You'll have to use to use some force, but as long as you’re holding only the
filament, you can’t hurt your Duplicator 3.
Maintain pressure on the filament, and after a few moments you should feel the
motor pulling it in. Then you’ll see some plastic start to come out the nozzle. When
that happens, you can press the
Middle Blue Button
Middle Blue Button
Middle Blue Button
Middle Blue Button
and push the guide tubes back
into the gray rings. Don't be surprised if you don't see the color you expected --
there's probably still a bit of plastic inside the extruder left over from the testing
process.
If you have a dual-extruder machine, The Duplicator 3 will now ask you to load
filament into the left-hand extruder. Follow the same process you did for the right.
After The Duplicator 3 is done extruding, wait a moment for the extruded plastic to
cool down before you pull it away. You can discard the plastic in your normal
garbage, or recycle it, if your recycling system can handle ABS. Don't leave plastic
clinging to the extruder nozzle -- if you do, newly extruded plastic might stick to the
nozzle instead of the build platform.
The Duplicator 3 will give you a couple of chances at this before continuing. If you
don’t get it quite right the first time, you can load filament from the menu at any
time by going to Utilities->Filament Options in the menu.
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Your First Print
Now your Duplicator 3 will ask you if you’re ready to print. 5.1
