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  • Page 1 GP3D Root Plus 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 2 GP3D is entitled to modify the GP3D Root Plus and relevant content in the manual without notice.  GP3D is not responsible for any loss (including sequent loss) caused by reference to the manual, including the loss due to printing ...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    GP3D Root Plus User Manual Contents Important notes ....................................4 I. Overview ...................................... 4 1.1 Introduction ..................................4 1.2 Technical parameters ................................. 4 II. Preparations ....................................3 2.1 Out-of-box audit ................................3 2.2 Accessories assembly ................................ 3 III. Offline operation ..................................4 3.1 Touch screen function ................................

  • Page 4: Important Notes

    Do not place the printer in an environment with much dust, high  moisture or intense sunlight. Do not use the printer on a tilted surface, because the GP3D Root  Plus may fall, damage or hit other items. Please wear protective gloves to separate models on the platform ...
  • Page 5 GP3D Root Plus User Manual  Print parameters Print size: 150(L) ×150(W) ×140(H) mm Print thickness: 0.2-0.3mm Print speed: 30-150 Platform temperature: 0-100 °C Extrusion temperature: 0-300 °C  Filament parameters: Diameter: 1.75mm Materials: PLA/ABS Recommended temperature: PLA: 220-230 °C; ABS: 230-240 °C ...

  • Page 6: Preparations

    2.2.2 Assembly of spoon holder: take out the two screws in the middle of the right side of the GP3D Root Plus and fix the spoon holder with the screws. Note that the rib is on the upper side.

  • Page 7: Offline Operation

    3.1.3 After the USB flash drive is inserted, the inverted triangle turns blue, the GP3D Root Plus, which is displayed as “Recess” when there is no print task, as “Heating” when the GP3D Root Plus is heated and as “Printing”...
  • Page 8 Press the button of X/Y/Z movement, the GP3D Root Plus will move to the corresponding direction. Click “Home” and each moving part of the GP3D Root Plus will go back to the original location. 3.1.13 If the printing is suspended for a long time, to avoid clogging next time, take out the filament inside the extruder.
  • Page 9 The printing height has been set before the GP3D Root Plus leaves factory, and if the platform is adjusted or the printing height changes after a period of time of use, fine-tune this value.

  • Page 10: Print From Usb Flash Disk

    Take the model “CUBE” for example to illustrate the process of printing from USB flash disk. 3.2.1 Turn on the power switch, reset the GP3D Root Plus and click to enter the user interface. Insert the USB flash drive into the GP3D Root Plus, and the interface is shown as follows.

  • Page 11: Print From Usb Flash Disk Notes

    3.3.1 The maximum memory of the USB flash drive model recognized by this GP3D Root Plus is 32GB. 3.3.2 This GP3D Root Plus can recognize up to 58 model files in the USB 3.2.6 After the model printing is completed, the object is as shown in the flash drive, and it is recommended to store no more than 20 model files.

  • Page 12: Print From Pc

    GP3D Root Plus User Manual 4.2.4 Click” Install” IV. Print from PC 4.1 Installation notices Before software installation, please read the following tips: 4.1.1 The software installer is in the USB flash drive, please copy it to the computer and backup it.

  • Page 13: Interface And Function

    GP3D Root Plus User Manual 4.2.9 Click” Install” 4.2.10 Click “Next”. 4.3.2 In the software interface, the bar “1” at the top left corner is the function menu. Move the mouse to the menu icon, and corresponding functional description will be displayed; the bar “2” at the lower left corner is schematic three-dimensional coordinates;...
  • Page 14 4.3.4.2 Notice: do not modify its suffix format when you save an offline file, otherwise the GP3D Root Plus will not recognize the file. 4.3.5.3 Select the corresponding port of the GP3D Root Plus. For example, this GP3D Root Plus is “COM3”. Click “Connect”.
  • Page 15 4.3.5.8 After the GCODE file is generated or opened, click the icon “Start Print”, and the GP3D Root Plus start print. 4.3.5.9 To stop printing, click the icon “End Print”. 4.3.6.4 Hold the middle mouse button, and you can move the overall model display frame.
  • Page 16 “Reset”. 4.3.8.2 The dialog to generate GCode is divided into three parts, the column “1” is to set model parameters, the column “2” is to set GP3D 4.3.7.2 Click the menu icon “Top”, the model will be displayed at the Root Plus parameters and the column “3”...
  • Page 17 GP3D Root Plus User Manual 4.3.8.4 Different filling densities will affect the printing time. The greater the density, or fill, the longer it would take the printing to finish. Please 4.3.8.7 If the model is a cube, with the same filling (10%), the thickness of select different density according to the actual needs as shown below.
  • Page 18 “Setting”. This value is height of the generated printing file which can External support Internal support also be set before GP3D Root Plus connection. 4.3.8.12 Structure of internal and external support of the model 4.3.8.16 Set the nozzle temperature: directly input the temperature in the dialog box and click “Setting”.
  • Page 19 Notice: the platform temperature cannot be set lower than the ambient temperature. 4.3.9 Control the printer 4.3.9.1 Click the icon of GP3D Root Plus control, and the control interface pops out. 4.3.8.18 After the above parameters are set, click “Generate GCode”.
  • Page 20 GP3D Root Plus User Manual 4.3.9.3 X/Y/Z are the three axis of GP3D Root Plus will move along the corresponding direction. Click the pull-down window “continue▼” to select the step length of single movement. 4.3.9.6 Set the platform temperature: directly input the target temperature and click “Setting”, and the platform begins heating.
  • Page 21 GP3D Root Plus when software is connected to the GP3D Root Plus. If the temperature is set at 220 °C as GCODE file is generated but the temperature before printing is set at 230 °C, the printing is carried out at 230 °C.
  • Page 22 GP3D Root Plus User Manual to the distance the slider moves. Notice: the left menu icon of model rotation will not appear before the model is selected. 4.3.10.3 You can also directly input the moving distance in the slider dialog of “X/Y/Z”. Notice: if the moving distance is beyond the maximum frame, the model will move to the position of the maximum frame, as shown below.

  • Page 23: Print From Pc

    After connecting software to the GP3D Root Plus, import the cube model, as shown below. 4.4.5 Click the button “Start Print”, and the GP3D Root Plus begins to work, as shown below. 4.4.2 Select the model with the left mouse button, click the left menu button to move the model to the center of the platform, and you can click “center”, as shown below.

  • Page 24: Print From Pc Notes

    1. The touch screen is a main part of your GP3D Root Plus to show the information and control your GP3D Root Plus, please be careful to not damage it.

  • Page 25: Annex 2 Tips And Tricks

    3. Since ABS material has high shrinkage, when it is used for printing, your GP3D Root Plus should be placed in a slightly higher temperature environment to avoid direct strong air flow to your GP3D Root Plus caused by the air conditioner or the fan. Suggest to set the platform temperature at 80 °C and above.

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