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Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd
Geeetech A10T 3D Printer
User Manual
(V1.10)
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  • Page 1 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Geeetech A10T 3D Printer User Manual (V1.10)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Content 1 Attention ............................4  1.1 Safety instructions ....................... 4  1.2 Factory test before delivery ....................4  1.3 Risk statement ........................4 2 Machine parameters ………………………………………………..…………………………………………………….………..5 3 Packing list ……………………………………………………………………………………………..……………….……………….6 4 Machine Overview …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..7 5 Assembling .............................
  • Page 3 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Thank you for choosing Geeetech products! [Important] Please read the instruction manual carefully before using this machine. Official site: https://www.geeetech.com/ Email us for technical support: https://www.geeetech.com/contact_us.htm Facebook Group: ...

  • Page 4: Attention

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Attention 1.1Safety instructions  Please switch to the correct local voltage (110V-220V) before turning on the printer. Be sure the switch is in the correct position or it will damage the power supply unit (PSU).  Be sure all wires are correctly connected before turning on the printer.

  • Page 5: Machine Parameters

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Parameters 1) Printing parameters Printing technology: FDM Printing volume: 220*220*250mm Printing accuracy: 0.1~0.2mm Positioning precision: X/Y: 0.011mm Z: 0.0025mm Printing speed: 60mm/s Nozzle quantity: 3-in-1-out single nozzle Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm Filament: Diameter 1.75mm;ABS/PLA, etc. Environment temperature: 10℃-40℃ Operating system: Windows/Mac/Linux Slicing software: Repetier-Host, EasyPrint 3D, Cura File format: .STL/.Gcode...

  • Page 6: Packing List

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Packing list Please check the parts/accessories when you receive the printer (As shown below). If any spare parts are missing, please contact your sales representative. Gantry kit Bottom kit Extruder motors (3 sets) USB cord PSU kit LCD display kit Gantry and base installing Power and LCD screen...

  • Page 7: Machine Overview

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Machine Overview （Picture 4-1） （Picture 4-2） （Picture 4-3） ① Gantry kit；②LCD2004 screen；③Knob；④Reset button；⑤USB port； ⑥TF card slot；⑦Y axis；⑧Bottom kit；⑨Z axis end stop；⑩X axis end stop； ⑪Remote extruder motors (3 sets)；⑫Teflon tube；⑬Extruder head；⑭Hot bed；⑮X axis motor； ⑯Z axis motor； ⑰Y axis motor； ⑱Y axis end stop； ⑲PSU； ⑳Power voltage selector switch;...

  • Page 8: Assembling

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Assembling 5.1Assembling the main frame The main frame consists of the following components: Gantry kit, bottom kit, LCD display kit, PSU kit, Extruder motors (3 sets), Filament holder kit（3 sets）and its associated screws. See picture (5-1) Gantry kit Bottom kit Extruder motors (3 sets)
  • Page 9 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture5-3)  Fix the LCD to the correct holes on the right side of the base with 2 M5x10 screws. See picture (5-4). (Picture 5-4)  Assemble and fix the three sets of extruder units to the back side of the top gantry as shown in picture (5-5).

  • Page 10: Wire Connection

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd  Filament holder kit was assembled as shown in Picture (5-6) with 4 M3x16 screws, 4 M3 nuts and 4 M3 washers, a total of 3 sets were assembled. (Picture 5-6) 5.2Wire connection  Insert the three Teflon tubes into the quick-insert connector of the three extruder kits respectively.
  • Page 11 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd See picture (5-9). (Picture 5-9)  Plug the extruder cables into the socket of the extruder head adapter plate, and the buckle must be fastened. See picture (5-10) (Picture 5-10)  Connect the motor wires of E0, E1 and E2. See picture (5-11). (Picture 5-11) Then the extruder wire and the motor extruder wire are fixed into the small hole on the backside of the screw with the Cable tie to avoid the wire harness touching the model during printing.
  • Page 12 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-12)  Connect the X-axis motor and the X-axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-13). (Picture 5-13)  Connect the Y-axis motor and the Y-axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-14).

  • Page 13: Check The Power Input Mode

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-14)  Connect the Z-axis motor and the Z-axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-15). (Picture 5-15) 5.3Check the power input mode The factory default voltage is 230V. You need to choose the correct voltage according to your local standard requirement.

  • Page 14: Check The Filament

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-16) 5.4Check the filament Put the filament on the spool holder. Please pay attention to the feeding direction of the filament. As shown by the arrow in (5-17). (Picture 5-17) Press down the lever handle of the extruder and insert the filament into the feeding tube until it reaches the extruder head.
  • Page 15 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-18) When print PLA, set the target nozzle temperature about 190-210℃. When the temp is stable, control the extruder filament feeding on LCD screen (“Move axis”), feed until there is molten material flowing from the nozzle. Observe the nozzle, if there is no filament stuck and the filament is coming out smoothly, then stop filament feeding, clear the nozzle with tweezers.

  • Page 16: First Print

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 6First print 6.1 Level the print bed The first layer is key to a successfully printed model. The factory default setting is a little high in order to avoid scratching the hotbed with the nozzle, so users need to adjust the distance between nozzle and hotbed again.
  • Page 17 If turn the knobs clockwise, the platform will rise, and vice versa.  Avoid the nozzle touching the bed; use a piece of A4 paper. Or it will scratch the bed. For more details, please refer to this link: http://geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=112&t=62296...

  • Page 18: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 6.2TF card printing Insert the TF card into the slot. See picture (6-7) (Picture 6-7) Press and rotate the knob to enter the main menu. Select the option of "Print from SD". See picture (6-8). (Picture 6-8) Choose the files in the TF card.
  • Page 19 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 6-10) When heating done, the printer will start printing until the print is complete. See picture (6-11, 6-12). (Picture 6-11) (Picture 6-12)

  • Page 20: Introduction To The Lcd Menu

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 7 Introduction to the LCD menu 7.1Tree diagram (Picture 7-1)

  • Page 21: Main Functions

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 7.2Main functions LCD rotating knob:  Press the knob: Confirm or enter the next menu.  Rotate the knob: Roll the select options or change parameters. LCD homepage, see picture (7-2) Extruder temperature: Current temp/target temp Hot bed temperature: Current temp/target temp Current Z axis value Current print time...
  • Page 22 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-3) (Picture 7-4) The main functions of Prepare menu (Picture 7-5, 7-6):  Move axis: Move X/Y/Z axis and Extruder  Auto home: X/Y/Z axis homing  Disable steppers: Unlock motors  Preheat PLA: Manually pre-heat the hot bed and extruder before printing PLA. ...
  • Page 23 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-7) (Picture 7-8) The main functions of Mixer menu: ∧ Mx: Fixed mix ratio print mode, as shown in Picture (7-9). Mx : The blend ratio printing mode changes with height, as shown in Picture (7-10). (Picture 7-9) (Picture 7-10) Mixer menu offers two mix-printing options, namely fixed mix ratio printing mode and Mix ratio...
  • Page 24 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-12) (Picture 7-13) “Toggle mix”: If you need to quickly switch the ratio between E0; E1and E2, you can select this function to switch, see picture (7-14) (Picture 7-14) Set the mix ratio print mode that varies with height First, you need to get the current z-axis coordinate, which can be found on the screen, details see picture (7-15).
  • Page 25 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-16) “Gradient mix”: Adjust the filament ratio of E0 、E1 and E2. See picture (7-17and 7-18). (Picture 7-17) (Picture 7-18) “start Z”:The starting position (z-axis height) of automatic change of mixing; automatically change the mix based on the current Z height obtained in the previous step. “end Z”: The end of automatic change of mixing (z-axis height).
  • Page 26 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-20) Choose “Auto home” to home the printer, see picture (7-21). (Picture 7-21) Choose “Move axis” to move motors. See picture (7-22) (Picture 7-22) Choose from “Move X/Y/Z/Extruder1/Extruder2”and rotate the knob to move them. See picture (7-23).
  • Page 27 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 7-24) Note: we suggest using 1mm to test X/Y/Z axis. After axis’ testing finished, if you want to unlock the motor, choose “Prepare>Disable steppers”, see picture (7-25). (Picture 7-25) When the motors are unlocked, you can move them by hand.

  • Page 28: Software Setting

    The details of USB printing are as follows: Firstly, turn on the printer, and connect the printer to computer with a USB cable. Normally, the computer will automatically search the install driver. The newest communication chip of A10T is CH340. See picture (8-1).
  • Page 29 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-2) Download link for CH340: https://www.geeetech.com/index.php?main_page=download&download_id=40 After the driver is installed, check the “Device manager” and see if it is same as the picture below (8-3). If so, it means the driver is successfully installed.

  • Page 30: Install Slicing Software

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 8.2Install slicing software Repetier-Host is the default slicing software here. Download address: https://www.repetier.com/download-software/  Set printer parameters When Repetier-Host is installed, turn on the printer and open the Repetier-Host. Repetier-Host supports several languages. You can choose your native language from Config>Language (Picture 8-4 for details).
  • Page 31 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-5) Using the Repetier-Host for the first time, printer parameters need to be configured before connecting. Click “Printer settings” on the top right corner, see picture (8-6). (Picture 8-6) It pops up the content as the picture below. Write down the relevant info accordingly. (Red box is the key content) a.
  • Page 32 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd b. Printer dialog (Picture 8-8): Do not check "Return to the parking position after the end of the task interruption" to prevent the machine from damaging the model after the end of printing. (Picture 8-8) c. Extruder dialog (Picture 8-9):...
  • Page 33 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-9) d. Printer shape dialog (Picture 8-10): (Picture 8-10) Now the printer parameters are set. Note: If the operating system is Mac OS, Repetier Host baud rate is also set to 250,000.  Set slicing parameters After setting the printer parameters, click “Connect”...
  • Page 34 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-11) After successfully connected, choose “Slicer> CuraEngine” and open the configuration menu. See picture (8-12). (Picture 8-12) It pops up dialog as picture below (8-13):...
  • Page 35 Printer parameters are important to print quality. Customers need to run tests to find the best parameters for their printers. Here we provide a configuration file for your reference (“Geeetech A10T PLA high.rcp”). You can import it according to the steps as follows. The following is an example of parameters for PLA (Picture 8-14): Click “Print>Import”...
  • Page 36 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-15) Now, the configuration file is imported, click “Save”. See picture (8-16). (Picture 8-16) Click “Filament>Import”, see picture (8-17).
  • Page 37 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-17) It pops up dialog as below (Picture 8-18); choose “Geeetech A10T PLA high fi.rcf”. (Picture 8-18) Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (8-19).
  • Page 38 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-19) Choose “Geeetech A10T PLA high” as print configuration and “Geeetech A10T PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (8-20) below. (Picture 8-20) Now parameters setting are finished.

  • Page 39: Usb Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 8.3 USB printing You can start USB printing when the parameters setting are finished. The model file format is .stl for 3D printer. You can download free models from websites such as thingiverse. You can also design your own models. ...
  • Page 40 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-23) Adjust the direction of the model so that the flat part of the model is touching the hot bed. See picture below (8-24): (Picture 8-24) Note: If the model loaded is too big and beyond the printing platform, you need to zoom out the model.
  • Page 41 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-25) Or zoom in/out them separately, see picture (8-26). (Picture 8-26)  Model slicing When the size and direction of the model are set, choose the imported slicing parameters, and click “Slice with CuraEngine”. See picture (8-27).
  • Page 42 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-27) (Picture 8-28) You can find the model information such as estimated print time, the amount of filament needed, etc. Click “Print” to start USB printing. The printer will heat to the target temp and then start printing.

  • Page 43: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-29) 8.4 TF card printing When all parameters are set, click “Save for SD print”. It will pop up a dialog as picture below (See picture 8-30) and then click the save button to generate a .Gcode file. Copy the Gcode file to the TF card.
  • Page 44 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 8-31) Choose the corresponding Gcode file to start printing. Note:  The printer can only read gcode file and the file name should be English letters, a space, an underscore or their combination.  The Gcode file cannot be placed in any folder of the TF card, otherwise it cannot be read.

  • Page 45: Color Mixer

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 9 Color Mixer 9.1 Download Download address: http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=61760 9.2 Introduction Color Mixer enables multicolor models to be printed by adjusting the extruder discharge ratio to the original single-color model. The specific steps are as follows: ...
  • Page 46 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 9-2)  After importing the .Gco file, you can set the height of start and end layer, and the discharge change percentage of extruders according to actual needs. You can adjust by dragging the slider or entering a value. See picture (9-3). ...
  • Page 47 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd enter the color selection interface, as shown in Picture (9-6). The color here should be selected according to the actual filament color of each extruder, and then click "Select" to confirm. After selecting corresponding color to each extruder, click the “Preview” button below to display color change of the current configuration in the box on the right side of the small window.
  • Page 48 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 9-7) (Picture 9-8) (Picture 9-9) (Picture 9-10)

  • Page 49: Function Introduction

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 10Function introduction 10.1 Power loss-resuming capability In the normal printing process, such as accidental power outage, after the power is restarted, the pop-up prompt option (Power outage), choose “Resume print”. See picture (10-1). (Picture 10-1) When it reaches the target temperature, the X and Y axes will auto home. The extruder will extrude the residue in the nozzle.

  • Page 50: Filament Run-Out Sensor (Optional)

    “Resume print” to re-start the printing. See picture (10-6). (Picture 10-5) (Picture 10-6) 10.4 3D touch for auto bed leveling (Optional) This printer supports auto bed leveling. Refer to the link below to know how to install the 3d touch sensor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RtsZDbR2po&t=66s Visit our official forum http://www.geeetech.com/forum/...

  • Page 51: Faq (Frequently Asked Questions)

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 11 FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) 11.1 Abnormal extrusion  The filament is tangled  The nozzle temp is too low to reach the melting temperature required.  There is carbonized residue inside the nozzle. Please replace it with the spare nozzle ...

  • Page 52: Layer Shift

     The quality of the TF card is poor. Please try another TF card.  The power supply voltage in the area is not stable; please print after the voltage is stable. Visit our official forum for more information: http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=98&t=61864...

  • Page 53: Declaration

    Geeetech assumes no responsibility, nor will be liable, for any damages to, or any viruses or malware that may infect your computer, telecommunication equipment, or other property caused by or arising from your downloading of any information or materials related to Geeetech products.
  • Page 54 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,ltd www.geeetech.com...

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