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Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd
Geeetech A30M 3D Printer
User Manual（V1.00）
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  • Page 1 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Geeetech A30M 3D Printer User Manual（V1.00）...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Content 1 Attentions ..........................4 1.1 Safety Instructions ....................... 4 1.2 Factory Test before Delivery ..................4 1.3 Risk statement ......................4 2 Printing Parameters ........................ 5 3 Packing list ..........................6 4 Printer Display ........................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: Attentions

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 1Attentions 1.1Safety Instructions Please switch to the correct local voltage (115V-230V) 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. Don’t touch extruder head or hot bed when printing as they generate high temperature which may cause burn.

  • Page 5: Printing Parameters

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 2 Printing Parameters 1) Printing Parameters Printing technology: FDM Printing volume: 320*320*420mm Printing accuracy: 0.1~0.2mm Position precision: X/Y: 0.011mm Z: 0.0025mm Printing speed: 60mm/s Nozzle quantity: 2-in-1-out single nozzle Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm Filament: diameter 1.75mm; ABS/ PLA, etc. Environment temperature: 10℃-40℃...

  • Page 6: Packing List

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 3 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. T-shaped plate component Gantry kit Bottom kit (2 sets) Gantry and base Spool holder component Power cord installing screws...

  • Page 7: Printer Display

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 4 Printer Display （Picture 4-1） （Picture 4-2） （Picture 4-3） （Picture 4-4） ○ Gantry frame； ②Right limit switch plate； ③Right photoelectric limit switch； ④Touch screen； ⑤Y axis；⑥Hot bed height adjusting nuts；⑦Left photoelectric limit switch；⑧Left limit switch plate； ⑨X axis limit switch； ⑩Spool holder； ⑪Teflon feeding tube(Bowden tube)； ⑫Extruder head；⑬Hot bed；⑭Z axis top assembly；⑮X axis motor；⑯Z axis motor Z1；⑰Y axis limit switch；...

  • Page 8: Assembling

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 5 Assembling 5.1Main Frame Assembling Main frame consists of gantry kit and base, T- shaped plate, spool holder and screws. T-shaped plate component Gantry kit Bottom kit (2 sets) Gantry and base Spool holder component installing screws (2 sets) Assemble the gantry frame and base from bottom with 4 M5x30 screws and 4 spring washersM5 as shown in picture (5-1).

  • Page 9: Wire Connection

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-2） （Picture 5-3） Assemble filament spool holders and attach to the top of the frame, with 2pcs M3x6 screws and 2 T- nuts M3, as shown picture (5-4). （Picture 5-4） 5.2Wire connection Insert two Teflon tubes into the quick-insert connector of the two extruders as shown in picture (5-5).
  • Page 10 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-5） Plug extruder wire into molex socket. Be sure plug is firmly seated into socket. See picture (5-6). （Picture 5-6） Connect extruder motor wires of E0.See picture (5-7). （Picture 5-7） Connect extruder motor wires of E1.See picture (5-8).
  • Page 11 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-8） Connect the wires of X axis motor and limit switch. See picture (5-9). （Picture 5-9） Connect the wires of Y axis limit switch. See picture (5-10).
  • Page 12 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-10） Connect the Z1 axis motor and the Z1 axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-11). （Picture 5-11） Connect the Z2 axis motor and the Z2 axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-12).

  • Page 13: Check The Power Input Mode

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-12） 5.3Check the power input mode The factory default voltage is 230V, please choose the correct voltage according to your local voltage standard. See picture (5-13). Note: Be sure the switch is set for the correct voltage. （Picture 5-13）...
  • Page 14 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-14） （Picture 5-15） Filament is bent, therefore it needs to be straightened by your hands and trimmed to make it easier to insert filament into feeder. Press down the lever handle of the extruder and insert the filament into the feeding tube until it reaches extruder head.
  • Page 15 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-18） （Picture 5-19） Please observe the nozzle , to be sure there is no filament stuck，and that filament is coming out smoothly and switching the colors of filament smoothly. Then stop filament feeding and clear the nozzle with tweezers.

  • Page 16: First Print

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 6First print 6.1Leveling hot bed The first layer is the key to a successfully printed model, which would directly affect the quality of printing model and achieve a good bed adhesion. In order to avoid scratching nozzle and hot bed, the factory default setting is a little high.
  • Page 17 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd place. See picture (6-3). After adjusting the height at position “5”, click “OK” to save current value. （Picture 6-3） Please click the button in order from 1-4, At each corner, use the adjusting nuts under the bed to set the distance between nozzle and hot bed to about the thickness of a piece of paper (Slide the paper back and forth to see if you feel a slight resistance).

  • Page 18: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd b. Too low: If the distance between nozzle and hot bed is too close, it prevents filament from coming out, causes the extruder gear to click or grind on filament and even worse, it would scratch nozzle and hot bed. See picture (6-6). （Picture 6-6）...
  • Page 19 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-9） Click “Printing” on touch screen to enter Print model menu. See picture (6-10). （Picture 6-10） Click on the in-built.Gco file in the TF card, Click the “Print” button. See picture (6-11), the machine will automatically start printing, as shown in picture (6-12) and picture (6-13). （Picture 6-11）...

  • Page 20: Introduction Of Touch Screen Menu

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-12） （Picture 6-13） 7Introduction of touch screen menu 7.1Tree diagram （Picture 7-1） 7.2Main Functions 7.2.1 Main interface:...
  • Page 21 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-2） 7.2.2Print status Interface: （Picture 7-3） Two submenus Click the hot bed temperature/extruder head temperature/speed to enter the interface of temperature and speed. See picture (7-4).
  • Page 22 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-4） Click the “Fixed ratio mixer “to enter the interface of mixer setting, see picture (7-5). （Picture 7-5） The fixed scale of mixer and specified scale change or position mixer are not available to open at the same time, either-or.
  • Page 23 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-6） Six submenus at Control menu homepage Click “Home” to its interface, see picture (7-7). （Picture 7-7） Click “Move” to its interface, see picture (7-8).
  • Page 24 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-8） Please choose its precision firstly before moving axes. There are “30/10/1/0.5/0.1mm”available.And control every axis moving. Moreover, when the lower right-hand corner motor status is in the "Enable" state, motor is locked. When “Disable” releases, motor is unlocked, you can move every axis by hand.
  • Page 25 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-10） Two submenus at leveling interface a. Click “manual level “to its interface. See picture (7-11). （Picture 7-11） Please choose its precision firstly before manual leveling. You can choose“0.05/0.5mm”. Then adjust z axis height according to the actual situation. And click “Ok” to save its settings. B.
  • Page 26 Click “Filament” to its interface. See picture (7-13). （Picture 7-13） A30M has 2 extruders; therefore it can control feeding in and out and heat operation of E0 and Clean filament: Please keep clean to extruder head in order to have long printing time. Avoid plugging, we suggest keep clean on a regular basis.
  • Page 27 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-14） 7.2.4 Interface of printing list: （Picture 7-15） Please choose the model file at printing file list, and click “Print “and then start printing. 7.2.5 Interface of setting:...
  • Page 28 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-16） Six submenus at setting interface Click “Add-on” to enter its interface. See picture (7-17). （Picture 7-17） After the screen lock button is turned on, the machine screen will enter the lock screen of Picture (7-18) after the set lock time to prevent others from operating the machine by mistake.
  • Page 29 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd After resetting the password, if you forget the password, you can connect the machine to the computer and modify it with the PC software. As shown in Picture (7-19), after the machine is connected to the computer, enter "M2139 P2 W *" in the G-Code command input box of the manual control page on the right side of the software.
  • Page 30 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-21） Click “About” to the device information. See picture (7-22). （Picture 7-22） If you click “Yes”, it will restore factory settings. See picture (7-23). （Picture 7-23） Click “Detector “to its interface. See picture (7-24).

  • Page 31: Software Setting

    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 drive. The newest communication chip of A30M is CH340. See picture (8-1).
  • Page 32 If it shows the exclamation mark as picture below (8-2), then you need manually install the driver. （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 33: Install Slicing Software

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-3） 8.2Install slicing software Repetier-Host is the default slicing software here. Download address: https://www.repetier.com/download-software/） Set printer parameter 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 34 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-4） English interface as picture (8-5): （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 (8-7).
  • Page 35 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-7） b. Printer dialog(Picture 8-8) （Picture 8-8）...
  • Page 36 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd c. Extruder dialog(Picture 8-9) （Picture 8-9） d. Printer shape dialog(Picture 8-10) （Picture 8-10） Now the printer parameters are set.
  • Page 37 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Note: The baud rate is still 115200, Mac OS, Repetier Host are the same. Setting slicing parameter After setting the printer parameters, click “Connect” on the top left corner. The color of the icon changed to green means the printer connects to the Repetier-Host successfully. Click it again to “Disconnect”.
  • Page 38 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 A30M 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):...
  • Page 39 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Click “Print>Import” （Picture 8-14） It pops up the dialog as below. See picture (8-15). Choose “Geeetech A30M PLA high.rcp” and open it. （Picture 8-15） Now, the configuration file is imported, click “Save”. See picture (8-16).
  • Page 40 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-16） Click “Filament”>“Import”. See picture (8-17). （Picture 8-17） It pops up dialog as below (Picture 8-18); choose “Geeetech A30M PLA high fi.rcf”and open it.
  • Page 41 （Picture 8-18） Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (8-19). （Picture 8-19） Choose “Geeetech A30M PLA high “as print configuration and “Geeetech A30M PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (8-20) below. （Picture 8-20）...

  • Page 42: Usb Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 8.3 USB printing You can start USB printing when the parameters setting 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. Load the printing model Open the Repetier-Host and click “load”.
  • Page 43 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-23） Adjust extruders to the dichromatic model in the right control frame and check the model plane whether it touches hot bed or not so as to next printing. See picture (8-24), (8-25). （Picture 8-24）...
  • Page 44 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-25） Then click the gear shape pointed by arrow to enter model info interface. See picture (8-26). （Picture 8-26） “Specified model” should be adjusted to the same as other models at picture (8-27).The both parts of the model are within 6 default groups in our example. See picture (8-28).
  • Page 45 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-27） （Picture 8-28） At this point, the model window can see the complete model after the two partial sub-models are merged together. See picture (8-29).
  • Page 46 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-29） If the model loaded is too big and beyond the printing platform, you need to zoom out the model. You can choose the X/Y/Z together, see picture (8-30). （Picture 8-30） Or zoom in/out them separately, see picture (8-31). （Picture 8-31）...
  • Page 47 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-32） （Picture 8-33） You can find the model information such as estimated time, the amount of filament needed, etc. Click “Print” to start USB printing. Refer to picture (8-34).The printer will heat to the target temp and then start printing.

  • Page 48: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-34） 8.4TF card printing When all parameters are set, click “Save for SD print”. It will pop up a dialog as picture below (See picture 8-35) and then click the save button to generate a .gcode file. Copy the gcode file to the TF card.
  • Page 49 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-36） Choose the corresponding gcode file to start printing. Click “Printing” and it will start printing. See picture (8-37). （Picture 8-37） Note: The printer can only read gcode file and the file name should be English letters, a space, an underscore or their combination.

  • Page 50: Color Mixer

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 9Color 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: Click “Import G” to import .Gco file. Choose “2” as the “Extruder Number”. See picture (9-1 and 9-2).
  • Page 51 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). In addition, you can click “Add”...
  • Page 52 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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 53 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （picture 9-7） （picture 9-8） （picture 9-9） （picture 9-10）...

  • Page 54: Function Introduction

    10Function introduction 10.1Power -resuming capability A30M has the power loss-resuming capability. When power recovery starts, it will pop up a dialog to ask if continuing the unfinished print caused by power outage, choose “Yes “and it will resume printing. See picture (10-1).
  • Page 55 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 10-2） （Picture 10-3） （Picture 10-4） Be sure it shows “ON”. See picture (10-5).
  • Page 56 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 10-5） It will pop up the notification “Err: No Filament” when the filament is run out during printing and the printer will stop. See picture (10-6). （Picture 10-6） And at picture (10-7), if the “Filament “shows red, which indicates “No Filament”. （Picture 10-7）...

  • Page 57: Touch For Auto Bed Leveling (Optical)

    （Picture 10-8） Note: A30M has 2 extruders, which equipped 2 “Filament” detectors. Therefore, it would be displayed as green only if 2 “Filament” detectors are detected at the same time in the printing information interface. 10.33D Touch for auto bed leveling (Optical) This printer supports auto bed leveling.

  • Page 58: Faq(Frequently Asked Questions)

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 11 FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions) 11.1 Abnormal extrusion 1) The filament is tangled. The nozzle temp is too low to reach the melting temperature required. 2) There is carbonized residue inside the nozzle. 3) Please replace it with the spare nozzle. Insufficient heat dissipation of radiator of the extruder head causes the filament in the tube to melt in advance and the extrusion strength is insufficient.

  • Page 59: Print Stopped

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