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Monoprice 21824 User Manual

Monoprice 21824 User Manual

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MP Cadet LCD Resin Printer
P/N 21824
User's Manual

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  • Page 1 MONOPRICE MP Cadet LCD Resin Printer P/N 21824 User's Manual...

  • Page 2: Warranty Details

    MTBF of 1200 hours. You may need to purchase and replace it after 1200 hours of operation. Printing with materials other than resin types recommended on the www.monoprice.com website, may result in damage to the printer or bad quality prints. Defects that occur within this warranty period, under normal use and care, will be repaired, replaced, or refunded at our discretion.

  • Page 3: Safety Instructions

    Safety Instructions Before you get started, please read these important safety instructions. CAUTION: The 3D Printer includes moving parts that can cause injury. Never reach inside of the 3D Printer while it is in operation and allow time for the printer to cool down after operation. MOVING PARTS MOVING PARTS Do not leave the 3D Printer unattended during operation.

  • Page 4: Table Of Contents

    Contents Warranty Details A. Safety Instructions B. Congratulations The principle behind your printer Safety Information C. Electrical power Disposal instructions D. Useful advice The box contains Recommended items Minimum computer requirements E. Installation & Assembly Instructions F. Preparing the Duplicator 7 for Printing G.

  • Page 5: Congratulations

    Congratulations You have just purchased a new type of 3D printer, using Direct UV-light Printing (DUP) technology. This is a new method of LCD image creation allows controlled UV light to get through the LCD screen, which hardens liquid to form a model. This revolutionary system is a new way of printing that uses normal UV light as the energy providing source to initiate the free radical polymerization necessary to change the liquid resin into your hardened object.

  • Page 6: Electrical Power

    Do not attempt to fix this product by yourself, as opening or removing covers may expose you to dangerous voltage points or other risks. For service, contact Monoprice Technical Support at tech@monoprice.com Unplug this product from the wall outlet and refer servicing to qualified service personnel when: - The power cord or plug is damaged, cut, or frayed.

  • Page 7: Useful Advice

    Useful Advice Have supervision when used by a minor. The resin is an irritant to skin and eyes. Always wear gloves when coming into contact with the liquid resin. The printer should be operated on a stable and level surface, preferably away from direct ambient light.

  • Page 8: Installation & Assembly Instructions

    Installation & Assembly Instructions Set the printer display: Right click the mouse and click the display setting. 1. 2 Turn on the printer, connect the HDMI and USB cables to the computer. ® The computer will install the Arduino Mega 2560 driver automatically. 1.3 Right click the mouse and click the display setting 1.4 Click the display No.2, then the No.2 display would be highlighted in green color.
  • Page 9 2.0 Set the Creation Workshop software: 2.1 Decompress the Creation Workshop zip file. Click the Creation Workshop logo to run the software. 2.2 Click the Configure button.
  • Page 10 2.3 Confi gure the machine: Click Configure. Choose the current connection port, which could be Com5, Com6, etc. depending on your computer. 2.4 Select the screen size 2560x1440, then click + to add the secondary screen. Apply the change.
  • Page 11 2.5 Click the Connect button to link the printer and computer. Once connected, the Disconnect button will be highlighted. 3.0 Test the Z axis movement and raise the Z axis by at least 50mm, to check that the first layer was printed properly or not. Click Control, then click the +Z option to raise the building plate by 50mm/click.
  • Page 12 4.0 Open the model fi le and verify that the first layer prints properly or not: 4.1 Click the Open File button. 4.2 Choose and open any 3D model with a STL or OBJ file extension. 4.3 Click the 3D View button and adjust the object. Click + to add Raft and Support.
  • Page 13 4.4 Click the + button then the ___ button to add the Raft. 4.5 Right click the screen and move the print object, so you can the raft, as shown below.
  • Page 14 4.6 Click the Slicing button, then click the Slice button to begin slicing. 4.7 Click the Print button. You should see the image projected on the LCD screen, which is exactly the same as the first layer on your computer screen. Congratulations! You have successfully installed the machine.

  • Page 15: Preparing The Duplicator 7 For Printing

    Prepare the Duplicator 7 for Printing Now you have your printer installed and configured. Please read these software instructions to understand the different settings before starting. Let’s start by printing the first object using the stock resin and do the printout at the lowest resolution so that the test doesn’t take too long.
  • Page 16 The screen should look as follow: 4. Now click 3D View and check that the object is correctly placed inside the Slice button to start the slicing operation. A printing area. Press the confirmation window will be displayed. You can check again that the correct profile is being used and if not, you can select the correct one.
  • Page 17 Place the vat on top of the LCD screen and tighten the retaining Z brackets down to secure it in place. If you tighten it too much, the LCD screen will go white at the edges. The tray should not be able to be lifted up. 7.

  • Page 18: Cleaning The Machine And Your Printed Objects

    Cleaning the Machine and Your Printed Objects These steps will reduce any resin spillage and keep your machine clean. 1. Go to Control and move the platform up enough so the base of your object is clear of the vat. Remove the hood on the print platform. Tilt the platform backwards to allow the excess resin to drip back into the vat.

  • Page 19: Detailed Creation Workshop Software Instructions

    Detailed Creation Workshop Software Instructions System Compatibility Creation Workshop is a .NET 3.5 application written in C#. This is native to the Windows Operating System, but it also runs on many versions of Linux /Posix using the Mono ® Framework (http://www.mono-project.com/Main_Page). You will need to download and install Mono when using Creation Workshop on a Linux-based system.

  • Page 20: Loading A Model

    These three buttons start, pause, and stop a print. These buttons only become active once you have sliced your object. Clicking this button allows you to view the 3D objects within their boundary box. You can add supports in this function. Clicking this button accesses the Slicing screen.

  • Page 21: Scene View

    Scene View The Scene View allows you to manipulate various aspects of the scene. Selecting You can select a model by double clicking on the model, or selecting it with the scene view. Removing a Model You can remove a model by right-clicking on the name in the scene graph and selecting Remove.

  • Page 22: Move View

    4. Move View The Move function allows you to move objects on the build platform along the x:y:z axis by the distance entered. From left to right, the other tools are: The Place on Platform button will position the bottom of the model to rest on the bottom of the build platform.

  • Page 23: Rotating Objects

    7. Rotating Objects Rotating a model works in a similar way to moving a model. Simply select the model you want to work with, and use the X/Y/Z +/- buttons to rotate the model by your specified degrees. 8. View Options The View option allows you to manipulate various views and models.

  • Page 24: Working With Model Support Tools

    9. Working with Model Support Tools Using Supports Supports are sometime required to properly attach a model to the build space. Because of the nature of DPP, the lower layers must be supported by the supports, unless it has a wide surface in the first layers. Adding a Single Support A single support can be generated by clicking the manual support button.

  • Page 25: Saving A Scene

    Moving Supports After a manual or automatic support has been generated, individual supports can be moved around the x:y plane the same way models can be moved. Select the support by double clicking on it, then hold down the Shift key on your keyboard and move the mouse. Supports will automatically scale vertically under the model they support.

  • Page 26: Control

    There are two buttons for each of the available options. - The first option has the same name as the screen itself (Slice View). In this setting we can see (as shown in the image) each successive layer of the generated Slicing. With the lower bar we can scroll through the entire slicing result to check each of the layers.

  • Page 27: Configure

    From this screen we will be able to control the motors of the printer, which means displacing the build base over the Z axis, as well as controlling the LCD. In this section of the Control screen we have the buttons that will allow us to move the Z position of the build base.
  • Page 28 Setting up Display Devices Available Displays This shows you the available configured and connected displays on the system. You can click the Refresh button to refresh the list of displays. The + button will add a display to the Configured display box. Configured Displays This area shows the displays that will be used for projection on the system.

  • Page 29: Configure Slicing Profile

    The ones shown in the screen are the ones suggested to start working with this LCD printer. Saving Your Changes After you have configured your machine profile, be sure to click the Save Changes button to save and apply the changes. 13.2 Configure Slicing Profile In order to slice a model into images, you must first set up a slicing profile.
  • Page 30 If you want to create a new profile, carefully read the section Creation of New Printing Profiles section. Slice Thickness: This field is to set the thickness of each slice in mm. The default is .05mm (20 slices per mm) Exposure Time per Layer: This time value specifies how long the projector will display an image slice on a per-layer basis.

  • Page 31: Slicing A Model

    Build Direction: Top down or Bottom up. This value determines which direction the Lift occurs. For a bottom up machine, this is used to peel the model from the bottom of the build vat, sometimes in conjunction with a tilt/slide. For a Top-down machine, this makes the lift operation dip into the resin.

  • Page 33: Repair And Refurbished Goods Or Parts Notice

    3D Printer Repair and Refurbished Goods or Parts Notice Unfortunately, from time to time, faulty products are manufactured which need to change components or return to the Supplier for repair. Please be aware that if your product is capable of retaining user-generated data (such as files stored on a computer hard drive, telephone numbers stored on a mobile telephone, songs stored on a portable media player, games saved on a games console, or fi les stored on a USB memory stick).

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