UP mini 2 User Manual

UP mini 2

User Manual

V 0.1

Download the full user manual at www.up3d.com Support Section

Chapter 1 Product Description

Chapter 2 Prepare for Your First 3D Print

Index

Chapter 3 Product Activation

Chapter 4 Machine Settings

Chapter 5 Print Settings

Chapter 6 Calibration and Other Options

Chapter 7 Techniques and Troubleshooting

Safety Precautions

1\ The UP mini 2 3D printer requires the power adapter provided by the original manufacturer,

otherwise the machine could be damaged or even cause fire hazard. Please also keep the

power adapter away from water and out of high temperature environments.

2\ During printing, the nozzle of the printer will

reach 260°C and the print platform could reach

over 70°C. Please do not touch these parts with

your bare hands while they are hot not even

with the heat resistant gloves included, with the

machine as the temperature could damage the

gloves and injure your hands.

Warning label:
High Temperature,
do not touch!

3\ During printing, the print head and other

mechanical parts move at high speeds. Touch-

ing these parts while they are moving could

cause injuries.

4\ Please wear goggles when removing the supporting material from models and detaching

models from the perf board.

5\ When printing with ABS and PLA, the plastics will create a light odor. Please run the printer

in a well ventilated environment. We also suggest you put the printer in an environment with

a stable temperature as unwanted cooling could cause adverse effects to the print quality.

When printer is exturding filament, make sure there is enough space between print head

nozzle and the platform. Otherwise the nozzle could be blocked.

Warning Label:
Moving parts, do not
touch!

Printing Environment

As light odor will be produced during printing, please run the printer in a well ventilated envi-

ronment.

The UP mini 2's ideal working temperature is between 15°C and 30°C with a relative humidity

between 20–50%.

Printing at temperatures out of this range could cause adverse effects to the printing process.

When using the “Extrude” function, keep at least 50mm between the nozzle and the platform.

If too close, the nozzle may get blocked.

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One Year Warranty

Beijing Tiertime Technology Limited (Tiertime) and its authorized resellers warrants to the
original purchaser that this product is free from defects in material and workmanship.
Tiertime or its resellers will for one year, at its option, repair or replace at no charge for parts
and labor from the date you purchased the product from Tiertime or a reseller. Nozzles and
Print Boards are warranted for ninety (90) days.

• Tiertime reserves the right to determine the validity of all warranty claims.

• Warranty is voided if the product serial number has been altered or removed.

• Warranty is voided if the product has been misused or damaged or if evidence is present

that the product was altered, modified, or serviced by unauthorized service people.

Compliance

FCC
ROHS
CE

Unpacking

Remove the cushioning foams from the
inside of the machine before start using it.

Rear View

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Package Content

UP mini 2 Spool and Tool Holder Calibration Card 50g Tester PackX3

Protective Gloves

USB Cable

Nozzle Wrench

Power Adapter

Hex Keys

2.0mm, 2.5mm

Perforated Print Board

(Perf Board) Print Head Nozzle

Plier

UP Flex Print

Board

ScraperPower Cable

ABS Filament

If anything is missing, please contact your local distributor or at [e-mail]

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Product Description

Front Side

Magnetic Top Lids

Front Door

Back Door

LCD Touch Screen

Back Side

Filament Insertion Hole

Power Switch

Handle

Initialization Button

Back Door

USB Connector

Power Supply Connector

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Filament Spool Holder

Spool Holder Lid

Filament Spool

Filament Guiding Tube

Filament

Tool Drawer

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Installation of Print Board

Slide print board into the
platform

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Print Head Installation 2-1

Open front door, back door

and top covers

Cooling Adjustment
knob

Print Head Mount

Nozzle

Print Head Mounting
Plate

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Print Head Installation 2-2

Slide the print head
into the slots.

Plug in the print head cable.

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Download and Install UP Studio

Two ways to obtain UP Studio

1. Download the latest version from www.up3d.com.
Double click the installation file, follow the simple instructions, the installation will be
finished quckily.

Minimum hardware

requirements

Intel Pentium 4 or better CPU 4GB RAM

Display card support OpenGL 2.0

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Software Interface

Printer Status Other Options

Home

Load File

Print

Initialize

Calibrate

Maintenance

Rotate

Auto Place

Undo

Move

Menu 1

Scale

To Menu 2

View Angles

Model Adjustment WheelBuild Platform

Mirror

Merge

Fix

Undo Reset

Back to Menu 1

Save

Delete

Menu 2

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Initialization of Printer

Initialization is required every time the
machine is switched on. During initialization,
the print head and print platform move slowly
and hit the endstops of the XYZ axis. This is
essential as the printer needs to find the end­point of each axis. Many software options will
light up and become available for use only
after initiali zation.

There are three ways to initial-

Initialization
button

ize your printer:

1. Hold the initialization button on the printer.

2. Clicking the "Initialize" option in the software
menu (shown on right).

3. When the printer is idle, press the initialize
button on touch screen.

Other functions of Initialization
Button:

Stop the current print job:

1. During a print, press and hold the button.

2. Reprint the last job: Double click the button.

3. Turn on/off internal lighting: Single click the
button.

Initialization
Button

PC client

Touch Screen

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Printer Activation

Activation will lift the restriction of the number of prints, and provide val-

ue-added services for the users.

1\ Click the“Account”button at

the main menu to Sign Up.

Account

3\ Go to your registered mail box, and

activate your account through the
activation email.

2\ If already registered, skip to step 5.

Fill in the form.

4\ Connect UP mini 2 to your computer.

5\ Go to Account section and sign in.

6\ You will see a list of connected

printers. Click“Activate”to finish the
activation. User could also choose bind
or unbind option in the user account
under the“Bind Status”.

7\ Restart the printer after the activation.

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Touch Screen Control

Change printing

Material

Print a stored project Machine settings

including Wi-Fi

Printer Info, reset to

factory and choose

language

Nozzle Temperature

Platform Temperature

Nozzle Height Detection Initialize the printer

WIFI Status

Private set­ting status

Remaining

material

Printer read­iness status

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Prepare for Printing - Update Nozzle Height

The printer was calibrated before leaving the factory, but users are recommended to
update the nozzle height value using the automatic nozzle height detection function
on the touch screen before the first print.

Press “Calibrate” button to enter Nozzle
Height setup page.

Press the “Auto” button to start the
automatic process.

During nozzle height detection, the
print head nozzle will touch the nozzle
detector to make measurement.

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Auto

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Prepare for Printing - Load Filament 2-1

install the filament and guiding tube shown in blue.

To printer

Top View

Push the guiding tube into the rubber ring as shown above.

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Prepare for Printing - Load Filament 2-2

Back Side

Insert filament Guiding Tube

into the filament entrance.

From spool

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Prepare for Printing - Load Filament

1\ Insert the filament from the spool into guiding tube, arrange the guiding tube as

shown in previous page. Press the Material button on the touch screen.

1\

2\

3\

2\ Choose the printing material as ABS by pressing the Wheel button to switch

between different materials. Input the filament weight by using the +/- buttons.

3\ Click "Extrude." The print head will start to heat up, within 3 minutes. Its tempera-

ture will reach 260°C, then the printer will buzz and the print head will start to extrude.

Guiding Tube

4\ Gently insert the filament into the

small hole on the print head. The filament
will be fed into the print head automatically
when it reaches the extruder gear inside
the print head.

Filament

Filament extrusion

6\ Finally insert the guiding the tube in

to the filament entrance and press the
tube into the holding clip on the print
head mount.

5\ Check the nozzle for plastic extrusion.

If plastic is coming out from the nozzle, that
means the filament is loading correctly and
the printer is ready for printing. (The extru­sion will stop automat- ically.)

Press the guiding tube
into the clamp

Guiding Tube

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Loading a 3D Model

Load Model Button

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Print a Model

Make sure printer is connected to computer throug USB or WIFI ( go to page 25 for
details about WIFI setting)and loaded a model.

Click print button to open

the print interface

Set Layer Thickness

Select Infill Type

Select Print Quality/Speed

Advanced Options

Shell: No infill,

normal wall.

Surface: No

top and bottom

layers, no infill,

single perimeter.

Hollow Big Hole Loose Fill Solid Fill

When the UP software is slicing or sending data to the printer, progress displayed on
the status bar on top of the software interface. Do not unplug the USB cable as this
will disrupt the data transfer and result in a print failure. The USB cable can be
unplugged after the data transfer is finished.

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Printing Progress

Print job progress

Pause print job

After pressing the pause button, the nozzle will be paused but temperature is main­tained at printing temperature. During pausing, the following control buttons will
appear to allow users to resume, stop or change filament.
Please note the stopping is irreversible, the current print job can only be restarted
from begining.

Extrude

Resume Stop Print Job Withdraw

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Change Filament During Printing

1\ During printing process the

“Pause” button, the printing job
will be paused.

2\ When print head stopped

moving and platform lowered.
Press the “Withdraw” button to
remove filament.

Press the “Extrude button” to load
the new filament

Confirmation button

Press the “resume” button to
resume printing.

After filament has been removed, insert
new filament to the print head as described
in page 16.

Print Job Finished

Printer ready confirmation:

After the print job has finished, the user
needs to press the “Ready for next print?”
button to confirm the printer is ready. User
should make sure the previous print job is
removed from the platform before pressing
the button. The printer cannot start a new
print job if they did not confirm the status.

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Reprint or Printing Stored Print Jobs

Info of the stored file print job

Start Printing

Test001

Test002

Stored file name Change Page

Black Out Recovery

If electricity was cut off during printing, the print job can be continued after resuming
power. Do not remove the print job from the platform after the black out. When the
machine has been turn on and initilized again. It will ask whether user would like to
recover interrupted print job.

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Machine Settings - WIFI Connection

or

Connecting to the UP mini 2 through WIFI requires a Wireless Local Area Network
(WLAN). Computer and printers must connect to the same WIFI network (same SSID)
before able to communicate.

In order to acheive stable WIFI connection, users are recommended to connect under

a capacious WIFI environment. A crowded network or an area with a large number
different networks are known to cause interruption during data trasnfer.

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WIFI Setup through Touch Screen.

IP address

Private setting,
which add pass­word for WIFI
connection.

SSID Input Input WIFI Password

Input Private Pass- word

WIFI connected Connect to

Select WIFI

current WIFI

Detectabe WIFI Network

Flip Page Refresh

Select WIFI

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Setup Private WIFI Access

If user switches on the private function in WIFI setting, a password field

will appear to allow password setup. This password will be required for

WIFI connection to the printer to prevent unathorized usage through

WIFI. Please note this is a weak protection that anyone who can access

the printer through USB or touch screen could change the private pass-

word.

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WIFI Setup (UP Studio)

1\ Connect UP mini to computer through USB.

3-1

2\ At top right corner click the setting

button and then click WIFI tab.

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WIFI Setup (UP Studio) 3-2

3\ Click network to choose an available network ( user can also use touch screen

panel to setup WIFI connection).

Choose your network from the drop down list.

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WIFI Setup (UP Studio) 3-3

4\ Input the password for the WIFI network.

5\ If “Private” is set to ON, a private password could be optionally added to limit

printer WIFI access to trusted users. Please note that the password is a weak protec­tion that can be accessed and changed by anyone who can connect the machine
through USB.

6\ Printer Tab

Disconnect USB and choose available printers on the network to operate through
WIFI.

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Set Materials (Touch Screen)

Decrease

Withdraw material

Material Weight

adjustment

Change Material Extrude material

Increase

current ma-

terial weight

Save current

setting

Stop extrusion

and heating

Back

Set Materials (UP Studio)

Extrude Filament Withdraw Filament Stop All Actions

Select Material

Input Material weight

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Set Nozzle Height (UP Studio)

For setting nozzle height with touch screen please refer to page 14.

120.90

Open the Calibration panel

At the Nozzle Height section, click “Auto”, which will initiate the automatic nozzle

height de- tection process.

Clicking +/- button will move the platform up and down, or user could input a specific

value in the text field and click “To” button. This will move the platform to a specific
height. Click save will replace nozzle height value with current platform height.

During nozzle height detection, the
print head nozzle will touch the thin
metal tab on the detector to make
measurement.

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Machine Configuration

WIFI switch, if switched off
the WIFI setting button
will not appear.

internal lighting switch

WIFI setting button

Preheat switch, when turned on,
for every print job, the printer
will first preheat 15min before
proceed to printing.

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Language and Factory Reset

Model: current machine model

S.N.: machine serial number

Firmware Ver: shows current firmware version

Print Time: total print time count

Print Weight: total print weight count

Actived Date: the date of printer activation MAC: mac address of printer

Reset: revert to factory setting. This will change some machine setting to default;

remove total printed time and weight data.

Language: choose language. Current available language: Chinese simplified, Chi-

nese Traditional, Korean, Japanese, French,Germany, English

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Error Prompts

Suggested solution,
in this case:
Contact support

Error Message

Error code

Other possible error prompt:

Unplug printer and restart

reinitialize the printer

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Rotating Models (UP Studio)

Choose the model and Click scale button.

Choose rotation axis

User could input a specific value
or choose a preset value for rotation.

Alternatively, user could use the rotation
guide to rotate model in real time by holding
and dragging with mouse.

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Scaling Models (UP Studio)

Choose the model and Click rotate button.

By default the scaling is in all axes.
User could also choose a specific axis for scaling.

User could input a specific scaling
factor or choose a preset value

Click MM or INCH to convert models to
sizes of corresponding units.

Alternatively, user could use the scaling guide
on the model. User could scale
in a specific axis or scale in all directions
by hold and drag with mouse.

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Move Model (UP Studio)

Choose the the direction of movement

Choose the model and click the Move button.

User could input a specific value or
choose a preset value for distance
of movement.

Alternatively, user could use
the translational guide on the
model to move on the X-Y
plane or a single direction by
hold and drag with mouse.

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Make Copies

Select the model by clicking it (hight lighted),the right-click to bring up the menu and
select copy number.

Repair A Model

1\ If the model contains defective surfac-

es, the software will highlight the surfaces
in red.Click the "more" button to reach
second level menu

2\ Click the fix button the repair the mod-

el.The red defective surfaces will resume a
normal color when repaired.

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Merge and Save Models

1\ Ctrl/CMD click all the models on the

build plate.

2\ The Merge button on the second level

of the adjustment wheel will become avail­able, click to merge the models.

3\ Click the save button to save the

merged models to comptuer.

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Print Preference

Surface: the number layers at the sealing the top and the bottom of the printed object.

Angle: This determine at which angle the Surface layers start to be printed.

2-1

Dense: Choose the number of dense layers between support and supported surfaces.

Angle: Determine the angle which support and dense layer to generated.

Area: Determine the minimal area of surface that will be supported, area less than this

vaule will not be supported.

Space: Determine how desne the support will be, the larger the value the less dense

of the support.

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Print Preference 2-2

No Raft: print without raft.

No Support: print without support

Stable Support: Support structure will be stronger but less easy to be removed.

Unsolid Model: The software will autofix nonsolid models

Thin Wall: The Software will detect wall thickness that is too thin to print and expand

the feature to a printable size.

Preheat: Preheat to target temp, or for 15 mins maximum.

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Printing Parameters

Surface

Surface

Dense (support)

Infill

Support

Print Platform

Support Range: < 30

o

Support Range: < 90

o

Raft

Dense: Solid support structure ensures that the surface being supported retains its

shape and surface finish.

Infill: The inner structure of the printed object. The density of the infill can be adjusted.

Raft: The thick structure that assists with the adhesion of the object to the platform.

Surface: The top and bottom layers of the printed object.

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Manual Calibration

The 9 buttons represent platform
calibration point.
The dropdown menu beside the
button is for setting the leveling
compensation values. After check­ing the leveling check box and click­ing these buttons, the nozzle will
move to the corresponding posi­tions and move up based on the
compensation value.

Moves the platform up/down: click
the +/- buttons to move the platform
up and down.

120.90

For sending the platform to a specif­ic height, input the value in the text
field between + and - and then click
“Move” button.

Click "Set" buttonto save currently
platform height as nozzle height.

So if user click the 9 buttons, the
printhead will move to correspond­ing position and platform will move
to a height that equal to “value in the
text field” PLUS the “compensation
value”
For example, high lighted button 5
has a compensation value of 0.5
and the text field has a number of
10, so when click button 5 the
platform will go to 10.5mm.

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1\ Initialize the printer

2\ Put a Calibration Card on the plat-

form.

3\ Move print head to the middle of

the platform by click 5.

4\ Raise the platform until it is just

touching the nozzle. Move the Cali­bration Card between the nozzle and
the platform to see if there is any
resistance.

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Platform too high, nozzle is
pinning Calibration Card
onto platform, Lower the
platform slightly.

Just right, can feel some
resistance when moving the
paper.

5\ When the ideal platform height

is obtained, record the platform
height value. Repeat steps 1–5 for
all of the other eight positions and
note their platform height values.

6\ When you have obtained the

platform height values for all nine
positions, find the lowest value
among all the values.

Platform too low, no resist­ance at all when moving
Calibration Card, raise the
platform slightly.

Platform Values at 9 calibration points
(hypothetical):

In this example, the first cali-

bration point has the lowest value
and is thus the highest point on the
platform. (The highest point of the
platform require minimum amount
of travel to reach the nozzle).

7\ Move the platform to the posi-

tion with lowest platform height
value as determined in Step 6 and
click the "Set" button. This will set
this point as the "Nozzle Height".

1: 118

4: 118.6

7: 118.8

2: 118.5

5: 118.9

8: 118.9

3: 118.7

6: 119

9: 118.8

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Printer Info

Printer info will be displayed by clicking the small button on the top left hand corner of
the connected printer icon. Information including printer type, serial number and firm­ware version will be displayed. User could also set a custom name for the printer in
the name field.

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Software Version and Update

Check Auto Update to allow the software to inform user the latest version.

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Convert Picture Into 3D Model

Click add picture button and select a picture.

2-1

The Base height determine the thickness of

a flat layer that will hold the picture.

Model Height determine the contrast of the

finally print.

The convert negative button will reverse

the pixel intensity so that user could

choose the picture to be protruding from

or sunken into the base.

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Convert Picture Into 3D Model 2-2

Update 3D model button. This button will convert the modified picture on the left to

a 3D rendering on the right.

Click OK button to place the 3D render onto the 3D printing interface, ready for print-

ing.

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Printing Techniques

1. Ensure optimal nozzle height. If the nozzle height value
is too low, it will cause warping; if it is too high, it will crash
the nozzle into the platform,causing damage and clog­ging. You can manually fine-tune the nozzle height value
in the"Calibation"panels.You can try to adjust the nozzle
height value plus or minus 0.1–0.2mm from the base on
previous saved nozzles heights.

2. Calibrate the printing platform well. An unleveled plat­form usually causes warping.

3. Allow enough time for sufficient preheating.A well
preheated platform is essential for printing large objects
without warping.

Air Flow Adjustment

knob

4. The airflow on print head is adjustable, slide the air flow
adjustment knob to change the amount of cooling direct­ed onto the printed object. Generally the more cooling
provided, the better the print quality. Cooling also help
with support and raft removal. However cooling also
encourage wrapping, especially for ABS.
To generalize, PLA can take strong cooling without prob­lem,while ABS should avoid cooling or give little cooling.
For ABS+ medium cooling is recommended.

5. Printing with no raft. It is highly recommended to use
raft for normal printing as it improves adhesion and is
required for leveling compensation. It is turned on by
default, but you can turn it off in the "Print Preference"
panel.

6. Printing with no support. It is possible to print with out
supporting structures.You can turn off support by choos­ing "No Support" in the "print" setting panel.

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Printer Maintenance - Air Filter Replacement

It is recommmended to change the HEPA filter in the filtration unit for every 300 hours
of usage or 6 months.

Front View

Turn anti-clockwise to
open the cap.

Air Filtration Unit

HEPA-Filter

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Print Head Maintenance

It is not necssary to remove the
print head cover if order to remove
the nozzle. However if you want to,
you can do so by removing the two
philip screws (circled).

Unplug the fan socket and pull out the
print head cover toward you. Unplug the
red and black cable to remove the cover
freely.

Heat up the nozzle to printing temperature by using the
withdraw function in maintenace interface. When tem­perature is reached, the printer will buzz.

Nozzle can be removed by using the nozzle wrench provid­ed.

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Printer Maintenance - remove motherboard cover

Remove the 3 screws and FFC cable clip on the

mainboard cover.

Mainboard

CPU

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