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  • Page 1 PP3DP-2012-V1...

  • Page 2: Legal Notice

    No part of this document may be photocopied, reproduced or translated into another language without the prior written consent of Delta Micro Factory Corp. © Copyright 2012 Delta Micro Factory Corporation All rights reserved. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 3: Table Of Contents

    ...................... 46 6.5 L UBRICATION OF BEARINGS 6.6 S ........................... 46 PARE PARTS 7. TIPS & TRICKS ........................... 47 8. TROUBLESHOOTING ........................ 48 ..............48 "W " OLUTION FOR INUSB DLL NOT FOUND PROBLEM UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 4: Introduction

    ABS prints. When ABS is burnt is releases toxic fumes. The following classifications are used in this manual. CAUTION: Indicates a potentially hazardous situation which, if not avoided, may result in minor or moderate injury. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 5: Protection

     The printer is designed to work properly at an ambient temperature of between 15° C and 30° C and humidity of between 20% and 50%; Operating outside these limits may result in low quality models. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 6: Overview

    3D printer before. The system uses a nozzle to deposit molten plastic, so printed parts are strong and durable. Congratulations on purchasing an UP! Printer. 2.1 Appearance Figure 1.Front view of printer Initialize button UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 7 2. Overview Extrude head Nozzle Platform Figure 2. Back view of printer Roller shaft USB interface Power on/off Power interface UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 8 Power adapter (20 V) Filament tube ④ ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ Screws Cellboard Extrude head ABS spool Figure 4. Tool kit ① ② ③ ④ Pen Knives Tweezers Hexwrench Shovel ⑤ ⑥ ⑦ Pliers Gloves Nozzle wrench UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 9: Specifications

    Printing Material ABS or PLA Material Color White Layer Thickness 0.25－0.35 mm Print Speed 10－100 cm Print Size 120×120×120 mm Printer Weight 5 KG (11 lb) Printer Size 240 × 350 × 350 mm UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 10: Specifications

    2. Overview 2.2.2 Specifications Power Requirements 100-240VAC, 50-60Hz, 200W Model Support Auto-generated support Input Format Workstation compatibility Windows XP/Vista/7; Mac 2.2.3 Environmental specifications Ambient temperature 15° C～30° C Relative humidity 20%～50% UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 11: Operation

    3.Opeation 3. Operation 3.1 Preparation 3.1.1Installation the printer Extrude Head The extrude head is fastened with magnets. When assemble the extrude head, make sure it is contacted with all the three magnets. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 12 3.Opeation Platform Insert the cellboard to the platform slot. The strength should be well-distributed, without force. Roller shaft Insert the roller shaft to the hole at the back of printer, and press down. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 13 The extruder will then automatically extrude a thin filament of material. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 14: Installing The Software

    Start the UPx.xx setup.exe file and install it to the specified directory (Default is Program files/UP). Note: This installs the UP software, the UP drivers, and the UP sample files into your Program files/UP folder. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 15: Installing Drivers

    ―Found New Hardware Wizard‖ window. Choose ―No, not this time‖, and then ―next‖. Then choose ―Install from a list or specific location (Advanced)‖, then ―Next‖. Click ―Browse‖, and choose C:\Program Files\UP\Driver, then ―Next‖. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 16 The following dialogue box pops up. Choose ―Continue Anyway‖, and the drivers will install automatically. If you have any problems installing the drivers, or get a "Winusb.dll not found" error, please refer to the driver section in the troubleshooting section of this manual. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 17: Using The Basic Functions

    UP3 format (which is UP‘s proprietary compressed STL format) Move the mouse pointer onto the model, and click the left mouse key. Some model information is presented in a floating window, as shown below: UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 18 ―Unload‖ on the toolbar, or click the right mouse button while over the model and a context menu will appear. Choose unload the model or unload all models (if you have more than one file open and want to remove all of them). UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 19 Fixing STL Files: The Up software has an option that attempts to fix models with bad surfaces. Under the ―Edit‖ menu you will see a ―Fix‖ option. Select the model with inverted surfaces, and click the ―Fix‖ option to try and fix it. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 20: 3View Options

    View: The system has 8 preset standard views stored under the ―View‖ button on the toolbar. Click the View button on the toolbar (the startup value for the View button is ―Fit") to find these options: (Windows version) (Mac version) UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 21: Model Transformations

    Procedure: 1. Click on ―Move‖; 2. Input ―-5‖ in the text box; 3. Click the ―Z axis‖. Tip: If you hold down the ‗Ctrl‘ key, you can simply drag the model to whatever position you want. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 22 Procedures: 1. Click ―Scale‖; 2. Input 2.0 in the text box; 3. Click ―Scale‖ again. Example2: Scale up the model by 1.2 times along the Z axis only. Procedures: 1. Click ―Scale‖; 2. Input 1.2 in the text box; 3. Click ―Z axis‖ UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 23: Placing Models Onto The Build Platform

    NOTE: When more than one model is open, the gap between each model should be kept to at least 12mm to prevent the models sticking together. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 24: Getting Ready To Print

    (Windows version) (Mac version) TIP: If your printer is not responding properly, the first thing to try is to re-initialize the printer by clicking the „Initialize‟ option from the „3D Print‟ menu. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 25: Calibrating The Nozzle Height

    ―Maintenance ― screen because it will not go high enough, close the ―Maintenance‖ screen, open the ―Print‖ screen, and set the nozzle height to 140mm (for example). Then go back to the ―Maintenance‖ screen and continue with your nozzle height adjustments. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 26 2 - In the text box, type in the height to which you want the platform to move to, and click the ―To‖ button. In the above example, the platform would move to 124mm above the platform‘s origin. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 27 5 - Click the ―Set Nozzle Height‖ in the Maintenance dialogue to do test. Click ―OK‖, the system will beep, and then the nozzle begins heating. 6 – After three beeps, the system will print a line for you to check if the height is ok. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 28 TIP: If you happen to crash the platform into the nozzle while making height adjustments, it is good practice to re-initialize the printer before undertaking any other operations. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 29: Other Maintenance Options

    When the nozzle is up to temperature (260° C) and beeps, gently pull out the material. If the material gets stuck, pull it out it by hand. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 30 The nozzle moves to the left and right; the platform moves forward and backward. The ―To‖ button controls the height of the platform, and is used in the nozzle UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 31: Preparing The Platform

    When inserting the cellboard into the platform slot, the strength should be well-distributed, without force. Inserting or extracting the cellboard, please hold the metal traps on the both sides. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 32: Print Setup Options

    Then, just before it gets to the bottom surface of the real part, it starts to build support layers perpendicular to the raft layers layer. The default value for this parameter is set to 2mm. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 33 The part has an outer wall thickness of solid plastic (about 1.5mm), but its interior is filled with a large spaced scaffold structure. On previous software version this was referred to as ―Big hole‖ UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 34 (so support material is almost not used unless there is a direct overhang), If set to 50° than support material is used for any surface is greater than 50° away from horizontal. Set to > 10° Set to > 50° UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 35 5 mm , for example, there will be no support if the overhanging area is less than 5 mm . Benefit? A little material is saved and a slightly faster print speed is achieved. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 36 Tip: All setup and configuration settings are stored in the Up Software, not on the Up Printer. This means that, if you change to a different computer, you will need to repeat all the calibration and setup procedure UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 37: Printing

     Click menu ―3D Print->Print‖, and the print dialog box pops up. Choose ―Preferences‖ to set the printing parameters. Click ―OK‖ to begin to print. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 38 A perfect STL file is a fully enclosed surface, with no holes in the surface skin, and no overlapping surfaces. If your file is not perfect, this option should allow you to print it anyway. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 39 Model info: 30×30×30 mm layer thickness: 0.2 mm The prices above are calculated with ABS from pp3dp.com at USD35 for a 700g roll. The easiest way to calculate how much material will be used for your model is to use the ―Print Preview‖...

  • Page 40: Model Removal

    Remember to use gloves as the platform and model may still be hot. CAUTION: It is strongly recommended that you ware the gloves to remove the model from the cellboard. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 41 It takes some practice to get comfortable with removing support material, but it can become quite an enjoyable and therapeutic task! UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 42 CAUTION: ALWAYS WEAR SAFETY GLASSES WHEN REMOVING SUPPORT MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY WITH PLA MATERIAL. CAUTION: The support material and the tools are sharp. Wear gloves and safety glasses when removing the part from the printer. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 43: Maintenance

    The Vertical calibration procedure allows you to ensure that the printer platform is perfectly horizontal and that the printer prints consistently in the X, Y and Z direction. First, print the supplied Calibration model on your printer. The calibration file is in C:\Program Files\UP\Example. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 44 After the calibration model is printed, measure the X1 and X2 length, as shown in the pictures below. Open the ―Calibrate‖ box form the ―3D Print‖ menu and enter the measured X1 and X2 values into the appropriate boxes. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 45: Cleaning The Nozzle

    Lastly, use some heat-resistant material, like 100 percent cotton cloth or soft paper. A pair of tweezers will also be required. Then clip paper or some other heat-resistant things with tweezers to clean up the nozzle. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 46: Removing /Changing The Nozzle

    Allen key form the toolkit to provide more power. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 47: Lubrication Of Bearings

    Almost all the plastic parts on the printer are printed by the Up! printer itself. If you need to print spare parts for your printer, the files for all spare parts can be found in the C:\Program Files (x86)\UP\Example\UP Spare Part folder UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 48: Tips & Tricks

    If this is not the case, please follow the ―leveling the print platform‖ procedure listed in 3.3.3 UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

  • Page 49: Troubleshooting

    If you encounter a ―Winusb.dll not found‖ error message, please follow the steps below: Option 1: Uninstall Older Driver and Automatically Install New Driver 1. Open the Windows control panel, go to the ―System Properties‖ dialog box, then select the ―Hardware‖ page. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 50 2. Click ―Device Manager‖ button, and the following dialog box will popup. Find the ―3DPrinter@FreeMC‖ in the USB section. 3. Click the right mouse button and select the ―Uninstall‖ option. The confirm dialog box will appear. Click ―OK‖. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 51 5. Unplug the USB cable, then plug again. Windows will find a new device. Manually select driver folder (Default is C:\Program files\UP\Driver or C:\Program files(X86)\UP\Driver); 6. There should now be a new driver section in the device manager as shown below: UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 52 Option 2: Update the driver manually. 1. Install the latest UP software. 2. Find the ―3DPrint@FreeMC‖ driver in the ―Device Manager‖ dialog box(it should be located in the USB section). 3. Select ―Update Driver.‖ in the right click menu. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 53 8. Troubleshooting 4. Select the up driver folder(the default is C:\program files\UP\Driver). 5. A ―Free Motion Card‖ section should now have been inserted into the Device Manager. UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...
  • Page 54 8. Troubleshooting UP! mini 3D Printer User Manual...

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