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- Page 1 ZHEJIANG FLASHFORGE 3D TECHNOLOGY CO., LTD. Creator Pro Start-up Guide...
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Page 2: Table Of Contents
www.ff3dp.com Contents 1 What's Included in the Box? 2 Un-boxing 3 Initial Hardware Installation 4 Software Installation 5 USB Connection & Temperature Setting 6 Filament 6.1 Install Filament 6.2 Feeding the Filament Using the LCD Screen 6.3 Withdrawing the Filament Using LCD Screen 6.4 Feeding the Filament Using Replicator G Control Panel 6.5 Setting Parameters 7 Initial Print... - Page 3 The Creator Pro is very sensitive to static electricity, so please make sure you contact a grounded object before operating the machine. Before repairing or making any alterations to the Creator Pro, it is essential that the machine is turned off and the power cord is unplugged.
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Page 4: What's Included In The Box
White ABS filament x 1kg (2.2pounds), Blue PLA filament x 1kg (2.2pounds), Un-boxing The Creator Pro was carefully packaged at FLASHFORGE manufacturing facility. Please follow the unboxing steps laid out below. CAUTION Handle the package and its contents with extra care; do not use any unnecessary force. - Page 5 You will find another box within the relevant assembly tools under the two long boxes. You should assemble the Acrylic cover yourself and please check the assembly video in the SD card. Please hold both sides of the printer and take it out after you take out the side EPE of Creator Pro. Please make sure you only can hold the frame.
- Page 6 Now, open the accessory box and remove the accessory sleeve. You will find the dual extruder heads in the protective packaging along with the black cable, carefully remove it and place it on your work surface. Remove the cardboard packing material and take the accessory box from the printer, set it aside for later.
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Page 7: Initial Hardware Installation
To do this, begin by carefully placing the Creator Pro on one of its sides so that the bottom is exposed. You will see the Creator Pro’s power supply. Using a flathead screwdriver switch the red power supply switch so that it displays 115v, as shown below. - Page 8 Next is the installation of the spool holder. Install one on each side. The installation of the spool holder is very simple – just insert it into the circular opening and tighten the nut behind. Then install the filament guide tube to the empty spot on the extruder.
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Page 9: Software Installation
ReplicatorG software. Below is a video link showing you how to accomplish this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NM1MN8QZhnk ReplicatorG0040 is the ideal software to use with the dual extruder Creator Pro. It can be downloaded from our official website by following the link below and click on Download. - Page 10 After opening ReplicatorG software, click on Machine to select your Machine Type. Choose The Replicator Dual Creator Pro dual extruder machine. After selecting the appropriate machine type, click on GCode on the top navigation bar, and under GCode Generator, select Skeinforge(50).
- Page 11 When the object is imported you may find that it is not on the virtual build platform or even on the screen, using the function keys indicated by the blue boxes in the illustration above, you can change the camera angle and reposition the object onto the center of the build platform.
- Page 12 A. Slicing Profile: select Replicator slicing defaults for ABS printing, then select Replicator 2 slicing defaults for PLA printing. This tells the printer which extruder to use for a dual-extruder head printer, either the left right head can be selected. If your sample will have any hanging surfaces, it is recommended to have support.
- Page 13 Click File > Preferences, then click Select Python interpreter under the Advanced tab. A window will pop up. Navigate to the Python installation directory, and select python.exe and click Open. Last, click Close on the Preferences menu and you are done! １１...
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Page 14: Usb Connection & Temperature Setting
The machine will now work as normal when generating Gcode, and the Python error message will not pop up again.In the next section, we will start a preliminary test on the machine’s connections, and heat the platform and extruder so that the extruder is ready for its first print. - Page 15 Locate the software driver shown in the blue box above. Right click and select Update Driver Software. Click Browse my computer for driver software to find the location of ReplicatorG0040 on your system. １３...
- Page 16 Click FTDI USB Drivers in the driver folder before confirmation and click OK. The drivers will then be installed. The next step is to link the printer. Rescan the serial ports and select the one that appears on your machine (on our test machine the port was COM10, but different computers vary).
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Page 17: Filament
Input the following target values: 220°C for the extruder and 115°C for the heating platform. After entering the values, the platform will start to warm up. When the extruder temperature reaches 50°C, the cooling fan will be activated and the current temperature value will display to the right as shown below. Filament To make the process of feeding or withdrawing the filament easy, please follow the next few steps carefully: After inserting the filament into the feeding hole, do not push it further until the extruder temperature reaches 200°C... -
Page 18: Feeding The Filament Using The Lcd Screen
There are two ways of feeding the filament into the extruder head, one is using the LCD screen on the printer itself and the other is by using the control panel on the Replicator G software. Feeding the Filament Using the LCD Screen 1. Turn on the Creator Pro; the display will indicate: Print from SD ▶... -
Page 19: Withdrawing The Filament Using Lcd Screen
If you want to change another color filament, first you need to withdraw filament and then load in. Please do as following shown to avoid filament jam. 1) Turn on the Creator Pro, the display will indicate: Build from SD Preheat ▶... -
Page 20: Setting Parameters
SETTINGS. Initial Print CAUTION Creator Pro has been leveled perfectly before leaving factory. However, it will get unleveled during long distance shipping, please do level the build plate again before starting a print. See below in instruction. First, make sure that you’ve completed all the steps in the Un-boxing and Hardware Setup section. - Page 21 need to click OK, the extruder will move to next point. Attention please: when the 2 knobs level finished, you only need to click Print Another Copy, then the extruder will continue to the third point, four points can be level finished Now, let’s start the initial print.
- Page 22 Next click Generate GCode, a dialogue box will pop up, after inputting your chosen parameters the Gcode will be generated. Please refer to EXPLANATION OF GCODE SETTINGS. A loading bar will then appear showing the progress of the Gcode generation. ２０...
- Page 23 ABS filament, then no HBP temperature modification is needed. If you have connected Replicator G Creator Pro printer, click the left most button on the green bar near the top of the screen. The Gcode has now been sent to the printer and the object will start printing shortly. If not, please refer to USB Connection &...
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Page 24: Dual Extruder Print
Dual Extruder Print Open ReplicatorG and select Gcode > Merge .stl for Dual Extrusion. You will see following: Click on the first Browse button to locate and select the file for left extruder; and then click on the second Browse button for right extruder. - Page 25 If you want to print dual colors with filament, select Replicator slicing defaults under the Slicing Profile column, and lower the Feedrate Travel Feedrate to 80. Click the Generate Gcode option for both boxes. After the Gcode is generated, click on the gcode tab as highlighted below and change HBP temperature to...