Your First Print - Flashforge Creator Quick Start Manual

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right-hand Extruder.
Click through the message until your Creator asks you to press the M when you see
plastic extruding. Then take the end of the filament itself and push it right into the
center of the hole. Make sure it goes into the center, and doesn't get caught at the
edge.
You'll have to use some force, but as long as you're holding only the filament, you
can't hurt your Creator.
Maintain pressure on the filament, and after a few moments you should feel the
motor pulling it in. Then you'll see some plastic start to come out the nozzle. When
that happens, you can press the M and push the guide tubes back into the blue rings.
Don't be surprised if you don't see the color you expected -- there's probably still a
bit of plastic inside the extruder left over from the testing process.
If you have a dual-extruder machine, The Creator will now ask you to load filament
into the left-hand extruder. Follow the same process you did for the right.
After The Creator is done extruding, wait a moment for the extruded plastic to cool
down before you pull it away. You can discard the plastic in your normal garbage, or
recycle it, if your recycling system can handle ABS. Don't leave plastic clinging to the
extruder nozzle -- if you do, newly extruded plastic might stick to the nozzle instead
of the build platform.
The Creator will give you a couple of chances at this before continuing. If you don't
get it quite right the first time, you can load filament from the menu at any time by
going to
Utilities->Filament Options in the menu.

Your First Print

Now your Creator will ask you if you're ready to print.
Make sure your SD card is in the SD card slot at the right side of The Creator. Then, if
you've successfully leveled your platform and loaded filament into your extruder,
answer yes! The Creator will drop you into the "Print from SD" menu. Select one of
the prints and watch The Creator go to work!

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