XYZprinting Nobel Superfine User manual

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XYZprinting Nobel Superfine

Safety and Compliance

Read the following safety instructions and contents of this manual before use, operation, maintenance, replacement or removal of any parts, components, or materials of the printer.

For the latest information about the Nobel Superfine 3D Printer and XYZprinting products, please visit XYZprinting website (http://us.xyzprinting.com) or contact your sales representative.

The following has been written in order to cover all possible printing scenarios. For scenarios which occur outside the scenarios detailed in this manual, the user will be held accountable for their own safety.

Important Safety Information:

•Do not let children operate this device without adult supervision. Moving parts may cause serious injury.

•Electric shock hazard.

•Do not place the printer on an unleveled or unstable surface. Printer may fall or tumble causing harm and/or injury.

•Do not place any object on top of the printer. Liquid and solid objects that fall into the printer may lead to printer damage or safety risks.

•Please keep the printer, resin, or alcohol away from fire.

•Do not disassemble or replace the printer cover with non-XYZprinting covers.

•Insert and secure the power cord firmly for proper usage and to avoid potential electricity and fire dangers.

•Do not attempt to service the printer beyond the instructions specified in this document. In the case of irrecoverable problem, contact XYZprinting

service center or your sales representative.

•Do not place the printer in humid or dusty environments such as bathrooms and high traffic areas.

•Some components of the printer move during operation. Do not attempt to touch or change anything inside before powering off the printer.

•Please keep the lid closed during printing to avoid injury.

•For optimized printing quality, only use resin supplied by XYZprinting.

•The socket-outlet shall be installed near the equipment and shall be easily accessible.

•Make sure to set the power switch to the off position and remove the power cord before transporting the device.

•Only use the grounded power adapter and power cord supplied with the printer to prevent possible electrical shocking.

•Please place and use the printer in a well ventilated area. The process of printing will produce a small amount of non-toxic odor. Having a well

ventilated area will ensure a more comfortable environment.

Resin Care

•Wear proper protective equipment, avoid raw material contact and vapor inhalation.

•Chemical-resistant gloves should be worn when you make contact with resin.

•Resin should preferably be stored at temperatures between 10-32°C (50-89.6°F), localized heat sources (i.e., drum or band heaters), oxidizing

conditions, freezing conditions, direct sunlight, ultraviolet radiation, inert gas blanketing.

•Never pour the waste resin back to the bottle or down the sink, as it may pollute the remaining resin or clog the drain.

•You may pour resin waste into plastic bag and expose it to sunlight or UV light source to cure the resin. The cured resin can then be discarded.

•Avoid dripping resin on anything other than the platform or the resin tank, or the printer may malfunction.

•Please ensure that the recommended operating conditions are adhered to. (Operating temperature 20-30°C (68-86°F)/ humidity 40 ~ 60% RH; If

a different operating temperature is printed on the label on the resin bottle, please adhere to recommended conditions on the label.)

•For the best printing quality, resin should be used up within 3 months after purchasing and within 1 month of opening.

Resin Tank Care

•The resin tank is consumable. It should be replaced when the bottom is damaged or gets cloudy to ensure the printing quality.

•It is suggested to use isolated resin tank while different color resin is going to be used to ensure printing quality.

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Product Overview and Accessories

●Front View

←Platform

The Nobel Superfine is shipped with the below parts and accessories. After unpacking, please check if there is any damage on the printer and accessories. Please contact customer support for any missing or defective parts and accessories.

■

Warranty Card

Quick Start Guide

■

Rinse Basket

Starter

■

Resin

Filling Tube→

Resin Bottle

Slot→

↑

Resin Tank

LCM→

←Operation

USB Disk

Port→

Panel

Unpacking and Setting Up

●Power On the Printer

Unpack the carton, remove all protective material and take the printer out of the package.

●Back View

Power

Jack↓

●Side View

Power

Switch

■

USB Cable

↓

Port

↓

※Keep original packaging material in the event of sending your unit back for repair.

Power Adapter

■USB Cable

●Install the Resin Bottle

Shake the resin bottle for about 10 seconds.

■

Power Cord

■Gloves

■Scraper

■Nozzle Cap

■Inner Tube

■USB Flash Disk

Connect power adapter, power cord to the printer. Switch on the printer.

■Back View

■Side View

●Raise the Platform

Select "UTILITIES" > "MOVE PLATFORM" > "TO TOP" > "YES" to raise the platform.

Remove the protective materials under the platform.

Assemble the nozzle cap and the inner tube, and replace the original bottle cap with the assembled one.

Put the bottle into the bottle slot. Install the filling tubes (First, attach the black tube to the thick nozzle. Then attach the transparent tube to the thin nozzle and push all tubes down.)

Thick hole

Thin hole

Note

Before changing the resin bottle, remove the transparent tube first, then remove the black tube.

●Refill Resin

Refill the resin tank before sending the printing task. Please select "UTILITIES">"REFILL RESIN" on the printer screen. And press and hold the UP key to infuse resin into the tank. Release the UP key until the resin reaching the "Max" mark on the resin tank(The resin capacity to MAX mark on the resin tank is about 90g), to avoid resin effluence from the resin tank.

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Printing

●Install the Printing Software

Install the printing software XYZware_Nobel from the bundled USB flash drive.

※Apply printer firmware and XYZware_Nobel updates when prompted by the software for stable printing performance.

●Printing Operations

There are three ways to send print files to the printer: through USB flash disk, USB cable connection, and WiFi connection. Follow below instructions for each operation:

① Printing via USB Flash Disk

Prepare the sliced files with XYZware_Nobel, and export them into ".3wn" format. Save the 3wn files in the USB flash disk, and plug it into the USB port on the front of the printer. Select and print the 3D model via LCM interface on the printer. Please refer to instruction of "PRINT FROM USB" on page 8 for detailed operation.

③ Printing via WiFi Connection

■Enable WIFI Connection

Choose the WiFi network which your PC connects to from the network scan list. You can set up the WiFi connection with the printer panel or in XYZware_Nobel. See P. 4 "WiFi" for the settings on the printer or P.10 "WiFi Connection" for the settings in XYZware_Nobel.

■Print Wireless from PC

Run XYZware_Nobel on the PC, press "Printer Monitor" in right lower corner. Press "My Printer" and confirm the printer is connected(indicated as red box).

② Naming your printer provides better distinction when there are more than one printer on the same network. The printer name can be changed on printer's LCM (see P. 7 "Printer Name") or in XYZware_Nobel (see P. 12 "Change Printer name"). To check the printer name in XYZware_Nobel or printer's LCM, please refer to green box on below illustration:

■Check the printer name in XYZware_Nobel:

② Printing via USB Cable Connection

Connect the printer to your PC with the USB cable.

Import 3D objects to XYZware_Nobel, add proper supports, press "Print" to set up the printing parameters. Once the file is sliced, it will be sent to the printer.

■Check the printer name on printer LCM:

Import 3D objects to XYZware_Nobel, add proper supports, press "Print" to set up the printing parameters. Once the file is sliced, it will be sent to the printer via WiFi Connection.

Tip

① Once the WiFi connection is setup correctly and kept connected on the printer, you can start printing via WiFi connection from the next step.

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LCM Menus

UTILITIES

The "Utilities" menu gives the user control over the printer settings. Users can choose to refill resin manually, and move the Z-axis when necessary.

REFILL RESIN

Select "REFILL RESIN" and press "OK". Press and hold the UP key to infuse resin into the tank. Release the UP key until the resin reaching the "Max" mark.

If you want to refill resin during printing, press "OK" to launch "ACTIVE MENU" page and select "REFILL RESIN". To refill resin, follow the same operations.

To pause printing To cancel printing To refill resin

MOVE PLATFORM

Activate the function when you need to move the platform manually. Simply select move the platform “to top” or “to bottom” to proceed:

SETTINGS

The "Settings" menu alows you to adjust printer settings.

WIFI

WIFI is disabled by default. To enable WIFI connection, follow the steps below:

Select WIFI and enter WIFI setting.

Connect to a new WiFi connection. Current WiFi connection, if any, will be disconnected after this option is selected. Disconnect current WIFI connection. Cancel setting and go back to "SETTING" menu.

The printer will start to looking for available WIFI after selecting "CONNECT NEW".

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06 : 06 : the number of WIFI connections currently detected 20 : Maximum detected WIFI

The list will be replaced by the actual WiFi connections found in your area. To view more available network, press Down key to move to the next page.

Press [OK] to enter the password. Press [OK] to read the instruction on inputing the password with the printer control panel.

■Input the WiFi Password

Enter password with the control panel and press "OK" to activate the WiFi function. 4 input modes are available, including capital English letters, lowercase English letters, Arabic numerals and special symbols. When in the password input mode, the keys function as illustrated below:

HOME

Left

Right

Down

Capital English letters mode:

<---Current input mode

Lowercase English letters mode:

●Home Key: Switch input mode

●Up and Down keys: Select numerals, alphabets, or symbols.

●Left and Right keys:Moves to the previous or next digit.

Arabic numerals mode: Special symbols mode:

Each digit turns invisible as "X" once setup

Please wait while the printer is connecting to the selected network

The printer is connected to the selected WiFi network. Press [OK] to finish settings

In case of no WIFI is available, please select "SCAN AGAIN" to retry scanning.

To scan available WiFi connection again To cancel the search

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BUZZER

When the buzzer is turned on, the printer will output an audible signal when a button is pressed.

Buzzer is turned on by default. To switch off the buzzer:

Select “OFF” and press [OK] to change the setting.

ENERGY SAVE

LED backlight of the LCM enhances the readibility of the content of the display. To save energy consumed, the backlight will go off after the printer idles for 3 minutes (shown as 03M on the display) by default.

To set a longer time interval:

Backlight will never go off. Backlight will go off after the printer idles 3 minutes. Backlight will go off after the printer idles 6 minutes.

Select an option, and press [OK] to change the setting.

LANGUAGE

You may switch the display language on the printer. The default language is English. To switch to other language:

Select a language and press [OK] to change the setting.

PRINTER NAME

You can change the printer name on the WiFi network with below steps:

Press [OK] to change the printer name.

4 input modes are available: [A] : Capital English letters mode [a] : Lowercase English letters mode [1] : Arabic numerals mode [@] : Special symbols mode

Confirm the inputted printer name and press [OK] to finish.

RESTORE DEFAULT

All settings can be reset to factory default with a few clicks.

To reset all settings at once:

This is the name of the printer. Only 16 characters are allowed Change the printer name Press [OK] to read the instruction on inputing the printer name with the printer control panel