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tube (Figure 2.37), and push it through the tube until it reaches the filament drive in
the front end of filament guide tube.
Figure 2.37: Feeding filament through the filament guide tube
Step 2 Heating up extruder
On the “Manual Control” page of Repetier-Host, there is an “Extruder” section (Figure
2.38). After the Repetier-Host is connected with your Artifex 3D printer, the extruder
target temperature shows 180
◦
C
as we set in Chapter 2. Click the “Heat Extruder”
button to heat up the extruder to the target.
Figure 2.38: Extruder control commands on Repetier-Host interface
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