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SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD
Geeetech A10M 3D Printer
User Manual
(v2.0)
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  • Page 1 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Geeetech A10M 3D Printer User Manual (v2.0)

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Content 1 Attention ..........................3 1.1 Safety instructions ....................... 3 1.2 Factory test before delivery ..................3 2 Printer display ........................4 3 Assembling ..........................7 3.1 Assembling the main frame ..................7 3.2 Wire connection ......................10 3.3 Check the power input mode ..................

  • Page 3: Attention

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 1 Attention 1.1 Safety 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). ...

  • Page 4: Printer Display

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 2 Printer display (Picture 2-1)
  • Page 5 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 2-2)
  • Page 6 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 2-3) Gantry frame Reset button Y axis USB port Base Z axis end stop X axis end stop Filament spool holder Teflon tube 10. Extruder head 11. Hot bed 12. LCD2004 screen 13. Knob 14.

  • Page 7: Assembling

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Please check the accessories first when you’ve received the printer (Refer to picture 2-4). If missing any spare part, please contact your sales representative. (Picture 2-4) 3 Assembling 3.1 Assembling the main frame The main frame consists of the gantry frame and the base, PSU, LCD, spool holder, extruder and screws.
  • Page 8 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-1)  Assemble the gantry frame and base from bottom to top with 4 M5x45 screws and 4 M5 spring washers. See picture (3-2). (Picture 3-2)  Fix the PSU to the gantry frame with 2 M4x20 screws. See picture (3-3).
  • Page 9 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-3)  Fix the LCD to the correct holes on the right side of the base with 2 M5x10 screws. See picture (3-4). (Picture 3-4)  Assemble and fix the two sets of extruder units to the back side of the top gantry as shown in picture (3-5).

  • Page 10: Wire Connection

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-5)  Fix the spool holders to the top gantry with 2 M3x6 and 2 M3 T-shape nuts. Details see picture (3-6). (Picture 3-6) 3.2 Wire connection  Insert the two Teflon tubes into the quick-insert connector of the two extruder kits respectively.
  • Page 11 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-7)  Insert the flat ribbon cable blue side facing you in to LCD socket behind the LCD screen. See picture (3-8). (Picture 3-8)  Connect the PSU cable. See picture (3-9). (Picture 3-9) ...
  • Page 12 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-10)  Connect the motor wires of E0 and E1. See picture (3-11). (Picture 3-11)  Connect the wires of X axis’ motor and end stop. See picture (3-12). (Picture 3-12)  Connect the wires of Y axis’ motor and end stop. See picture (3-13).
  • Page 13 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-13)  Connect the wires of Z axis’ motor and end stop. See picture (3-14, 3-15). (Picture 3-14) (Picture 3-15)

  • Page 14: Check The Power Input Mode

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 3.3 Check the power input mode The factory default voltage is 220V. You need to choose the correct voltage according to your local standard requirement. See picture (3-16) Note: Be sure the voltage is switched to the correct one. (Picture 3-16) 3.4 Check the filament Put the filament on the spool holder.
  • Page 15 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-17) 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. Press down the lever handle of the extruder and insert the filament into the feeding tube until it reaches the extruder head.
  • Page 16 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 3-18) When print PLA, set the target nozzle temperature about 180-210℃. 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 17: First Print

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 4 First print 4.1 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 18 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 19: Sd Card Printing

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 4.2 SD card printing Insert the SD card into the slot. See picture (4-7) (Picture 4-7) Press and rotate the knob to enter the main menu. Select the option of "Print from SD". See picture (4-8). (Picture 4-8) Choose the files in the SD card.
  • Page 20 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 4-10) When heating done, the printer will start printing. See picture (4-11, 4-12). (Picture 4-11) (Picture 4-12)

  • Page 21: Introduction To The Lcd Menu

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 5 Introduction to the LCD menu 5.1 Tree diagram (Picture 5-1)

  • Page 22: Main Functions

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 5.2 Main 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 (5-2) Extruder temperature: Current temp/target temp Hot bed temperature: Current temp/target temp Mix-color printing ratio: E0;...
  • Page 23 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 5-3) (Picture 5-4) The main functions of Prepare menu (Picture 5-5, 5-6):  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 24 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD  Restore failsafe: Restore factory setting.  Initialize EEPROM: Initialize printer Settings (Picture 5-7) (Picture 5-8) The main functions of Mixer menu: Mx: Fixed mix ratio, see picture (5-9). (Picture 5-9) ∧ : Automatically change mix ratio, see picture (5-10). (Picture 5-10) Mixer menu offers two mix-printing options, namely fixed mix ratio printing and variable mix ratio printing.
  • Page 25 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 5-11) (Picture 5-12) (Picture 5-13) “Toggle mix”: If you need to quickly switch the ratio between E0 and E1, you can select this function to switch, see picture (5-14) (Picture 5-14) Set variable mix ratio First, you need to get the current z-axis coordinate, which can be found on the screen, details see picture (5-15).
  • Page 26 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Choose “Gradient” to set the variable mix ratio, details see picture (5-16). (Picture 5-16) “Gradient mix”: Adjust the filament ratio of E0 and E1. See picture (5-17and 5-18). (Picture 5-17) (Picture 5-18) “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.
  • Page 27 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 5-20) Choose “Auto home” to home the printer, see picture (5-21). (Picture 5-21) Choose “Move axis” to move motors. See picture (5-22) (Picture 5-22) Choose from “Move X/Y/Z/Extruder1/Extruder2” and rotate the knob to move them. See picture (5-23).
  • Page 28 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 5-24) 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 (5-25). (Picture 5-25) When the motors are unlocked, you can move them by hand.

  • Page 29: 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 A10M is CH340. See picture (6-1).
  • Page 30 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-2) 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 (6-3). If so, it means the driver is successfully installed.

  • Page 31: Install Slicing Software

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 6.2 Install 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 6-4 for details).
  • Page 32 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD connecting. Click “Printer settings” on the top right corner, see picture (6-6). (Picture 6-6) It pops up the content as the picture below (6-7). Write down the relevant info accordingly. (Pay attention to the highlighted parts) a.
  • Page 33 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD b. Printer dialog (Picture 6-8): (Picture 6-8) c. Extruder dialog (Picture 6-9): (Picture 6-9)
  • Page 34 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD d. Printer shape dialog (Picture 6-10): (Picture 6-10) Now the printer parameters are set. Note: The baud rate is still 250000.  Set slicing parameters 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 35 It pops up dialog as picture below (6-13): (Picture 6-13) 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...
  • Page 36 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD A10M PLA high.rcp”). You can import it according to the steps as follows. The following is an example of parameters for PLA (Picture 6-14): Click “Print>Import” (Picture 6-14) It pops up the dialog as below (Picture 6-15). Choose “Geeetech A10M PLA high.rcp” and open it.
  • Page 37 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-16) Click “Filament>Import”, see picture (6-17). (Picture 6-17) It pops up dialog as below (Picture 6-18); choose “Geeetech A10M PLA high fi.rcf”.
  • Page 38 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-18) Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (6-19). (Picture 6-19) Choose “Geeetech A10M PLA high” as print configuration and “Geeetech A10M PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (6-20) below.

  • Page 39: Usb Printing

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-20) Now parameters setting are finished. 6.3 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.
  • Page 40 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-21) (Picture 6-22)
  • Page 41 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD When it is loaded, you can use the buttons as picture below (picture 6-23) to zoom in, zoom out or rotate the model. (Picture 6-23) Adjust the direction of the model so that the flat part of the model is touching the hot bed. See picture below (6-24): (Picture 6-24) Note: If the model loaded is too big and beyond the printing platform, you need to zoom out the...
  • Page 42 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-25) Or zoom in/out them separately, see picture (6-26). (Picture 6-26) You need to combine the models for dual-color printing. Drag mouse to merge one model into another, see picture (6-27). (Picture 6-27) Below combined model for your reference, see picture (6-28).
  • Page 43 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-28)  Model slicing When the size and direction of the model are set, choose the imported slicing parameters, and click “Slice with CuraEngine”. See picture (6-29, 6-30). (Picture 6-29)

  • Page 44: Sd Card Printing

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 6-30) You can find the model information such as estimated print time, the amount of filament needed, etc. Click “Print” to start USB printing. Refer to picture (6-31). 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 45 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (See picture 6-32) and then click the save button to generate a .gcode file. Copy the gcode file to the SD card. (Picture 6-32) Insert the SD card into the slot which is on the right side of the LCD screen. Press the knob to enter the main menu and choose “Print from SD”.

  • Page 46: Color Mixer

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 7 Color Mixer 7.1 Download Download address: http://www.geeetech.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=92&t=61760 7.2 Introduction Free and easy-to-use, color mixer can mix your original single-color gcode file. You can create thousands program of mixing as you could.  Click “Import G” to import .Gco file. Choose 2 (also support 3 extruders) as the “Extruder Number”.
  • Page 47 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 7-2)  After importing the .Gco file, you can set the start and end layer, and the percentage of E0+E1 (start layer to end layer). You can adjust by dragging the slider or entering a value. See picture (7-3).
  • Page 48 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 7-3)  You can click “Add” to set several start and end layer value, and the percentage of E0+E1 (start layer to end layer). See picture (7-4). (Picture 7-4)  When you finished configuration, you need to click "Mixer color" to mix your original gcode file.
  • Page 49 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 7-5)  Click “Export G” to export the mixed gcode file, which is named with a suffix “_colored”. Copy the file to the SD card and start to print. See picture (7-6, and 7-7).
  • Page 50 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 7-6) (Picture 7-7)

  • Page 51: Function Introduction

    8 Function introduction 8.1 Power loss-resuming capability A10M 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 “Resume print”. See picture (8-1).

  • Page 52: Filament Run-Out Sensor (Optional)

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD (Picture 8-2) 8.3 Filament run-out sensor (Optional) Before using this function, please check whether it is turned on or not. Choose “Control”>”Filament”>“Runout sensors” and make sure it shows “ON”. See pictures (8-3, 8-4). (Picture 8-3) (Picture 8-4) ...

  • Page 53: Touch For Auto Bed Leveling (Optional)

    “Resume print” to re-start the printing. See picture (8-6). (Picture 8-6) 8.4 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 54: Parameters

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 9 Parameters  Printing parameters Printing technology: FDM Printing volume: 220*220*260mm Printing accuracy: 0.1~0.2mm Positioning 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 Filament: ABS/PLA/wood-polymer/PVA/HIPS/PETG, etc. ...

  • Page 55: Contact

    SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD 10 Contact Official website: https://www.geeetech.com/ Facebook Group: https://www.geeetech.com/contact_us.html。 Email us for technical support:...

  • Page 56: 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 57: Layer Shift

    All information in this Manual is subject to change at any time without notice and is provided for convenience purposes only. Geeetech reserves the right to modify or revise this Manual in its sole discretion and at any time. You agree to be bound by any modifications and/or revisions.
  • Page 58 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 59 SHENZHEN GETECH TECHNOLOGY CO LTD Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,ltd www.geeetech.com...

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