MakerBot Replicator 2 User Manual page 26

LOADING MAKERBOT PLA FILAMENT
Push the Filament into the Extruder
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Push down on the Extruder Arm.
Continue to hold it down as you insert the
free end of the filament into the hole in the
top of the extruder. Push the filament in as
far as it will go. You will see plastic start to
emerge from the extruder nozzle.
Release the extruder arm.
Stop Extrusion
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The extruder motor will grab onto the
filament and continue to draw it in. Watch to
make sure plastic is still extruding from the
nozzle after you release the extruder arm.
Then press the M button to stop extrusion.
NOTE: Don't be surprised if the filament that
initially comes out of the nozzle is not the color
you expected. There's probably some filament
inside the extruder left over from our testing
process at the MakerBot BotCave. Wait until you
see the color that you loaded come out of the
nozzle before you press the M button.
C STARTUP PROCESS: LEVELING, LOADING, TESTING
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