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- Page 1 ShenZhen Creativity Technology Co.,Ltd ELF PRO 3D Printer User Manual The User Manual is for the ELF PRO 3D printer. Detailed instructions for using are available on the TF card.
- Page 2 Attention Do not place the Printer near flammables, explosives or heat sources. It is best to place it in a well- ventilated, low-dust environment. Do not expose the Printer to violent vibration or any unstable environment. This will cause poor print quality. The filaments recommended by the manufacturer are preferred as to avoid clogging in the hot end and/or Printer damage.
- Page 3 S a f e t y I n s t r u c t i o n s - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 Technical Speciflcation----------------------------------------------------------------------- 2 Packing List----------------------------------------------------------------------------------3 Product Overview---------------------------------------------------------------------------------4...
- Page 4 When printer is working, please beware of the high temperature of hot bed, extruderhead,and other hot parts, Pleasedon't touch any hot part during printing in case of scald.Pleasenote hot parts need time to cool down after working. Pleasenote hot parts need time to cool down after working. The printer has 220V AC/110V AC voltage and other high voltage power connector, Pleasedon't touch conductive part in case of electric shock The power of some key parts of the printer(such as hot bed, extruder...
- Page 5 Printing Size(mm) Molding Tech 300*300*360 AC :110-120 V / CURA /Simplify3D/ Slice Software Power Supply 200-240V Repetier-Host ect DC:24V 15A Nozzle Number Total Power MW-LRS-350W Machine Size(mm) Language 460*480*560 EN/RU/ES/FR/KR/ZH-CN Machine Weight Printing Method 16Kg TF Card/Online Printing 3.5 inch color touch Package Weight Display 23Kg...
- Page 6 M3*5 screw 8PCS M4*16 screw 30PCS M5*25 screw 8PCS limit switch+Material ELF PRO Supplies holder Coupling break detection Data cable TF Card+Card reader Shovel+VGA Support Plier Filament 200g T-screw fixings Tool kit Power Cord...
- Page 7 VGA cable Extrusion Kit Frame Z limit switch Nozzle Material break detection T-screw Print platform Power switch Switch button Z motor+Coupling Display screen Base...
- Page 8 1.lnstall frame 1 Fig.1, Fix the Z-axis hotbed tray on the linear guide with M3*5 cup head screws. M3*5-4PCS Fig.1 2 Fig.2, Insert 4 pieces of 2040 M4*16 profiles and the 20PCS components in step 1 into the corresponding holes of the base. Fig.2...
- Page 9 3 Fig.3, Fix two 2020 profiles on M5*25 the Z-axis profile 6PCS with M5*25 cup head screws (6PCS) Fig.3 T8*8 Screw 4 Fig.4, Rotate 2PCS the T-screw into the brass nut (note: be sure to compress the spring) and connect it to the motor through the coupling D8-d5 Coupling...
- Page 10 5 Fig.5, Fix the hotbed plate on the Z- axis tray with M4*30 flat head screws, blue die springs and black hand-torque nuts (note: the hand-torque nuts can be tightened a M4*30-P little) Fig.5 4PCS 6 Fig.6, Put the M4*16 top cover assembly 8PCS on the profile frame...
- Page 11 7 Fig.7, install the Z-axis limit switch and the Z- axis T-screw fixing piece in the position shown in the figure Fig.7 X-axis motor & Y-axis Wiring diagram of Y-axis motor & Z-axis limit & Z-axis limit wiring hotbed aviation VGA wiring diagram limit wiring diagram diagram...
- Page 12 Dear customers: 1. In order to ensure the quality of products, we will carry out printing test for each printer in the factory. If you find that the nozzle has slight traces of use, this is left by the printing test. We try to clean it up as much as possible, but please don't mind. 2.
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Page 13: Automatic Shutdown
1. Auto Home Disable xy 2. Test with A4 paper, adjust the nuts under the platform up and down, to make the nozzle just presses the A4 paper, and ensure that the four corners are the same distance. Repeat steps 1-2 times if necessary If you want the printer to shut Automatic... - Page 14 There might be 3 kinds of results for the first layer of the test prints. A:Nozzle too close,lack of extrusion,the nozzle rub against the platform.Slowly tighten the corresponding nuts underneath by half circle or level again. B:Proper nozzle height,good extrusion and adhesion C:Nozzle too high,Large gap,filaments are not even adhere to the platform.Slowly loosen the...
- Page 15 (1).ELF PRO 3D printer reads Gcode file and prints. It is necessary to convert 3Dfiles (such as stl file) into Gcode files for machine to recognize. Software that convert 3D files into Gcode files is called slicing software. Cura_15.04.6 is used for example here.Location of...
- Page 16 (2)Next, before start Cura for the first time, there will be more settingsabout the language and machine types, as show in Fig.9. Fig.9...
- Page 17 Upon finish, open Cura for the first time, there might be a default robotmodel appears, customers may click File --->"Clear platform todelete it. Load 3D model into Cura (1) Clear the platform by clicking“File”--->“Clear platform” (2) Load 3D files onto the platform by“File”--->“Load model file...”.Files with extension such as "STL","OBJ","DAE"and"AMF"...
- Page 18 (5) Scale: to uniformly scale the modelalong X/Y/Z dimensions.Todisable uniform Fig.10 scaling, click the lock in the lower section of the scaling window. (Fig. 11) Fig.11...
- Page 19 (6) View mode (Fig. 12): to view the model in different ways and helpsto spotting issues before print starts. Such as Layers mode: to viewthe toolpath of the print head to check if there are skipped layers or gaps. Scroll at layers mode Fig.12...
- Page 20 Manipulate 3D model in Cura (1)Machine settings Refer to Fig. 13, click "Machine"--->"Machine settings" to input thosesuggested parameters into the corresponding column. Fig.13...
- Page 21 (2) Basic and Advanced options Suggested "Basic" and "Advanced" setting are shown in Fig.14.Staythe mouse upon each box and there will be explanation for it. Those parameters are suggested for ELF PRO 3D printer to print PLA filament.Generally, those settings are also compatible with other brand of PLA, but customers may need to finetune the parameters to...
- Page 22 ELF PRO is compatible with flexible filament, and we provide thesettings as shown below if using flexible filaments (usersmay have to fine-tune the settings based on the actual printingconditions, and type of filaments, etc.). See next page.
- Page 23 In the menu bar, select "Expert"→"Open expert settings " , and thenset the parameters separately, as shown below:...
- Page 24 (3)Plugins *lt is recommended for new user to leave the plugins as default (i.e.noplugins enabled). Plugins are custom settings which will active at specific point duringprinting. There are two pre-loaded plugins with Cura: Pause at heightand Tweak At Z.More plugins can be found via:http://wiki.ultimaker.com/Category:CuraPlugin As shown in Fig.
- Page 25 (4) Start/End-Gcode As shown in Fig. 16 , customGcode allows for complexautomatic printer movementsand operations.By addingcustom Gcode into the start orend of the Gcode file, customercould change how it prints.Adetailed list of Gcode commands can be found via:http://reprap.org/wiki/G-codeThere will be explanation laterabout how to add command tostart-gcode to achieve the function of resume from outage.
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Page 26: Start Printing
(5) Save Gcode in Cura In Cura, click "File"--->"Save Gcode..." to save the file to a desired directory.And it is highly recommended to save the Gcode in a SD cardfor printing offline. >Re-open the Gcode file again in Cura to confirm that all slices of themodel have been included by check it in the "Layers view"... - Page 27 2.After the pre-heat is finished, please click on Home screen " Extrusion"-->“Extrusion1”-- >“Click IN"(Fig.18).The extruder motor will start tofeed the filament into the hotend.There might be some excessive filament melt through the nozzle at high temperature, use tweezers tocarefully remove it from the nozzle tio before print. Fig.18 3.Insert the sD card into the SD card slot at the base.On Home Menu,Click "Print"...
- Page 28 Please be mindful that the nozzle and heated bed are still hot afteroperation. Fig.20 5.ELF PRO 3D printer equipped with Carbon Silicon Crystal Tempered Glass: (a novel print platform)which could be used for very long time without adding any maskingtape, "hair spray"...
- Page 30 1.Motor shaking or abnormal sound The corresponding end stop could not be trigered when Home,check the wirings,and inspect any obstacles by manually moving the corresponding axis The motor cable are not connected properly,check each connection and then inspect the cable routing for any faults 2.Fle not printing or memory card failure Remove the memory card and inser ino PC.Oopen the GCode fles using texteditor(eg.Notepad),and inspect...
- Page 31 6.Warping/curling of the printed object Check the bed temperature matches the flament Check the infll%of the Gcode.The higher the infl,the morelikely to warp Add a brim orraf to the model in slicing software. 7.Layer shifting Print head moving too fast,slow down the print speed. Check X/Y belt and the driving wheel and ensure they are properly installed.
- Page 32 ShenZhen Creativity Technology Co.,Ltd Follow US Thank you for purchasing Creativity3D products! Under normal usage andservice, the products have a warranty period up to one year.Please visit Creativity3D : official website(www.Creativity3dprinter.com) to report any issues with Creativity3D products.our professional after-sale service team wouldresponse within 24 hours and solve the issue.
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Please HELP I need the machine factory settings FOR the Motor direction End stops min/max what happened is I entered a wrong G-code now the machine will not home correctly and or the axis go in the wrong direction then crash. Kind Regards