Maintenance; Changing The Material; Vertical Calibration - PP3DP UP! mini User Manual

6. Maintenance

6.1 Changing the Material

 First withdraw the leftover material from the printer. Initialize the printer and
choose ―3D print->Maintain‖. Click ―Withdraw‖ and the system automatically
begin to heat the nozzle. When the nozzle reaches the correct temperature,
the printer will beep, and you can gently withdraw the material.
 Place a new spool of material on the spool holder, and pull it through the
filament tube, until the material is about 10cm out of the tube, then insert it
into the hole at the top of the extruder head.
 Select the ―maintain‖ menu form the ―3D Print‖ menu. Then press the
―Extrude‖ button in the ―maintain‖ dialogue. After the printer nozzle has
warmed up to 260° C, the printer will beep. Push the filament into the hole
at the top of the extruder head, with a little pressure, and the extruder will
automatically extrude material. The plastic thread squeezed out of the
nozzle should be thin, bright and smooth.
If the nozzle is blocked, remove the nozzle and clean it.
The extruder and platform are hot. Use gloves when working
in this area of printer.

6.2 Vertical Calibration

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.
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