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  • Page 1 GP3D Root 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 2 Any unit or individual shall not modify copy or translate this manual without permission.  This manual is protected by copyright and our company reserves the right of final interpretation.  © Copyright 2015 GP3D, all rights reserved Version 1.0...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    GP3D Root User Manual Catalog OTES AND MPORTANT AFETY TEMS ............................1 RODUCT VERVIEW ..................................1 1.1 P RODUCT NTRODUCTION ..............................1 2. P REPRATION EFORE ................................1 2.1 C HECK UT THE ................................1 3. S OFTWARE NSTALLATION AND NTRODUCTION ..........................

  • Page 4: Use Notes And Important Safety Items

    CHECK THE BOX AND PRINTER Please check that the product is in good condition, such as no surface scratches or damage. Please contact the local dealer or GP3D customer service. If anything is missing from the box please contact GP3D customer service. parts installation 2.2.1 Open the tool kit, to find the following items, as shown below.
  • Page 5 （Figure 2.2-05） 2.2.2 Assembly of spool holder: Take out the two screws in the middle of the right side of the GP3D Root and fix the spool holder with the screws. Note that the rib is on the upper side.

  • Page 6: Software Installation And Introduction

    GP3D Root User Manual 3. S OFTWARE NSTALLATION AND NTRODUCTION 3.1 I NTRODUCTION Please read below carefully before installation: * The driver for software is in the SD card. Please copy the driver to your * Please shutdown all firewalls or antivirus software before installing (Figure 3.1-03)

  • Page 7: Software Installation

    GP3D Root User Manual 3.2 S OFTWARE NSTALLATION The following installation of drivers and software is for Windows XP, Win 7, 8 and 8.1 systems. 3.2.1 Select a folder, click “next”. (Figure 3.2-01) （Figure 3.2-01） 3.2.2 Click “next”, and then select “Germinate_V1_0_English.setup.exe”.

  • Page 8: Click "Install". (Figure 3

    GP3D Root User Manual （Figure 3.2-07） 3.2.8 Select “next”. (Figure 3.2-08) (Figure 3.2-11) 3.2.12 Run as an administrator for Windows 7, 8 or 8.1. Right-click the desktop icon or Wstk.exe under installation directory. （Figure 3.2-08） 3.2.9 Click “Install”. (Figure 3.2-09) （Figure 3.2-12）...

  • Page 9: Computer Sleeping Mode Changes

    GP3D Root User Manual （Figure 3.3-02） 3.3.3 In the pop-up interface of “Advanced settings”, click “Change plan settings” in “Balanced”. （Figure 3.2-14） 3.3 C OMPUTER SLEEPING MODE CHANGES ttention: To avoid interruption during printing, please turn off the sleeping mode on your pc.

  • Page 10: Win 8/8.1 Driver Installation

    GP3D Root User Manual （Figure 3.3-05） （Figure 3.4-02） 3.3.6 Choose “Never” in the “Put the computer to sleep” drop-down. Then click “save changes”. 3.4.3 Pop-up as shown below. Select “Browse”. （Figure 3.3-06） 3.4 W 8/8.1 RIVER NSTALLATION 3.4.1 After connecting the 3D printer, the system will install the driver automatically, and check if the installation was successful.

  • Page 11: Win 7 Driver Installation

    GP3D Root User Manual and select “Scan for hardware changes”. Move to next step for manual installation. Installation succeeded （Figure 3.4-05） （Figure 3.5-03） 3.5.4 If the installation is still unsuccessful and there is a yellow 3.5 W DRIVER INSTALLATION exclamation mark on “Other devices”, right-click on “The Replicator”, and 3.5.1 After connecting the 3D printer, the system will install the driver...

  • Page 12: Interface And Function

    GP3D Root User Manual 4. I NTERFACE AND FUNCTION 4.1. I NTERFACE 4.1.1 Turn on the power switch, and double click “Germinate” on the desktop icon to open the software. 4.1.4 Click “Load” again, and you can import multiple models.
  • Page 13 GP3D Root User Manual 4.1.6.3 Select the corresponding port of the GP3D Root. For example, this GP3D Root is “COM3”. Click “Connect”. Notice: if the model does not generate GCODE, click “Export”, if it cannot generate a file the following message box will pop out.

  • Page 14: Figure 3

    4.1.6.8 After the GCODE file is generated or opened, click the icon “Start Print”, and the GP3D Root will start to print. 4.1.6.9 To stop printing, click the icon “End Print”. 4.1.7.4 Hold the middle mouse button, and you can move the overall model display frame.

  • Page 15: Figure 3

    4.1.9.2 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 Root parameters and the column “3” is to generate GCODE.
  • Page 16 GP3D Root User Manual 4.1.9.6 Case layers refer to the thickness of the model surface. Click “▼”to select different wall thickness, “Thin, Normal, or Thick”. 4.1.9.4 Different filling densities will affect the printing time. The greater the density means a longer print duration, and a more solid model. Please 4.1.9.7 If the model is a cube, with the same filling (10%), the thickness of...
  • Page 17 4.1.9.15 Set the print height: directly input Z-axis height in the dialog and click “Setting”. This value is height of the generated printing file which can also be set before GP3D Root connection. 4.1.9.12 Structure of internal and external support of the model...
  • Page 18 Click “Ok”. 4.1.10 Control the printer 4.1.9.17 After the above parameters are set, click “Generate GCode”. 4.1.10.1 Click the icon of GP3D Root control and the control interface pops out. 4.1.10.2 GP3D Root control includes three parts: movement control“1”, 4.1.9.18 During GCODE generation, in case of improper parameter temperature control “2”...
  • Page 19 4.1.10.5 Set the nozzle temperature: input the target temperature and click “Setting”, and the nozzle begins heating. For PLA material, the 4.1.10.3 Click X/Y/Z band the three axes of GP3D Root will move along the recommended temperature is 220-230 °C.

  • Page 20: Figure 3

    GP3D Root when software is connected to the GP3D Root. 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 21 GP3D Root User Manual After the measuring is complete, click “Setting” to complete the measuring of Z-axis height and the following print will be carried out in terms of this height. 4.1.11.2 The imported model will be automatically placed in the center of the platform.
  • Page 22 GP3D Root User Manual displayed in the subsequent dialog. To return to the original state, click “Reset” to restore the original angle of the model. 4.1.11.5 If you want to import multiple models or move one model, select the corresponding model with the left mouse button and then move it.

  • Page 23: Print From Pc

    4.2.2 Select the model with the left mouse button, click the left menu 4.2.5 Click the button “Start Print”, and the GP3D Root begins to work, as button to move the model to the center of the platform, and you can click shown below.

  • Page 24: Attentions For Online Printing

    RINTING 5.1 T OUCH SCREEN INTRODUCTION 5.1.1 Home page will show the GP3D and Root logos. Please tap any part of the display and then find “Files” function. （Figure 4.2-06） 4.2.7 Slide the 4 clips to remove the build plate. Use the scraper to carefully take off the model.

  • Page 25: Attention For Offline Printing

    5.1.7 An rror alert will show up if anything goes wrong during printing. 7.1.1 To remove a blockage in the extruder: connect your GP3D Root with your pc, increase the extruder temperature from 220℃ by 5-10℃ each time, click [Forward], and push the filament by hand to extrude the filament until the filament emerges from the nozzle.
  • Page 26 GP3D Root User Manual Maintenance of the extruder 2.1 Reverse the filament and set the extruder below room temperature if you do not continue printing but are leaving the printer on. The filament dissolves under intense heat and can corrode metal parts of the extruder. Heating for a long time without squeezing out the melted material would cause the carbonized material to block the nozzle or damage it.

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