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  • Page 1 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Geeetech E180 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Content 1 Attentions ..........................3 1.1 Safety Instructions ....................... 3 1.2 Factory Test Before Delivery ..................3 2 Printer Display ........................4 3 First print ..........................6 3.1 Check the filament ...................... 6 3.2 Level the print bed ...................... 7 3.3 SD card printing ......................

  • Page 3: Attentions

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 1 Attentions 1.1 Safety Instructions 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 when printing as they generate high temperature which may cause burn.

  • Page 4: Printer Display

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 2 Printer Display (Picture 2-1) (Picture 2-2)
  • Page 5 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 1. Extruder head, 2. Hot bed 3. Power switch 4. Touch screen 5. TF card slot 6. USB port 7. Adapter power socket Please check the parts/accessories when you receive the printer (Refer to Picture 2-3). If any spare parts are missing, please contact your sales representative.

  • Page 6: First Print

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 3 First print 3.1 Check the filament Put the filament on the spool holder, and plug adapter power into the back of corresponding power socket and then turn on the front power switch. See picture(3-1)(3-2). (Picture 3-1) (Picture 3-2) Since the filament is bent, the first section of it needs to be straightened by hand and trimmed to make it easier to insert the filament into the feeder.

  • Page 7: Level The Print Bed

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd When print PLA, set the target nozzle temperature about 190-210℃. When the temp is stable, control the extruder filament feeding on touch screen, feed until there is molten material flowing from the nozzle. See picture (3-4). (Picture 3-4) Observe the nozzle, if there is no filament stuck and the filament is coming out smoothly, then stop filament feeding, clean the nozzle with tweezers.
  • Page 8 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 3-6) Put a piece of leveling paper or A4 paper between printing platform and nozzle, click position”5”and select the appropriate height adjustment amount repeatedly (adjust height in increments of 0.05mm/0.5mm) at bottom left of interface, to adjust the z-axis height until the distance between platform and the nozzle is about the thickness of a piece of paper (about 0.1 / 0.2 mm).Slide the paper back and forth to see if you feel a slight resistance.
  • Page 9 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 3-9) Accurate leveling If you level printing platform with A4 paper, the first layer might be too high, too low or moderate. a. Too high: If the distance between nozzle and printing platform is too far, filament will not stick to the platform well.

  • Page 10: Sd Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Be sure to adjust the height at center point (position5) on the touch screen, after clicking “OK” to save its data, you can use then knobs to adjust the platform at the 4 corners. When viewed from the above, turning the knobs clockwise, the platform will rise, and vice versa.

  • Page 11: Introduction Of Touch Screen Menu

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 3-15) (Picture 3-16) 4 Introduction of touch screen menu 4.1 Tree diagram (Picture 4-1)

  • Page 12: Main Functions

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 4.2 Main Functions 4.2.1 Main interface: (Picture 4-2) 4.2.2 Printing status Interface: (Picture 4-3) One submenu for printing status interface: Click the icon of extruder head temperature/printing speed to enter the interface of temperature and speed setting. See picture (4-4).
  • Page 13 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-4) 4.2.3 Main functions of control menu: (Picture 4-5) Six submenus at control menu homepage: Click “Home” to its interface, See picture (4-6).
  • Page 14 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-6) Click “Move” to its interface, See picture (4-7). (Picture 4-7) 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 bottom right corner motor status is in the "Enable"...
  • Page 15 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-8) Click “Leveling” to its interface. See picture (4-9). (Picture 4-9) 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. Click “Filament”...
  • Page 16 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-10) Click “Speed” to its interface. See picture (4-11). (Picture 4-11) 4.2.4 Interface of printing list:...
  • Page 17 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-12) Please choose the model file at printing file list, and click “Print” and then start printing. 4.2.5 Interface of setting: (Picture 4-13) Five submenus at setting interface: Click “Add-on” to enter its interface. See picture (4-14).
  • Page 18 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 4-14) Click “lock password” and you can set the password. This function provides you for a safe printing experience. It prevents other people from operating your printer without your permission. See picture (4-15). (Picture 4-15) Click “Language”...
  • Page 19 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Click “Screen Cali” to its interface. See picture (4-17). (Picture 4-17) Click “About” to the device information. See picture (4-18). (Picture 4-18) If you click “Yes”, it will restore factory settings. See picture (4-19). (Picture 4-19)

  • Page 20: Software Setting

    5 Software setting 5.1 Install drivers Two printing choices of E180: TF card printing and USB printing. TF card printing: Insert TF card into the slot after leveling, and choose a .gcode file to start printing. No USB driver is required.

  • Page 21: Install Slicing Software

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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 (5-2) below. If so, it means the driver is successfully installed. (Picture 5-2) 5.2 Install slicing software Repetier-Host is the default slicing software here.
  • Page 22 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-3) English interface as Picture (5-4): (Picture 5-4) 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 (5-5).
  • Page 23 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-5) It pops up the content as the Picture. Write down the relevant info accordingly. (Pay attention to the highlighted parts). a. Connection dialog: See picture (5-6). (Picture 5-6) b.Printer dialog (Picture 5-7).
  • Page 24 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-7) c.Extruder head dialog: Picture (5-8). (Picture 5-8) d.Printer shape dialog (Picture 5-9).
  • Page 25 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-9) Now the printer parameters are set. 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.
  • Page 26 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd picture (5-11). (Picture 5-11) It pops up dialog as picture (5-12): (Picture 5-12)
  • Page 27 The following is an example of parameters for PLA: Click “Print>Import”. See picture (5-13). (Picture 5-13) It pops up the dialog as below. Choose “Geeetech E180 PLA high.rcp” and open it. See picture (5-14). (Picture 5-14) Now, the configuration file is imported, click “Save”. See picture (5-15).
  • Page 28 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-15) Click “Filament”>“Import”. See picture (5-16). (Picture 5-16) It pops up dialog as below (Picture 5-17); choose “Geeetech E180PLA high fi.rcf” and open it.
  • Page 29 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-17) Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (5-18). (Picture 5-18) Choose “Geeetech E180 PLA high” as print configuration and “Geeetech E180 PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (5-19).

  • Page 30: Usb Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-19) Now parameters settings are finished. 5.3 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.
  • Page 31 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-20) (Picture 5-21) When model is loaded, you can use the buttons at picture (5-22) to zoom in, zoom out or rotate the model.
  • Page 32 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-22) Adjust model’s direction trying to let the model plane touch hot bed, which will make printing easier. (Picture 5-23) Note: If the model loaded is too big and beyond the printing platform, you need to zoom out the model.
  • Page 33 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-24) It can also be unlocked or zoom in/out them separately. (Picture 5-25) Model slicing When the size and direction are set, choose the imported slicing parameter, and click “Slice with Cura Engine”.
  • Page 34 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-26) (Picture 5-27) You can find the model information such as estimated 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. Under high temperature, the filament will flow out of the nozzle, which is normal.

  • Page 35: Sd Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-28) 5.4 SD card printing When all parameters are set, click “Save for SD print”. It will pop up a dialog, then click the save button to generate a .gcode file. Copy the gcode file to the TF card. See picture (5-29). (Picture 5-29) Insert the TF card into the slot.
  • Page 36 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (Picture 5-30) Choose the corresponding gcode file to start printing. Click “Printing” and it will start printing automatically. See picture (5-31). (Picture 5-31) Note: The printer can only read gcode file and the file name should be English letters, a space, an underscore or their combination.

  • Page 37: Function Introduction

    6 Function introduction 6.1 Power -resuming capability E180 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.

  • Page 38: Printing Parameters

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 7 Printing Parameters Printing technology: FDM Printing volume: 125*130*126mm Printing accuracy: 0.05mm Position precision: X/Y: 0.11mm Z: 0.0025mm Printing speed: 80~110mm/s Nozzle quantity: single nozzle Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm Filament diameter: 1.75mm Filament: PLA Temperature Parameters Environment temperature: 10℃-40℃ Nozzle temperature: 230℃...

  • Page 39: Contact

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 8 Contact Official site: https://www.geeetech.com/ Facebook Group: Email us for technical support: https://www.geeetech.com/contact_us.html...

  • Page 40: Faq(Frequently Asked Questions)

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 9 FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions) 9.1 Abnormal extrusions The filament is tangled. The nozzle temp is too low to reach the melting temperature required. There is carbonized residue inside the nozzle, please use another 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 41: Print Stopped

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  • Page 42 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd www.geeetech.com...

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