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  • Page 1 3D Printer User Manual Einstart 3D Printer User Manual V2.1...
  • Page 2 This document is copyrighted and contains proprietary information that is the property of Hangzhou Shining 3D Tech Co., Ltd .The user does not have the right to copy, reproduce, or translate this document in any way or to any media without the prior written consent of Hangzhou Shining 3D Tech Co., Ltd.

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    3D Printer User Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. Introduction .................... 4 1.1. How to use this manual .............. 4 1.2. Precautions ................. 4 1.2.1. Safety ................4 1.2.2. Protection ................. 4 2. Overview ....................5 2.1. Appearance ................5 2.2. Axes .................... 5 3.

  • Page 4: Introduction

    3D Printer User Manual 7.1. Changing the Material ............... 44 7.2. Cleaning the Nozzle ..............44 7.3. Accessories ................44 7.4. Packing list ................44 7.5. Specification ................45 8 FAQ...................... 45 9. Contact Us ..................48 1. Introduction 1.1. How to use this manual This User Manual is divided into five sections which covers the Introduction, Overview, Installation, Operation, and Troubleshooting.

  • Page 5: Overview

    3D Printer User Manual 2. Overview Thank you for choosing Einstart 3D Printer. It is designed with ultimate portability and simplicity in mind. The system and software allows you to print great models with only a few keystrokes, even if you have never used a 3D printer before. The system uses a nozzle to deposit molten plastic to make a solid object layer by layer, so printed parts are strong and durable.

  • Page 6: Installation

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 2.2 3. Installation 3.1. Install printer The printer was tied up to avoid damage during transportation. Please remove these protective parts before use the printer . Figure 3.1 www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 7: Connect Power Adapter And Usb Cable

    3D Printer User Manual ① Rope ② Sponge Mat 3.1.1. Connect power adapter and USB cable As figure 3.1.1 shown, there are USB connection and power interface on the side of the printer, please connect the printer and computer via a USB cable and connect the power adapter.

  • Page 8: Spread Glue

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.1.2 3.1.3 Spread glue First step: spread glue on the build platform. Second step: make the glue joint the platform evenly. Third step: ensure the glue shape is fit properly. Fourth step: place the platform in right place. Figure 3.1.3 www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 9: Install Filament

    3D Printer User Manual 3.1.4. Install filament First step: make sure the head of filament is neat. Second step：set up the filament through the hole inside the printer. Third step：insert filament tube to the top hole. Fourth step：put filament on the tray. Figure 3.1.4.1 Figure 3.1.4.2 3.1.5 Print the model...
  • Page 10 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.1.5.1 3）Load filament：press the“ ” button to load filament, put the filament in the hole and wait for the temperature rise. Figure 3.1.5.2 4） Return： press the“ ”or“ ” button to exit when the filament is extruded from the nozzle.
  • Page 11 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.1.5.4 5) Build:get back to the “Fast Operation” and press the “ ” button to choose model. Figure 3.1.5.5 6) Select:press“ ”“ ” to choose model ,and press“ ”to print the model you want. Figure 3.1.5.6 7)Pause:If you wanna pause, press“...
  • Page 12 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.1.5.7 Figure 3.1.5.8 8)Resume: used for change filament,see figure 3.1.5.9. Figure 3.1.5.9 9) “Save-Shut Down”: it will save the model file, you can resume printing the model after reboot the machine.“Stop”: just cancel the printing. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 13: Windows Os Software Installation

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.1.5.10 3.2.Windows OS Software installation 3dStar supports the operating system Win7 32/64bit, Win8.1 and Mac OS X. Please refer to “Read Me file” before setting up the software.There are printing software 3dStar, driver, and STL models in the SD Card. 3.2.1.
  • Page 14 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.1.2 2. Select the installation directory, and Click “Install” to start the SETUP WIZARD Figure 3.2.1.3 www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 15 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.1.4 3. In a while, the following interface will appear, please select ““I have read and accept the license terms ”, and click “install”. Figure 3.2.1.5 4. Click“Finish” in the pop-up dialog, and the installation is successfully www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 16 3D Printer User Manual installed. . Figure 3.2.1.6 Notice: if either of the below two interface appears, it means that the latest version of Microsoft Visual C++ 2010 x86 Redistributable operation environment has been installed. Click “Cancel” to complete the installation. www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 17 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.1.7 Figure 3.2.1.8 5.Install the driver of USB to serial port. Figure 3.2.1.9 Click ”Extract”，do as the guide shows,see figure 3.2.1.9. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 18: Program Registration

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.1.10 Click ”finish” in the follow dialog to exit the guide, see figure 3.2.1.11. Figure 3.2.1.11 3.2.2 Program registration Program registration has been done after software setup. If a new key should be registered, do as follows: 1.
  • Page 19 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.2.1 2. Click open, select key file(*.reg or *.lic) Figure 3.2.2.2 3. click“install” to finish registration. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 20: Mac Os Software Installation

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.2.2.3 3.3. Mac OS software installation If your system is Mac OS, choose “Mac” folder. Before setting up the software, you should refer to Read Me file. 3.3.1.Drive installation 1. Double click “3dStar.dmg”, a virtual device is showed on desktop, see figure 3.3.1.1.
  • Page 21 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.3.1.2 2. Double click “FTDI_USB_Serial Driver”, double click the file, see figure 3.3.1.3. Figure 3.3.1.3 3. Input user name and password, see figures as follows. www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 22 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.3.1.4 Figure 3.3.1.5 Figure 3.3.1.6 4. Double click script “Disable Sleep.command”. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 23: Program Registration

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.3.1.7 3.3.2. Program registration 1. Go to folder “App”, double click “License Install”. Figure 3.3.2.1 Figure 3.3.2.2 2. Click open, go to folder “SD”->”Mac”, select key file(*.reg or *.lic), install. www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 24 3D Printer User Manual Figure 3.3.2.3 Figure 3.3.2.4 www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 25: Print Steps

    3D Printer User Manual 4. Print Steps 1.Connect USB and power cable, and power on the printer. 2.Install the driver and print software according to the wizard, see software setup. (Only need to do once if connect the printer to the same computer.) 3.
  • Page 26 3D Printer User Manual Figure 4.3 5. Check the platform level is horizontal or not. Refer to 7.4 for detail; Make sure the nozzle is clean before printing. 6. Open models Figure 4.4 7. Make generating path, see figure 4.5. You can change the parameter by clicking “...
  • Page 27 3D Printer User Manual Figure 4.5 Figure 4.6 Figure 4.7 Note: If the model had been generated Path, when it generate Path again, it will cover the last generated Path. www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 28 3D Printer User Manual 8. After Generating and loading Path are finished, click to start to print. : Stop printing : Pause printing : You can see the build status, see figure 4.8. Figure 4.9 shows the model printed. Figure 4.8 Figure 4.9 www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 29: The Basic Functions Of Software

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 4.10 5. The Basic Functions of Software Open the program “3dStar.exe”, the software window show as figure 5. Some basic functions are as the follows: ①Menu ② ③ ting and status area ④ Edit area Short cut guide area Figure 5...

  • Page 30: Menu

    3D Printer User Manual 5.1. Menu All functions can be found in menu. Figure 5.1 5.2. Short guide area This area contains three button for opening files, path generation and start/stop printing. It’s easy to get to print a model. 5.3.
  • Page 31 3D Printer User Manual  “ ”: Move. ” “:Move the model to the center.  “ ”: Rotate. ” “The model will be rotated automatically according to the surface clicked by the mouse.  “ ”:Scale. “ “:Enlarge the model to the max print size. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 32: Print Setting References

    3D Printer User Manual 6. Print setting references 6.1. Path generator setting Figure 6.1 Usually, only “Print mode” needs to be adjusted. It is best to use the defaulted setting to print, or the extruder might be blocked. There are 5 options to set the print accuracy between 0.1mm to 0.4mm per layer. The finer the layer, the better the quality, the stronger the printed part and the longer it takes to print.

  • Page 33: Extruder Control

    3D Printer User Manual Select” add raft” will generate a model base which helps to printing stability. “Peel off Factor” reflects the height between model and raft. If the layer thickness is 0.2mm and the strip rate is 2.3, which means the height between model and raft is 0.46mm.
  • Page 34 3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.2.1 Figure 6.2.2 When the temperature up to the preset number, the printer will load filament automatically. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 35: Pause/Restart Printing

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.2.3 6.3. Pause/restart printing Figure 6.3.1 Click PAUSE, the platform will move to a secure position, and extruder control dialog will pop up. You can operate on Material-IN, Material-Out or Material-Change. Figure 6.3.2 shows the colorful model. www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 36: Set Z Axis Height

    3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.3.2 6.4. Set Z axis Height Notice:this function can be only operated when the printer is online. 1. Click ,then choose machine “einstart-s”. Figure 6.4.1 2. Click “ Machine Calibration”, see figure 6.4.2. www.shining3d.com...
  • Page 37 3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.4.2 3. Click “Home” to move z axis to home position. 4. Click “ ” to move the extrude nozzle to the platform center. 5. Click“ ” to lift the platform until it close to the nozzle. Move mode can be chose either Sequent or Aptotic.
  • Page 38 3D Printer User Manual click “ ” to set the offset, see figure 6.4.4.You can also go back to “setting” to get the offset and apply, see figure 6.4.5. Make a note that the value may be negative. Figure 6.4.4 Figure 6.4.5 TIP :You may need to set Z height when models are not adhering to the platform properly or are distorted.

  • Page 39: Level Platform

    3D Printer User Manual 6.5. Level platform Before the operation, you should know the ways to fix the print platform and adjust the distance between platform and nozzle well. Figure 6.5.1 shows the platform set. Figure 6.5.1 ① Using 3 screws and 3 pressure springs to fix the print platform. Shown as the figure 6.5.2.
  • Page 40 3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.5.3 ③ Set the nozzle temperature and platform temperature in the “Tools”->”Manager Calibration”, then click “Set Temperature” to start heating. Set the nozzle temperature ℃ as 180.0~200.0 (PLA) . If there is material on the print head, please clean it at first. Figure 6.5.4 ④...
  • Page 41 3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.5.5 ⑤ Click “ ”from “platform Leveling” dialog box, and move the platform to the corner (“bottom left” corner) which corresponds to screw “（a）” ⑥ Click “ ”from “platform Leveling” dialog box to rise the platform to highest point. If platform is near nozzle, please adjust a little from “Control Panel”.

  • Page 42: Firmware Update

    3D Printer User Manual adjusted a little the height of worktable and nozzle using “Control Panel” ). ⑨ Click “ ” to check the platform is level or not. If not, please do from step 3. 6.6.Firmware Update 1. Click “Tools”->”Firmware Update”, see figure 6.6.1. Figure 6.6.1 2.
  • Page 43 3D Printer User Manual Figure 6.6.3 3. Click “open *.hex file”, choose hex file. Figure 6.6.4 4. Click “start update firmware”, follow the guide to finish. Figure 6.6.5 www.shining3d.com...

  • Page 44: Maintenance

    3D Printer User Manual 7. Maintenance 7.1. Changing the Material Loading, withdraw and change the filament by “Tools”->”Manager for Material” Note: the nozzle and print head is quite hot, so please wear the gloves during the operation. 7.2. Cleaning the Nozzle After being used for several times, the nozzle will be covered with a layer of oxide material.

  • Page 45: Specification

    3D Printer User Manual Pen knives 1 piece SD card 1 piece SD card reader 1 piece Glue 1 bottle 7.5. Specification Print Envelope 160*160*160mm Layer thickness 0.1, 0.15,0.2, 0.3, 0.4mm Nozzle diameter 0.4mm Move speed 60mm/s Vertical print speed about 30cm³/hour Positional accuracy ±0.1mm...
  • Page 46 3D Printer User Manual Phenomenon: (1)The first layer of model raft is not plain. (2) The platform base is not plain.There are friction and white powder axis which cause friction between inclined platform and Y axis Solution：Use “3dStar” software to adjust platform and reset the height of Z axis.(Refer to user manual page 50-52).
  • Page 47 (2) Pull out or plug in SD card when the printer power off. Reason: (1) Einstart DP 3D printer can’t read the .gsd file named by Chinese word,and it only show 6 characters add number if the name above 8 characters.

  • Page 48: Contact Us

    3D Printer User Manual 9. Contact Us Hangzhou Shining 3D Tech Co.,Ltd Add: 18th Floor, Block A, HuaRui Center, No .66, JianShe One Road, Xiaoshan, HangZhou, China 311215 Working time：9:00-17:30 Tel：+86 571-82999512，+86 571-83821911 Fax：+86 571-82999510 Support QQ: 1984522360 Skype：shining_support Email：lili2@shining3d.com Website：http://www.shining3d.com...

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