Flashforge Creator Pro 2 Manual

This guide is only applicable to Creator Pro 2 3D printer

Unboxing

The Creator Pro 2 was carefully packaged at FlashForge manufacturing facility. Please follow the unpacking steps laid out below.

1. Remove the package and take out accessories carefully. Do not use force.
2. Do not tear the yellow high temperature resistant adhesive tape around the nozzle, it has thermal insulation and high temperature resistance characteristics.

2. Firmly grasp the two side handles of FlashForge Creator Pro 2. Lift it out of the carton and place it on a stable surface.
   

3. Remove the packing bag and then remove the tape and plastic wrap for protecting the front door.
   

1. Platform
2. Platform support
3. Leveling nut
4. LCD panel
5. Z-axis guide rod
6. Extruder cable bunch
7. X-axis guide rod
8. Slot
9. Nozzle cooling fan
10. Spring presser
11. Cooling fan
12. Nozzle
13. Turbofan baffle
14. Extruder bracket
15. SD card slot
16. USB cable input
17. Filament guidetube buckle
18. Spool holder slot
19. Spool holder
20. Power input
21. Power switch

1. To install a spool holder, level it and insert the end into the corresponding opening.
   
2. Turn down the spool holder to make the holder bottom cleave to the printer back.
   
   Please refer to the next page for the right method of filament mounting.
3. Take a roll of filament, then squeeze the spool holder top and mount the filament spool to the holder.

Fixed the anti-oozing plate by two screws.

Please make sure that the nozzle touches the anti-oozing plate properly when installed. It is OK to adjust the distance between the nozzle and plate manually. It is normal to see scratches on the surface of the plate after printing for several times.

The First Setting

Loading and Unloading

1. Tap [Tools]-[Filament]
   
2. Tap [load], the extruder will start to heat up. After heating to the target temperature, please manually insert the filament into the filament feeding wheel. When the filament is ejected from the nozzle, it indicates that loading is completed.
   
3. Tap [unload], the extruder starts to heat up. After heating to the target temperature, manually feed out a part of filament from the nozzle, then press down the spring presser, quickly pull out the filament, and complete unloading.

Leveling

Clearing the remaining materials on the nozzle first to avoid leveling fails.

1. Tap [Tools]-[Leveling] to start leveling. The machine will finish homing first.
   
2. After stop movement of extruder and platform, tighten the three nuts below the platform counterclockwise (To avoid scratch build plate by extruder and it is important action)
   
3. Choose one extruder and move it to the first nut by hand. Place a paper under the extruder and tighten the nut to reduce the distance between extruder and platform. Gently move the paper and feel the fraction. If move the paper with gent fraction, it is a suitable distance between extruder and platform. Finished the first place, and repeat the same actions in the second and third nut.

Note: the small distance between the extruder and platform causes removing printed objects hard, while big distance causes adhesion fails or wrapping.

XYZ Axis Calibration

Z Axis Calibration

1. Tap [Tools]-[Setting]-[Z calibration]. Creator Pro 2 uses a compensation layer mechanism. Instead of manually adjusting the installation positions of the left and right nozzles, a program is used to calculate the height difference between the two nozzles.
   

2. The extruder and platform will return to the zero position first, select any extruder to calibrate. When the temperature of the nozzle and the platform is too high, it will wait for the nozzle to cool down to 50°C to prevent the nozzle from scalding the build tape.
   

3. Follow the on-screen instructions and insert the leveling card between the nozzle and the platform, please click Z- or Z + to adjust the appropriate spacing. The adjustment range is sliding leveling paper. If you feel a little frictional resistance, it indicates that the distance between the nozzle and the platform is appropriate. When one extruder is adjusted, it will be switched to another extruder for calibration.

Note: Do not turn the nuts under the platform during Z-axis calibration.

X Axis Calibration
X-axis calibration: Used to adjust the consistency of the two extruders in the X-axis direction to prevent misalignment during printing.

1. Tap [Setting]-[X Calibration], or continue the X-axis calibration after the Z-axis calibration is completed. After the machine initialization movement is completed, the nozzle and the platform will be heated. At this time, please ensure that the filament has been inserted into the extruder.
   
2. After heating, left and right extruders print a line one by one.
   
3. According to the actual printed lines, click X-, X + to adjust the bias of the extruders and remove the printed lines; tap the verify button, the left and right extruders will print the lines again to see if the lines coincide, if they coincide, it means that the X-axis calibration is completed, if they are inconsistent, continue to adjust, until it coincides.

Y Axis Calibration
Y-axis calibration: Used to adjust the consistency of the two extruders in the Y-axis direction to prevent misalignment during printing.

1. Tap [Setting]-[Y Calibration], or continue the Y-axis calibration after the X-axis calibration is completed. After the machine initialization movement is completed, the nozzle and the platform will be heated. At this time, please ensure that the filament has been inserted into the extruder.
   
2. After heating, left and right extruders print a line one by one.
   
3. According to the actual printed lines, click Y-, Y + to adjust the bias of the extruders and remove the printed lines; tap the verify button, the left and right extruders will print the lines again to see if the lines coincide, if they coincide, it means that the Y-axis calibration is completed, if they are inconsistent, continue to adjust, until it coincides.

First Print

After installing, loading filament and calibrating, it start your first print.

1. Insert the SD card to the side of machine.
   
   
2. Tap [Print]-[SD card]; choose the test file to print.