Geeetech PrusaI3 X, User Manual

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Page 2: ...ould be taken and adhered to the printer runs on 12V supplied by a certified power supply so you shouldn t ever have to get involved with anything over 12V but bear in mind there can still be high currents involved and even at 12V they shouldn t be taken lightly High temperatures are involved with 3D Printing the Extrusion nozzle of the hot end can run about 230 C the heated bed runs 110 C and the...

Page 3: ...input the power supply unit will be burned out Check the power input of the power supply unit You can choose either 110V or 220V according to the Power regulation in your country Tear off the yellow sticky note to check it You can use a hard stick to reach into the power box and switch it ...

Page 4: ...r download http www geeetech com wiki index php Repetier Host Download After downloading and installation it can be used 1 2 Driver Connect the printer to computer with USB cable the motherboard driver installer will automatically appear If not you can download FT232RQ here which is the driver of GT2560 http www geeetech com wiki index php Prusa_I3_X Install_the_drivers ...

Page 5: ...cess of using the printer you may need to re upload the firmware and the software you need to use is Arduino About how to upload firmware please refer to FAQ 2 Connect the Printer After the above software is installed we can connect the printer to the computer Plug the USB into the computer open Repetier host click the icon in the top right corner and the dialog ...

Page 6: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 3 box of printer settings will appear ...

Page 7: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 4 Select corresponding COM port of the printer and baud rate as 250 000 in the drop down menu Click Apply after the setting Shown as below ...

Page 8: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 5 After setting click the button in the top left corner of Home Page When the button turns green and changes into the printer connection is successful ...

Page 9: ... because of high speed during the test After follow up tests are completed it can be changed back to the original value Recommend speed of Z axis should not be too high 1000 is OK Travel feed rate 1000mm min Z Axis feed rate 1000mm min 3 2 Number of Extruder and Nozzle Diameter The number of extruder is set as 1 The diameter of print head is set according to the actual ...

Page 10: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 7 size here is 0 4mm 3 3 Printer Shape Here the printer shape of I3X is Classic Printer For home position choose Min ...

Page 11: ...ter s maximum printing volume 200 200 180 length width height If the object which is being printed is not in the center of the hot bed you can adjust the following two values to compensate for the distance deviation of X Y direction Bed Left Bed Right ...

Page 12: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 9 After setting click Apply OK The interface after setting is as following ...

Page 13: ... we can also do the test on Repetier Host The methods are as followings 4 1 Use Repetier Host to Test 4 1 1 Motor Direction Test Before the test manually set the motors of X Y Z axis at the intermediate position of each axis to avoid accidental collision occurring during the test There is emergency stop button at the top right ...

Page 14: ...lick Home button then all three axes will move towards the endstop After they hit the endstop they will move back for a short distance and then stop the movement The origin location should be in the right front corner of the printer platform If the moving direction is reversed you can change the motor direction in firmware please refer to FAQ 4 1 2 Heating Test ...

Page 15: ...k the heating button of the hot bed and the extruder The slash will disappear and you will see the temperature rising up Meanwhile you can see the temperature changing at the bottom of Repetier If the hot bed or extruder can heat please refer to FAQ ...

Page 16: ... temperature reaches above 170 Heat the extruder to 200 and then insert the filament into hotend via push in fitting When you are pushing the filament press the handle with one hand and push the filament with the other hand Please note that the filament must be in the slot of the gear otherwise feeding will not be fluent ...

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Page 18: ...eding If the nozzle can extrude filament fluently the extruder is working well If not please refer to FAQ Note If the moving direction of the motor is reversed which means you found the filament going backwards when you click to feed downwards change the motor direction of the extruder in the firmware to solve the problem This method is the same with that for X Y Z axis motor ...

Page 19: ...trol Panel to Test 4 2 1 Motor Direction Test Functions of the knob on LCD 1 Press the knob OK or enter the sub menu 2 Turn the knob to scroll through the options or change parameters Note Turn the knob during printing you can change the Feed rate in real time ...

Page 20: ... CO LTD 17 After learning about the functions of the knob on the LCD press the knob to enter sub menu and choose Prepare Choose Move axis Choose Move 1mm Note the extruder can only support two options Move 1mm and Move 0 1mm The 10mm ...

Page 21: ...s disabled Choose the axis that you want to move by using Move X Y Z options Turning the knob can make each axis move left and right or back and forth After testing each axis you can choose Prepare Auto home in the menu to make it back to home position ...

Page 22: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 19 If you want to manually move the motor you can unlock the motor Unlocking method Prepare Disable steppers ...

Page 23: ...eeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 20 4 2 2 Heating Test In the Control menu you can select temperature setting of hotbed and extruder Choose control Choose temperature Select the temperature you want to set ...

Page 24: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 21 After setting you can choose Prepare Preheat PLA to preheat hot bed and extruder ...

Page 25: ...ing Before printing we need to do hotbed leveling Only after this step can quality of printed parts get improved Otherwise the un leveling gap between the hotbed and extrusion head will affect the filament adhering to the hotbed thus cause poor print quality or even not printing 5 1 Homing Home the printer ...

Page 26: ... relatively lower place the distance between the nozzle and the hotbed will be decreased If the nozzle is too close to the surface of hotbed tighten the M3x50mm screw to shorten the bottom part Then the printer will home at a relatively higher place the distance between the nozzle and the hotbed will be increased You may need to calibrate for many times at this step The recommended distance betwee...

Page 27: ...e the extruder to the four corners of the hot bed and fine tuning the wing nut at each corner to level the distances between the extrusion head and four corners During adjustment you can put a piece of A4 paper half fold it between the nozzle and hotbed If you can feel a bit friction when you pull the paper back and forth the distance is proper ...

Page 28: ...an also move the extruder to the center of hotbed to verify leveling outcome 6 Slice Settings With one more step we can start printing set the slice parameters such as print material diameter the speed the layer height etc to achieve better print quality Open slic3r which is a slice software coming with Repetier host As shown below ...

Page 29: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 26 You will be presented with the following interface ...

Page 30: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 27 6 1 Printing Setting Set layer height and the first layer height in the Print setting tab Generally speaking layer height ...

Page 31: ...iate layer height The layer height is set as 0 35mm by default 6 2 Filament Setting Set filament diameter and print temperature in the Filament setting tab Filament we use here is 1 75mm PLA Usually the temperature of the extrusion head is 195 210 and the temperature of hotbed is 60 70 Here we separately set them as 200 and 65 ...

Page 32: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 29 6 3 Printer Setting Set the shape and size of hotbed and the number of extruders in the Printer setting General tab ...

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Page 34: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 31 Meanwhile set the extrusion head diameter as 0 4mm input the actual diameter of your own printer ...

Page 35: ...s parameters like the speed of the printer are also very important to print quality It requires user s long term using experience and exploration Here we d like to give you a setting for reference please download the attachment settings You can import it into slic3r to view it through the following steps ...

Page 36: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 33 Open slic3r File Load Config ...

Page 37: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 34 Find I3X PLA config ini file in the dialog box and open it Then you can successfully import the config ini file Click the Save button to rename and save it ...

Page 38: ...o import the model file for slicing and printing For 3D printer the file format of the model is generally stl file We can download for free and print those models which are shared online and you can also design your own creative objects for printing Here we print a simple plate You can download the model file here plate stl ...

Page 39: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 36 7 1 Load Print Model In the main interface of Repetier host click the Load button Choose the file you download and open it ...

Page 40: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 37 7 2 Model Slicing After the file is loaded you can use the following buttons to enlarge shrink or rotate it ...

Page 41: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 38 After the size setting choose the slicing parameters which were imported previously in the drop down menu and click slice with slic3r ...

Page 42: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 39 In this way gcode file which can be recognized by the printer is generated ...

Page 43: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 40 Last step click button to print ...

Page 44: ...7 3 Stand alone print with SD Card If you want to print Stand alone you can save the gcode file in SD card for printing Note The printer only recognizes gcode file in the SD card and the file can not be placed in any folder Steps are as follows ...

Page 45: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 42 7 3 1 Save Click Save for SD Print and select the save button in the dialog box ...

Page 46: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 43 7 3 2 Generate file Choose a save path to save the generated gcode file which can be used for SD card printing ...

Page 47: ...rt the SD card into the SD card slot at the back of the LCD control panel and choose the corresponding gcode to print Press the knob on LCD rotate the knob to enter the main menu and choose Print from SD option Choose corresponding gcode file to begin printing ...

Page 48: ...www geeetech com ShenZhen GETECH CO LTD 45 Heating When heating is completed it begins printing automatically ...

Page 49: ...forum Common problems are as follows 8 1 How to upload firmware The motherboard of the printer is already burned with firmware when it leaves the factory If you have firmware problem when you are using the product and need to upload firmware you need to use the Arduino IDE to burn Arduino1 0 1 is recommended and the download address is https www arduino cc en Main OldSoftwareReleases 1 0 x ...

Page 50: ...tech com forum viewtopic php f 10 t 17046 Common parameters settings of firmware please refer to http www geeetech com forum viewtopic php f 13 t 17194 8 2 How to change the motor direction in firmware In the configuration h tab of firmware find the following codes Change the true of corresponding axis into false or false into true and save the firmware and burn into the printer Because you don t ...

Page 51: ... false it may be necessary to burn both of the two parameters define INVERT_X_DIR true define INVERT_Y_DIR false define INVERT_Z_DIR true define INVERT_E0_DIR false 8 3 User manual of Repetier Host For detailed user manual of Repetier Host please refer to Wiki http www geeetech com wiki index php Repetier Host ...

Page 52: ... php f 13 t 17097 8 6 The hotbed or extruder can not be heated http www geeetech com forum viewtopic php f 13 t 17039 8 7 LCD error MAX MIN TEMP error http www geeetech com forum viewtopic php f 13 t 17030 8 8 No information or displaying black square on LCD http www geeetech com forum viewtopic php f 13 t 17040 8 9 Time h endstop hit or other abnormalities http www geeetech com forum viewtopic ph...