2 Product details
Title: Original Prusa i3 MK2 / Original Prusa i3 MK2 (kit), Filament: 1.75 mm
Manufacturer: Prusa Research s.r.o., 621/8a Prvniho pluku, Prague, 186 00, Czech Republic
Contacts: phone +420 222 263 718, email:
EEE group: 3 (IT and/or telecommunication equipment), Device use: indoor only
Power supply: 90135 VAC, 2 A / 180264 VAC, 1 A (5060 Hz)
Working temperature range: 18 °C (PLA)38 °C, indoor use only
Working humidity: 85 % or less
Kit weight (brutto / netto): 9.8 kg / 6.3 kg, assembled printer weight (brutto / netto): 12 kg /
6.3 kg. Serial number is located on the printer control unit and also on the packaging.
3 Introduction
Thank you for purchasing our original 3D
printer
Original Prusa i3 MK2
from Josef Prusa
either as an assembled
printer
or a
printer
kit as your purchase supports us with its further
development. Read the handbook carefully, please, all chapters contain valuable info for the
correct service of the
printer
.
Please check the
http://prusa3d.com/drivers
page for updated version of this 3D
printing hanbook (PDF download).
In case of any
printer
related problem do not hesitate to contact us at
.We
are glad to receive all your valuable comments and tips. We strongly suggest you to visit our
official forum at
forum.prusa3d.com
, where you can find solutions to common issues, tips,
advice and hints in addition to actual information about the Original Prusa i3
printer’s
development.
3.1 Glossary
Bed,
Heatbed, Printbed
Commonly
used
term
for
printing
pad a heated area of 3D
printer
where 3D objects are printed.
Extruder
Printing
head or extruder is a part of a
printer
consisting of a
nozzle
, hobbed
pulley, idler and a
nozzle
fan.
Filament
Term
for plastic provided on spool is called “
filament”
, it’s used throughout this
handbook as well as in the LCD menu on the
printer
.
Heater,
Hotend
other name for a
printing
nozzle
.
1.75
3D printers use two different diameters (thickness) of a
filament (
thickness
)
: 2.85 mm
(
commonly
called as 3 mm) and 1.75 mm. 1.75mm version is more used worldwide though
there is no difference in
printing
quality.
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