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Summary of Contents for Markforged Desktop Series
- Page 1 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE...
- Page 2 For the latest PDF version of this document, visit our support website. Copyright © 2019 Markforged, Inc. All rights reserved. Changes are periodically made to the information herein which will be incorporated in revised editions of this publication.
- Page 3 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE TABLE OF CONTENTS USER NOTES UNBOXING AND ASSEMBLY QUICK START GUIDE NETWORK REQUIREMENTS...
- Page 4 POWER DISCONNECT ACCESS Take care to set up your Desktop Series printer so that the disconnecting device (power switch on the rear face of the printer) is accessible at all times. Note that the power cord can be disconnected as a backup if the power switch becomes inoperable or inaccessible.
- Page 5 WHAT’S IN THE BOX Your Desktop Series printer ships with a number of accessories, listed below. With the exception of the last four items, everything on the list below can be found in the accessory kit shipped inside your printer.
- Page 6 Wire cutters or similar tool Please take care when unboxing and assembling your Desktop Series printer. The printer is heavy and may require two people to move or set up. Never lift the printer by its plastic visor. When you finish unboxing your printer, retain the box and protective foam for future shipping.
- Page 7 Connect your printer to the Internet and apply any available firmware updates Most Desktop Series users print online via Wi-Fi or Ethernet. This guide will walk you through the setup necessary for online printing. If you experience network issues or cannot print online at any point, a version of this guide for offline printing can be made available.
- Page 8 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE care to never leave plastic materials exposed to ambient air, and always keep plastic materials in the provided drybox. Open your drybox and remove the spindle from the inside. Pull the magnetic spindle cap and spindle body apart. After verifying that the plastic filament material bag has no holes, remove the spool from its packaging. Place the provided desiccant packs in the corners of the drybox.
- Page 9 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE Close the drybox cover and press the latches closed until they click twice each. Note: Ensure that the drybox remains closed and fully latched at all times, except when quickly loading or replacing filament. Feed the plastic feed tube through the opening in the back of your printer and let it hang freely. Run the Load Plastic routine by selecting Menu > Materials > Load Plastic >...
- Page 10 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE Hold the end of the fiber to keep it from unspooling and remove the tape from it. Carefully unwind two and a half feet of material from the spool, then re-apply the tape to keep the rest of the material from unspooling.
- Page 11 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE When the fiber is under tension on the spool, remove the tape from inside the spool and set it aside for later use. We recommend taping it to the front face of the spool. At the end of the Load Fiber routine, remove the cut piece of fiber from the print head. SET UP YOUR PRINT BED Before printing a part, you will need to level your print bed and apply glue to the region of the bed where the parts will print.
- Page 12 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE Install the print bed on the printer. Run the Shim Bed Level utility by selecting Menu > Bed Level > Shim Bed Level on your printer’s touchscreen and following the onscreen instructions. Note: The print head will move autonomously during this utility. Apply a thin layer of glue from the provided glue stick to the print bed, as shown in purple in the image below.
- Page 13 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE Evaluate the resultant disks to see if your bed needs to be adjusted. Compare your results with each of the example disks below. Uniform and solid: Well-leveled Stringy material or the lines don’t connect completely to the outer circle: Bed low Inconsistently or not entirely laid down: Bed Flattened or overly pressed down: Bed high very high...
- Page 14 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE If the disks over each of the adjustment thumbscrews indicate proper leveling, skip to step 7. If any of your disks indicate a high or low nozzle, complete the following steps and then re-evaluate your results: ●...
- Page 15 DESKTOP PRINTER QUICK START GUIDE In Eiger, select Devices Printers from the sidebar, then click the Register Device button in the top right corner of the page. Enter your printer’s information in the respective fields. This information can be found on the sticker on your Getting Started card, as well as by selecting the menu icon from the dashboard and navigating to...
- Page 16 Wait for the print to finish successfully; this should take less than an hour. Remove the print bed from the printer and use the provided scraper to remove the part from the print bed. Warning: The scraper provided with Markforged printers is sharp and can cause injury if used incorrectly.
- Page 17 Ethernet connections must utilize cables less than 30 meters in length. FIREWALL SETTINGS Markforged products support DHCP only; there is no support for static IP addresses. If a static IP is needed, the network’s DHCP server should be configured with a “reservation” or static host entry assigning the desired IP address to the printer’s MAC address;...
- Page 18 Currently, NTP — Network Time Protocol, on UDP port 123 — is the only supported mechanism for time synchronization, and Markforged printers will attempt to connect to four different servers within the global public NTP server pool, determined by querying hostnames ending in “.pool.ntp.org”.