZ account is mandatory for Add to Favorite Add to Cart View Purchased Models and Uploading to Cloud and other user related functions If you already register an UNIZ account...

Page 22: ...o the page for model details Details Page The model picture is displayed on the left while Print Information Print time Dimension Resin Consumption Summary Price and buttons for Add to Favorite and Sh...

Page 23: ...g Cart function If the button is displayed it means that the printed file has not been added to the shopping cart Clicking the button will add it in If the button is displayed it means that the printe...

Page 24: ...nder Review and Revision Needed Clicking any of the submenus under Uploaded Models will filter out the models in the corresponding status Right clicking on the model name or time will pop up menu for...

Page 25: ...file supports one click printing function Select the printer in the right toolbar and click the button for printing Local Prints Users can view the printed files from other sources stored on the mach...

Page 26: ...50 0 200 0 300 zFPU INTRINSIC 0 025 0 050 0 075 0 100 0 150 0 200 zHIPS YELLOW 0 025 0 050 0 100 zOrtho GRAY 0 010 0 025 0 050 0 075 0 100 0 150 0 200 0 300 zPMMA CLEAR 0 025 0 050 0 075 0 100 zSG AMB...

Page 27: ...ed to pop up the conversion settings dialog box Select resin type and save path of UNIZ slice file Then click OK to start converting Printer Control Interface Open UNIZ Desktop and click Control butto...

Page 28: ...22 D UNIZ SOFTWARE 3D Model Viewer Main Tools Printer Control...

Page 29: ...Fi Load 3D Model To load one or more 3D models you may either drag and drop onto the 3D viewer click Load File Button from the Main Tools or double click on the file directly If UNIZ Desktop is set a...

Page 30: ...hold the shift key and click drag with right mouse or holding scroll wheel and move mouse around To zoom in or out use the scroll wheel One CLICK PRINT One Click Print offers an option for automatica...

Page 31: ...models are distributed evenly on Build Platform Un balanced forces on the Build Platform may result in inferior precision or cracking of the printed parts Once supports are attached to a model its Z p...

Page 32: ...d horizontally If a planar surface or thin line is oriented at an oblique angle there is only little overhang for each new layer Furthermore thin walled parts occupy significant less area in a slice w...

Page 33: ...nd Head The wide flat base ensures it sticks to the platform The connections are used to reinforce multiple long supports The support head is perpendicular to the model surface preventing the support...

Page 34: ...l size the hollow part volume and the support thickness determine that head length should be set differently to avoid the support and model sticking Touch point Size The touch point size between the s...

Page 35: ...ion The lack of internal support can cause printing failure of the dangling part The left picture below is with internal supports and the right one is without This option is ticked by default Connecti...

Page 36: ...et the angle ranging from 45 to 75 and the default angle is 60 Tilt Angle To ensure discontinuous exposure in part area under UDP mode supports need to be tilted Users can manually set the tilt angle...

Page 37: ...Size are adjustable in Manual Edit and the other parameters will be the set values Enter Exit Manual Edit Click Edit will enter the Manual Edit mode where the model is gray and the supports are green...

Page 38: ...of the non internal support onto the model will change the non internal support to internal support Hold down the Shift key and drag the heads of simple supports in contact with the platform the suppo...

Page 39: ...nd high support density by even distribution to provide enough support Another possible way to reduce the quality of the model is to hollow it when slicing Slice Press Slice button on the main tool ba...

Page 40: ...oincide and should not have special characters such as Delete Preference Select the Preference you wish to delete on the Preference dialog and then click Delete to remove Only self defined Preference...

Page 41: ...ring and light refraction effect profile of printed model may give rise to deviation more or less To calibrate via Shrink option on Slice Parameters Interface 1 The gray area in demo graph at below is...

Page 42: ...the peel motion LED Power defines the power of LED module when exposing which determines the light intensity of exposure with an adjustable range of 0 to 300 and the recommended range is 150 to 250 I...

Page 43: ...her division layer Press Delete key when dragging the slider block to erase the division layer The last division layer may not be deleted Click Key to move the slider upward for one layer till to the...

Page 44: ...bar automatically you still need to touch the front button on the printer to confirm the print job to start printing Tips Print When Finished will only be enabled when a printer is connected the corre...

Page 45: ...the right printing tool bar Click the button in the tool bar to search all the printers only selected printer type in the same network of the computer which will be marked with the icon Printer connec...

Page 46: ...from previous jobs Once the resin film is removed the Resin Tank is clean and ready for the next print job Tips It is recommended to check the bottom of Resin Tank before every print job When there is...

Page 47: ...could not stick onto the platform because the Z axis does not cling to the LCD screen during the printing of the first layer Z axis Compensation Click Z axis Compensation button open dialog input a v...

Page 48: ...esin from the bottle into the tank automatically Printer Settings Click Printer settings button to popup the submenu including three functions of the Network Activation and the Remote Control 1 Networ...

Page 49: ...res Users may manually turn on off the remote control function When this function is started for the first time the system needs to register the printer to the IoT which may take considerably long tim...

Page 50: ...IZ App or Web dashboard https www uniz com 3 App a Click Remote Monitoring in the bottom table bar and all the activated printers under the login account will be listed b Select the printer from the l...

Page 51: ...he interface of account management after logging in with an UNIZ account c Click My Printers menu in the Account Dashboard and all the activated printers under the login account will be listed in the...

Page 52: ...ories have been running beyond recommended lifespan Recommended lifespan 200hours Checking status of accessories running time Open printer control interface press the Printer Setting button to pop up...

Page 53: ...Pause Job Click Pause to suspend a printing job Resume Job Click Resume to resume a paused printing job Cancel Job Click Cancel Job to cancel the current printing job Renaming Printer Double click th...

Page 54: ...o any model name will hide show the model in the scene Only the visible models will be printed Once the model name is selected in the list the corresponding model will be selected in the scene Single...

Page 55: ...n slice before and after Offset The red dotted line is the original section and the white is the section after Offset 3 The slice is finally displayed on the LCD screen and printed The offset value is...

Page 56: ...50 D UNIZ SOFTWARE Generate Reports Ticking this option will generate reports after printing Click the button to modify saving path of reports...

Page 57: ...to effectively guarantee the model quality 2 The level of the printer determines whether the automatic resin pumping system can work properly The liquid level sensor will give feedback information of...

Page 58: ...atform where the first layer of the model burns in to its levelness and roughness are crucial to successful prints INSTALLATION AND REMOVAL OF BUILD PLATFORM 1 Turn the platform locking arm clockwise...

Page 59: ...53 E MAINTENANCE 4 Put back the platform when it is in unlocked status 5 Turn the arm clockwise to lock 6 Installation is completed...

Page 60: ...sand the platform 1 Clean the platform surface with alcohol 2 Grind the surface into a grid shape with the sand sandpaper delivered with the machine 3 Clean the platform with alcohol again to make sur...

Page 61: ...of paper under four corners of Build Platform then push down Build Platform to touch LCD screen At this time there is at least one pieces of paper is pressed between Build Platform and LCD screen whi...

Page 62: ...per cannot be pulled it means this corner touch the screen closely and in good position Use the same method to adjust other corners and ensure all corners are pressed firmly 7 Click Yes to calibrate t...

Page 63: ...57 E MAINTENANCE INSTALLATION 1 Find the two fitting slots 2 Insert the Resin Tank to the slots by 30 40 degrees and put the tank down onto the screen 3 Put inward the hatch to lock the Resin Tank...

Page 64: ...sidues please dispose of solidified materials and waste resin properly Notes After removal of model please clean Build Platform thoroughly any leftover bits may damage the Resin Tank or LCD 2 Residues...

Page 65: ...NANCE CHANGE LCD PROTECTIVE FILM There is a protective film on the LCD of SLASH 2 If the film is scratched or dirty with cured resin you should change for a new one 1 Peel off the old film 2 Take out...

Page 66: ...60 E MAINTENANCE 3 Clean the surface of LCD and make sure there is no dust and residue left 4 Peel off the cover film marked 5 Using a card and cloth to paste the film onto the surface of LCD...

Page 67: ...backwards So to exert enough force the actual setting value of the platform needs to be lower than the tank film plane This leads to the z axis actual molding size does not accord with model required...

Page 68: ...The Resin Level Control System is designed to maintain a constant level of resin in the Resin Tank during a print job This is essential for printing large objects when regular refilling is mandatory I...

Page 69: ...63 E MAINTENANCE 2 Make sure the pipe and line are connected well 3 Plug the holder into the positioning slot on the Resin Tank as shown on the photo 4 The installation is completed...

Page 70: ...the Tank Resin Level Sensor There is also a Bottle Resin Level Sensor integrated in the Bottle Holder 1 Take the outside cap off and then insert the bottle into holder 2 Take the inside cap and rubbe...

Page 71: ...Take Resin Bottle off and insert Clean Bottle in Then go back to step 2 and continue PUMPING IN AND OUT The Resin Level Control system may work either in or out pumping in to serve printing needs and...

Page 72: ...n to stop pumping in 4 The resin level should be under the MAX LEVEL mark Pumping out If resin in tank will not be used in a long time it is suggested to pump the resin back to Resin Bottle 1 Click Re...

Page 73: ...t inside the printer RESIN STORAGE 1 For long term storage it is recommended to redraw resin back to the Resin Bottle to avoid curing 2 For short term storage it is recommended to cover Resin Tank wit...

Page 74: ...68 E MAINTENANCE CHANGE BOTTOM FILTER 1 Put printer sideways like the picture shows Lay protections to prevent possible damage to the printer 2 Take off the bottom filter holder...

Page 75: ...back RELEASE PRESSURE IN COOLING SYSTEM Notes 1 There are two separated cooling systems one for LCD Screen and the other for LED light board The colors of coolant are all clear transparent 2 Please ma...

Page 76: ...70 E MAINTENANCE Release pressure in LCD cooling system 1 Put the printer sideways like picture shows Lay protections to prevent possible damage to the printer 2 Find out the plastic elbow...

Page 77: ...lbow and use some paper to catch coolant 4 Connect the black pipe and elbow back when no coolant comes out Release pressure in LED cooling system 1 Open the front Cover and take off Resin Tank 2 Take...

Page 78: ...ectly The calibration for platform initial point is not in correct position Follow z axis calibration procedure and calibrate again Build Platform surface is too smooth printed model falls into the Re...

Page 79: ...Follow the guidance to re insert or install the LCD cable The screen is damaged Follow the guidance to replace the LCD panel 4 A stripe of part fail to print A row of lights are damaged on the LED lig...

Page 80: ...print 8 Liquid or solid resin residue appear on the screen surface Solid resin residue on the bottom of the Build Platform causes damage to the Resin Tank film Replace with a new Resin Tank and clean...

Page 81: ...has significantly reduced There is leak from the liquid cooling system Replace with new LCD cooling module or return to the factory for repair 13 Considerable size differences exceeding 1mm among the...

Page 82: ...e circuit board cable or program error Reinsert the cable and restart 17 Touch problems occur with the front light of the printer The circuit board has broken Replace with a new circuit board accordin...

Page 83: ...stributor or customer service 21 The printer can t be connected to Wi Fi 1 The client s router is 5G and the wireless network card only supports 2 4G 2 The DHCP timeout prevents the printer from being...

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