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  • Page 1 Quick Starter Manual for PrusaM201...

  • Page 2: Copyright Declaration

    The copyright of this specification belongs to the Shenzhen GETECH CO., LTD. (hereinafter referred to as the "Geeetech"), and all rights reserved. No part of this specification should be reproduced or extracted in any forms or means without the prior written consent of Geeetech by any company and individuals.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    Contents Quick Starter Manual for PrusaM201...........................1 Copyright Declaration..............................2 Technical Support................................. 2 Contents..................................3 1 Install USB Driver..............................1 2 Download and install Repetier-Host..........................1 3 Repetier-Host setting..............................2 4 Function test................................7 4.1 Homing................................8 4.2 Directions of X, Y, Z motor..........................9 4.3 Heating................................

  • Page 4: Install Usb Driver

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 1 Install USB Driver 1.1 Windows update will automatically update and install the driver. Connecting USB, and there is a prompt in the bottom right corner of desktop, showing that the driver is installing the device driver software.

  • Page 5: Repetier-Host Setting

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 3 Repetier-Host setting Before printing, please set following parameters. Click the Printer Settings, and the interface of printer setting will appear. Set following parameters in printer settings 1. Connection Choose the right printer port, Baud rate and Receive Cache Size. For other settings please choose the default parameter, and then click Apply.

  • Page 6: Contents

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 2. Printer Set the printer’s moving speed in direction of X, Y and Z axis. For other settings please choose the default parameter, then click Apply. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858...
  • Page 7 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 3. Extruder Set the number of extruder as 2, and set the nozzle diameter. For other settings please choose the default parameter, then click Apply. You need set the nozzle diameter according to the diameter of extruder head you purchased. If you can’t confirm the diameter, please contact the manufacturer to get right parameter.
  • Page 8 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4. Printer shape Set home position and printing platform parameters. Printer type：choose Classic Printer www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 5 -...
  • Page 9 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH After successfully finishing the printer settings, click the Connect in the top left corner. If the icon turns green, it means the printer is successfully connected with upper computer. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858...

  • Page 10: Function Test

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4 Function test When upper computer is successfully connected, don’t print immediately. You should test each part of the printer to see if they can work normally. Following picture is the manual control panel of upper computer www.geeetech.com...

  • Page 11: Homing

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Tests you should do are as following: 4.1 Homing Separately set X, Y and Z axis as zero, and three coordinate axes will move to the direction of endstop. At this moment please observe if the homing direction is right or not. If it is not right, please refer to FAQ.

  • Page 12: Directions Of X, Y, Z Motor

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4.2 Directions of X, Y, Z motor Click the arrows in the icon to test if the directions of X, Y and Z motor are right. If the direction is reversed, please modify the logic value of corresponding motor. For specific solution, please refer to FAQ.

  • Page 13: Heating

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4.3 Heating Here you can set the heating temperature of heat bed and extruder. Temperature of extruder can not be set too high or too low, otherwise the extruder can easily have blockage. You need adjust the temperature according to your filament.

  • Page 14: Extruder

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH simultaneously heat extruder 1 and 2. If you can’t heat extruder or heat bed, please refer to FAQ. At this moment, heat bed, extruder 1 and extruder 2 are separately heated up to 55℃ and 195℃.
  • Page 15 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH is fused too much, it will overflow upwards and then block the hole through which the other kind of filament enters the heating block from the barrel. No matter in the process of cleaning filament or inserting and removing the filament, don’t insert or remove the feeding pipe near the hot end.
  • Page 16 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Test extruder 1 Click the downward arrow to test if filament 0 can be discharged fluently. In order to avoid blockage, please extrude filament at 1mm or 0.1 mm. You can use one hand to hold the filament, and it will be helpful for you to know the conditions of the rotation of extruder motor and moving of filament.
  • Page 17 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH If filament can’t be extruded fluently or there is blockage, you will hear a sound of clicks. Please refer to FAQ. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 14 -...
  • Page 18 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Choose extruder 2, repeat the steps of extruder 1. And test if filament 1 can be extruded fluently. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 15 -...

  • Page 19: Lcd

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4.5 LCD You can also test if these functions are normal or not through LCD. Enter LCD>Prepare www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 16 -...
  • Page 20 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH In the menu of prepare, you can do 6 kinds of operations including Disable steppers/Auto home/Preheat PLA/ Preheat ABS/Cool down/move axis. Followings are explains for each of them. 1. Disable stepper: X，Y, Z motor unlocking. When the motor is unlocked, X, Y and Z axis can be moved manually.
  • Page 21 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4. Preheat ABS： extruder and heat bed are separately heated to preset temperature: 240℃，95℃. You can also enter LCD<control<temperature<preheat PLA conf to modify the preset temperature. Set the preset temperature of extruder and heat bed. If you want to stop heating, please enter control<temperature and manually adjust the temperature to 0.

  • Page 22: Heat Bed Leveling

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 5. Move axis X,Y,Z axis can move at a resolution of 10mm, 1mm and 0.1mm. Extruder 1 and extruder 2 can only move at a resolution of 1mm and 0.1mm. 5 Heat bed leveling You need do leveling for nozzle and four corners of the heat bed. Next is one of the leveling methods.
  • Page 23 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Fine adjustment of the relative location between extruder head and heat bed 1. Set Z axis to initial position 2. After unlocking the motor, manually move X axis and Y axis, and move the extruder to four corners of the heat bed in turn.

  • Page 24: Slice 3R Setting

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 4. Move the extruder head to other three corners, and adjust their corresponding screws. 6 Slice 3r setting Following setting is just for reference, you need set different slicing parameters according to actual printing models and filament.
  • Page 25 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH After successful import, if you need, you can do operations on the items in object placement including placing it in the middle/enlarging it/rotating it. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858...

  • Page 26: Slicing

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 6.2 Slicing Click slicer>configuration, slicer3r window will prompt up. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 23 -...
  • Page 27 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Click file>load config in the top left corner，and import M201 slicing configuration. Download it here. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 24 -...
  • Page 28 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Import Normal.ini slicing configuration www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 25 -...
  • Page 29 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH After successfully importing Normal.ini slicing configuration, click save in print settings label. Set filament parameters in filament settings, and click save. Notice: please check Keep fan always on and Enable auto cooling in the tab of cooling. This is for avoiding blockage.
  • Page 30 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH In the tab of printer settings After you saving above slicing configuration, return to slicer Click the drop-down box of print settings/printer settings/filament settings, the slicing configuration which was just save as Normal.ini will appear. Choose this slicing parameters, and click slice with slic3r to do slicing for imported printing model.
  • Page 31 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH In the process of slicing www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 28 -...

  • Page 32: Introduction Of New Function

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH When slicing is finished, click print to begin printing. 7 Introduction of new function 7.1 Mixer Mixer is used to adjust the mixing proportion of two kinds of filaments in order to realize the www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110...
  • Page 33 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH printing effect of different colors and blending colors. There is a menu in Mixer shown as following list: Prepare used for returning to upper Prepare Menu Filament 0: displaying current proportion of Filament 0. Press to enter, the value can be adjusted.
  • Page 34 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH You can also modify the OFP proportion OFP Max: maximum proportion of filament feeding OFP Min: minimum proportion of filament feeding Store Memory: save If it is not saved, the printer will agree that current parameters are valid. After restarting the printer, last setting is recovered.

  • Page 35: Print Alternating Color

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH into effect immediately and the proportion is determined by the last operation. Print alternating color You can use M201 to print alternating color like using other printers with dual extruders. Please calculate the printing time in advance, and adjust the proportion of filament 0 and filament 1 when it is time to change color.

  • Page 36: Blending Color

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Blending color Manually adjusting the proportion of filament 0 and filament 1 can realize different blending colors. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 33 -...

  • Page 37: Gradient Color

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Gradient color Choose LCD<MIXER<Templates, and there are 4 pairs, 8 kinds of gradient colors for choosing. Following pictures are separately corresponding to the gradient effects from template 1 to template 8. You can change the template you want to use at any time and any stage.

  • Page 38: Introduction Of Customizable Gradient Template

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 7.2 Introduction of customizable gradient template Custom template allows user to set the parameters of gradient color printing. It provides six customizable templates for user to set and they are named as Custom1 to Custom6. User can set www.geeetech.com...

  • Page 39: Parameters Setting Instructions

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH under the Mixer >Custom menu. Each template includes parameters of Start Gradient Percent, End Gradient Percent, Start Height, and End Height. Perform a Store Memory to Save it when the setting is done. Next i will show you how to set and use a customized template.
  • Page 40 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 1 Open Mixer->Custom on LCD control panel: Let’s take custom 1 as example. Here we set custom 1 conf as follows: Start Percent: 30% www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858...
  • Page 41 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH End Percent: 60% Start Height: 0mm End Height: 30mm When the setting is done, please press Store memory to save it: Similarly you can set other custom templates, for example, custom 2: Start Percent: 60% End Percent: 20%...

  • Page 42: Printing Effect Demonstration

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH The templates which have been set can be found in Mixer->Templates. You can change setting parameters at any time during the printing process. When the setting is done, you can start printing. Select the corresponding template in Mixer-> Templates during the printing process.

  • Page 43: Introduction Of Printer Settings

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 7.3 Introduction of Printer Settings Printer Settings is used to adjust some parameters of the printer and save them through Store memory. Choose LCD<control<printer settings www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858...
  • Page 44 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 1. Set the printing volume of the printer X Max: 280 // X Max refers to maximum coordinate of X axis X Min: 0 // X Min refers to minimum coordinate of X axis Y Max: 210...
  • Page 45 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH You can set the printing volume of the printer through above parameters. When setting is finished, choose Control<store memory to save the parameters. 2. Set home position Home X: MIN //Home X refers to the position of X axis after homing, and it can be set as Max www.geeetech.com...
  • Page 46 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH or Min Home Y: MIN //Home Y refers to the position of Y axis after homing, and it can be set as Max or Min Home Z: MIN //Home Z refers to the position of Z axis after homing, and it can be set as Max or Min Notice: under normal conditions, the homing position is set as Min by default.
  • Page 47 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Y Motor Dir: True // Y Motor Dir refers to the running direction of Y motor Z Motor Dir: True // Z Motor Dir refers to the running direction of Z motor E Motor Dir: True...
  • Page 48 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH Logic level refers to logic active level Status refers to on/off state of endstop, NO (Normally Open), NC (Normally Close) www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 45 -...

  • Page 49: Faq

    ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH endstop of M201 is set by default as: Logic level: High Status: NC Print speed setting. Rotate the knob can adjust the printing speed during printing. It is 100% as default. 8. FAQ 1. Homing direction or motor direction is reversed.
  • Page 50 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 3. Extruder can’t be heated For this problem, please check following electronic components 1） If the power supply works normally. 2） If there is a poor contact between the heating wire and the socket of control board. You should make the copper wire in the heating wire have a good contact with the cooper sheet of the socket.
  • Page 51 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH 3) Check the filament which has been taken out. If it has a sign of being slightly broken, please cut it off and reinsert the filament. 4) When you are inserting or pulling out the feeding pipe which is close to the hot end, it is easy to block the nozzle completely if your operation is not proper.
  • Page 52 ShenZhen GETECH CO.,LTD GEEETECH If you still have any problem, please turn to our forum for help. Our tech support will help you resolve them. www.geeetech.com Tel: +86 755 2658 4110 Fax: +86 755 2658 4074 - 858 - 49 -...

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