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Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd
Geeetech A30T 3D Printer
User Manual（V1.00）
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  • Page 1 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Geeetech A30T 3D Printer User Manual（V1.00）...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Content 1Attentions ..........................4 1.1Safety Instructions ......................4 1.2Factory Test before Delivery ..................4 1.3 Risk statement ......................4 2 Printing Parameters ........................ 5 3 Packing list ..........................6 4 Printer Display ........................7 5 Assembling ..........................8 5.1Main Frame 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: 1Attentions

    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: 3-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. Remote extruder assembly Gantry kit Bottom kit (3 sets) Gantry and base Filament holder kit T-shaped plate component 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） G antry 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；⑩Filament holder kit；⑪Teflon feeding tube(Bowden tube)；...

  • Page 8: Assembling

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 5 Assembling 5.1Main Frame Assembling Main frame consists of gantry kit and base, remote extruder assembly, spool holder, T- shaped plate and screws. Remote extruder assembly Gantry kit Bottom kit (3 sets) Gantry and base Filament holder kit T-shaped plate component installing screws (3 sets)
  • Page 9 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-2） （Picture 5-3） Secure the three sets of remote extruders to the back side of the gantry top profile and tighten the screws as shown in picture (5-4). （Picture 5-4） Please place the filament on the roll of filament holder kit first, and then fix the kit to the top profile of the gantry frame with 2 M3 * 6 screws and 2 T-nuts M3.

  • Page 10: Wire Connection

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-5） 5.2Wire connection Insert three Teflon tubes into the quick-insert connector of the three extruders as shown in picture (5-6). （Picture 5-6） Plug extruder wire into molex socket. Be sure plug is firmly seated into socket. See picture (5-7).
  • Page 11 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-7） Connect the E0, E1, and E2 extruder motor wires .See picture (5-8). （Picture 5-8） Then the extruder wires and the extruder motor wires are fixed into the small hole on the backside of the screw with the Cable tie to avoid the wires harness touching the model during printing.
  • Page 12 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-9） Connect the wires of X axis motor and limit switch. See picture (5-10). （Picture 5-10） Connect the wires of Y axis limit switch. See picture (5-11).
  • Page 13 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-11） Connect the Z0 axis motor and the Z0 axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-12). （Picture 5-12） Connect the Z1 axis motor and the Z1 axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-13). （Picture 5-13）...

  • Page 14: Check The Power Input Mode

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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 (5-14). Note: Be sure the switch is set for the correct voltage. （Picture 5-14）...
  • Page 15 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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. Extruder E0, E1, E2 with arrow shown in picture (5-16). （Picture 5-16）...

  • Page 16: 6First Print

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-18） 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. See picture (5-19). （Picture 5-19）...
  • Page 17 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd need to level the bed again. Details as follows: 1) Rough leveling Please click the “Home” to enter “Leveling” interface on the touch screen. See picture (6-1). If you click “manual level”, it shows “manual level” interface shown as picture (6-2). （Picture 6-1）...
  • Page 18 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （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 19: 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 20 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). （Picture 6-11）...

  • Page 21: 7Introduction Of Touch Screen Menu

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-12） 7Introduction of touch screen menu 7.1Tree diagram （Picture 7-1） 7.2Main Functions 7.2.1 Main interface:...
  • Page 22 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). （Picture 7-4）...
  • Page 23 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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. The fixed scale of mixer : Please check the feeding scale of Extruder E0, E1 and E2 when adjust printing, which could achieve the effect of mixed three-color printing.
  • Page 24 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-7） Click “Move” to its interface, see picture (7-8). （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 7-9） This page only displays every motion parameter, if no special condition, it doesn’t to modify. Click “Leveling “to its interface.(7-10). （Picture 7-10） Two submenus at leveling interface a. Click “manual level “to its interface. See picture (7-11).
  • Page 26 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （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. Click “auto level” to its interface. See picture (7-12). （Picture 7-12）...
  • Page 27 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-13） A30T has 3 extruders; therefore it can control feeding in and out and heat operation of E0, E1 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 28 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （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: （Picture 7-16） Six submenus at setting interface Click “Add-on” to enter its interface. See picture (7-17).
  • Page 29 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （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. The factory default is off, and the initial password is: “0000”.
  • Page 30 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-19） Click “Language” to its interface. See picture (7-20). （Picture 7-20） Click “Screen Cali” to its interface. See picture. (7-21). （Picture 7-21） Click “About” to the device information. See picture (7-22).
  • Page 31 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （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). （Picture 7-24） There is no display at printing interface if no opening. Only printing interface opens, it shows filament.

  • Page 32: 8Software 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 A30T is CH340. See picture (8-1).
  • Page 33 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 34: 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 35 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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). Write down the relevant info accordingly. (Pay attention to the highlighted parts).
  • Page 36 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-7） b. Printer dialog(Picture 8-8) （Picture 8-8） c. Extruder dialog(Picture 8-9)
  • Page 37 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: The baud rate is still 115200, Mac OS, Repetier Host are the same.
  • Page 38 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 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”. See picture (8-11). （Picture 8-11）...
  • Page 39 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 A30T 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 40 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 41 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-17） It pops up dialog as below (Picture 8-18); choose “Geeetech A30M PLA high fi.rcf”and open it. （Picture 8-18） Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (8-19).

  • Page 42: Usb Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-19） Choose “Geeetech A30T PLA high “as print configuration and “Geeetech A30T PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (8-20) below. （Picture 8-20） Now parameters setting are finished. 8.3 USB printing You can start USB printing when the parameters setting finished.
  • Page 43 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Load the printing model Open the Repetier-Host and click “load”. Choose a file and open it. See picture (8-21). （Picture 8-21） （Picture 8-22） When dichromatic model is loaded, you can use the buttons as picture below (picture 8-23) to zoom in, zoom out or rotate the model.
  • Page 44 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-23） Adjust the orientation of the model so that the flat part of the model contacts the hot bed for printing, See picture (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 45 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 are set, choose the imported slicing parameter, and click “Cura Engine”. See picture (8-27). （Picture 8-27）...

  • Page 46: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-28） 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 (8-29).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 47 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd the TF card. （Picture 8-30） Insert the TF card into the slot which is on the left side of the machine. Press the knob to enter the main menu and choose “Printing”. （Picture 8-31） Choose the corresponding gcode file to start printing. Click “Printing” and it will start printing. See picture (8-32).
  • Page 48 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Note: The printer can only read gcode file and the file name should be English letters, a space, an underscore or their combination.

  • Page 49: 9Color 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 “3” as the “Extruder Number”. See picture (9-1 and 9-2).
  • Page 50 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 51 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 52 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （picture 9-7） （picture 9-8） （picture 9-9） （picture 9-10）...

  • Page 53: 10Function Introduction

    10Function introduction 10.1Power -resuming capability A30T 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 54 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 10-2） （Picture 10-3） （Picture 10-4） Be sure it shows “ON”. See picture (10-5).
  • Page 55 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 56: D Touch For Auto Bed Leveling (Optical)

    （Picture 10-8） Note: A30T has 3 extruders, which equipped 3 “Filament” detectors. Therefore, it would be displayed as green only if 3 “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 57: 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 58: Print Stopped

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