LeapFrog 3d printer Manual page 88

Manual Leapfrog Creatr
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When the bed is too far away from the nozzle, you are unable to move the bed further up with
the manual control tab because of the sensor. Therefore you will have to use a different way to
determine the distance. The easiest way would be to use something of a known thickness, for
example a thin metal plate and use this to estimate the distance.
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Now that the distance has been determined you will have to insert the value in the z-offset of the
slic3r settings. In Repetier-Host go to the slicer tab and select configure to open the slic3r settings
menu and in this menu go to Printer Settings where you will find the z-offset option.
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In z-offset box you can fill in the distance that the bed was off. A positive value will correct the
bed downwards (so for the "too close"-situation) whereas a negative value will correct the bed
upwards (so for the "too far away"-situation). In the screenshot above the bed will be corrected
1.6mm downwards.
When you have filled in the value don't forget to save the changes by pressing the "save"-icon
that can be found under the Filament Settings header.
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To use the changed slic3r settings you will have to reslice the file you wish to print. Don't forget
to do so. Remember that you have not adjusted the printer itself but just given a correction for
the offset in the generated g-code.
You can run the print to see if the offset was determined properly. If not you can adjust the value
in the slic3r settings in small steps of 0.05- .1mm until you reach the correct distance. Don't
forget to save the settings and reslice your file each time you change the settings.
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