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OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Contents STATEMENT...................................................................................................................... 3 SAFETY PRECAUTIONS (BE SURE TO READ) ........................................................................ 4 CHAPTER 1 OVERLORD AND ITS MENU........................................................................... 6 1.1 OVERLORD 3D PRINTER STRUCTURE (TAKE PRO VERSION FOR EXAMPLE) ................ 7 1.2 SPECIFICATION ...............
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Statement OverLord 3D Printer User Maunal will be updated when necessary. Please notice our official website http://www.DreamMaker.cc, and download the latest version. This manual helps users to master the basic operation skills of OverLord 3D Printer. All users must read this manual before operating OverLord 3D Printer. All users should follow the steps and act according to this manual.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Safety Precautions (Be sure to read) Before operating OverLord, please read the following below. In order to avoid accidental injury and property damage, please do not do anything that has not been described in OverLord 3D Printer User Manual. Any dangers or losses caused by improper use, or use beyond the range of OverLord 3D Printer, DFRobot does not assume any legal liability, unless otherwise required by law, please understand.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual ************************* Avoid operating this product in forbidden places, on plane or other vehicles. Avoid operating the equipment without anyone who knows how to operate at site. Avoid placing the equipment near high heat source or flammable and explosive objects. Keep a 15~32℃ thermal environment of the equipment when operating. Avoid placing the equipment near flammable, explosive object.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Chapter 1 OverLord and its menu Brief: 1.1 OverLord 3D Printer Structure 1.2 Specification -- OverLord Pro -- OverLord 1.
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OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 1.2 Specification OverLord Pro Machine Model OverLord Pro Printing Performance Print technology FFF (Fused Filament Facrication) Build Volume Cylinder ： 170mm x 260mm Diameter x Height Print Speed 100mm/s Layer Resolution 20μm ~ 200μm Nozzle Diameter 0.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual OverLord Machine Model OverLord Printing Performance Print technology FFF (Fused Filament Facrication) Build Volume Cylinder ： 150mm x 160mm Diameter x Height Print Speed 100mm/s Layer Resolution 20μm ~ 200μm Nozzle Diameter 0.4mm Operation Nozzle Temperature 200℃~250℃ Operation Heated Bed Temperature N/A Ambient Operation Temperature 15℃~32℃ Rating Power 120 W Power Requirements 24V External Power Supply AC Input 100~240V 50/60Hz 4.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 1.3 Menu Introduction (Take Pro version for example) The optimaized OverLord User interface simplified the operation of 3D printer. By just pushing down the button, OverLord is able to print, change material, and calibrate the buildplate all by itself. For normal users, the default settings are enough for them to do a good print. The advanced users, however, are able to re-set the printing parameters to satisfy their specific needs.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Chapter 2 How to Print Brief: 2.1 Turn on OverLord 3D Printer 2.2 Startup 2.3 Prepare printable models files 2.4 Cura Installation and settings --file location --Cura Installation --Cura Settings 2.5 Start using Cura --Interface --Your first print --Full-setting 2.6 Printing 2.7 Auto-remove/feed printing material 2.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2.1 Turn on OverLord 3D Printer Attention: Please mind plugging direction to avoid burning main PCB down! Plug in Turn off status Turn on status, blue light on 2.2 Start-up OverLord runs machine Start-up at the first time you open it. Please follow the instructions and enjoy the basic operating experience. CAUTION：Before start-up, make sure there is nothing left on buildplate. During start-up, OverLord operates its high temperature (220℃) moving part.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual during every single second, then processes all the movement information into .gcode format that can be recognize by 3D Printers. OverLord 3D Printer uses open source model slicing software Cura. You will find it already in the SD Card sent with the machine, or you can download it directly from our website: www.dreammaker.cc. (source: http://wiki.ultimaker.com/Cura). 3D model.STL Transferred to .Gcode by Cura Save into SD card and insert SD card into OverLord NOTE: 1.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2.4.1 File location OverLord official website www.Dreammaker.cc provides free download of Cura installation file. You can find the installation file in your SD card too. 2.4.2 Cura Installation The following tutorial is based on Windows system. If your system is MAC or Linux, please download the right version and install afterwards. Find the installation file, run it by double click. Do not tick it if you want to preserve old version Cura.
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OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2.4.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual If this is your first time running Cura, “First time run wizard” will help you set the software.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual There are some difference between the settings of OverLord Pro and OverLord.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Now appears the software UI, click “machine” in the menu and choose “Machine settings”. Set the parameters as shown in the picture. Take special care to those in orange circle. Click “OK” to finish. NOTE: You should choose “UltiGCode” for “GCode Flavor”.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Click “machine” in the menu and choose “Machine settings”. Set the parameters as shown in the picture. Take special care to those in orange circle. Click “OK” to finish.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual NOTE: You should choose “UltiGCode” for “GCode Flavor”. 2.5 Start using Cura 2.5.1 Interface Quick print Menu Control Observation window The main interface is consists of 3 parts: Menu, Control region, and Display region. *Control Region: choose print quality and whether you need a support for your mode *Display Region: displays your model shape and printable region. Full settings For full settings, go to “Expert-Switch to full settings”.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2.5.2 Your first print Click “File－Load model file…”（Ctrl+L） Usually 3D model files are in .stl format. You can also load .jpg/.bmp/.png file. Cura will transfer the file into 3D shape then create .gcode that can be printed. A B Two regions, A and B, appear on the left side. Region A provides 3 kinds of printing scheme, which are “High quality print”, “Normal quality print” and “Fast low quality print” respectively.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual a long time to create a high quality print. Under “Fast low quality print” option, the printing speed accelerates, however the quality of print goes down too. You would like to choose “Normal quality print” to balance the time and quality. Region B enables you to choose whether the model need a support or not. If yes, then support is automatically generated under over-hang structure during printing.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Advanced settings Advanced settings provide some setting of your specific machine, please do not change them if not necessary. Below are recommended settings. Plug-ins Cura provides plug-in interface. User can download or programme different plug-ins to achieve special function. The plug-in is written in Python langrage.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Expert settings Click “Expert-Open expert settings…” (or Ctrl+E) on menu to open expert settings window. There are more professional settings in the Expert-config window. The following settings are recommended. We do not suggest changing these settings unless you know exactly what these parameters indicate.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2.6 Printing CAUTION：Some operations of 3D Printer generate high temperature in 3D printer parts. Please do not let any part of your body reaching inside to prevent injury. CAUTION: 3D printing is one kind of production operation. Please make sure there is an operator nearby during its operating. Always remember SAFETY FIRST. Cut off the electricity immediately when necessary to prevent injury. The example here is OverLord Pro.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (1) Before printing, make sure there is nothing left on the buildplate. If there is broken dry glue membrane left, please wipe it away with a wet cloth. Then before printing, paint glue stick 3 times on the dry buildplate; Because the glue is sticky, if start printing before dry out, it will be difficult to remove the print object. To save your time, you could choose “Temperature—Heat up Build plate—60 ℃ ” to accelerate the drying process.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (3) Select “Print” in the control panel to enter print file chosen menu. Attention: If there is an unfinished print task, OverLord will remind you if you want to continue that task. Choose “Yes” to continue and “No” to give up and then enter print file chosen menu. Press“↑”or“↓”to select, press “OK” to enter or confirm. Yes：Continue last unfinished task. No：Start new print (3) Select the print file. (4) Press “OK”, OverLord starts printing.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (5) After heating complete, OverLord start to print automatically. A printing progress bar and estimated time will be shown on screen. During printing, if there is a demand, you can pause the printing at any time by select “Pause”. CAUTION: *During the operation of 3D Printer, if any accident happens, please stop the machine by turning off the power switch. *During printing, select “Tune” to enter Tune menu.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (7) When the temperatures of nozzle and buildplate are back to room temperature, carefully use a scraper to remove the print object. CAUTION: Do not let the scraper blade towards yourself and other people, and use it carefully to prevent injury. 2.7 Auto-remove/feed printing material CAUTION：Auto-remove/feed material generates high temperature in 3D printer nozzle module. Please do not let any part of your body reaching inside the printer to prevent injury.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (1) Wait until the preheating of the print nozzle is done. (2) After the heating is done, select “Continue” to auto-remove the material. If there is no material inside the printer, please “Skip” this step. (3) The extruder is reversing material. After it finish, drag out material from the extruder and take the spool of filament out. (4) Seal the spool of material inside a plastic bag to conserve.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (5) After removing the material, select “Cancel” if you want to stop feeding material. Or you can press “Ready” to move to the next step. Please prepare a new spool of material and insert and PUSH it into extruder tube, until you feel the filament is going inside automatically. At last, put the spool of material right in place.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (6) Select “Ready”, the material will be automatically fed into the nozzle. (7) The material will exit the nozzle when material feeding complete. Select “Ready” to move to material settings. If you change the material during OverLord’s pausing, please take care of your print, and do not let this waste material destroy your print.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual (8) Last step, set what material you are using, for instance “PLA”. Press “OK” to return to main menu. 2.8 Advanced functions 2.8.1 Break point resume The break point resume function allows pausing during printing. 1. During printing, select “Tune” to enter Tune menu, where you can select “Pause” to pause printing. 2. “Pause” turns to “Pausing” after chosen, which means printer is saving printing data. You can select “Resume” to continue.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 3. You can choose whether to do it manually or not. “Continue” means automatic resume. “Manual” means you need to adjust where on Z axis to continue manually, this function is made for special cases. 4. The pictures on the left shows what will happen if you have chosen “Manual”. OverLord records the height of last pause point. Adjust the start point (height) by pressing “↑” and “↓”. Press “OK” to confirm. Especially, OverLord Pro has power protection function.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual After solve the power problem, enter “Print” menu and continue last print. 2.8.2 Auto/manually calibrate buildplate Build plate calibration, or leveling, is a very important and fundamental step before start your printing. Build plate calibration let the printer know where is the build plate so that it can lay down the first layer of printing in correct place. It is known that build plate calibration directly affects the print result.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Repeat this step until the manual calibration finish. (3) Select “Continue” to optimize the calibration. Repeat the steps in (2). After calibration, the screen returns to main menu.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Chapter 3 Maintenance Brief: 3.1 Clean your nozzle 3.2 Clean the broken filament inside extruder 3.3 Clean the broken filament inside filament tube 3.4 Fastening the belt 3.5 How to paint the glue before printing (Only for OverLord Pro) 3.6 How to use the special printing tape (Only for OverLord) 3.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 3.1 clean your nozzle Why: The nozzle could be blocked by dirt, carbonized material or changing material of different properties. Sometimes it happens gradually: first, porous structures start to appear on surface of print object, then it becomes worse and worse, till there is nothing come out of the nozzle. If you do not clean your nozzle when the above signs start to appear, the quality of print will become worse and worse.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 3. Unscrew the golden pneumatic fitting. Pull it up about 10mm. Cut off the filament along the pneumatic cross section, so that about 10mm filament is left outside nozzle. This 10mm makes taking out the filament easier afterwards. 10mm Cut CAUTION：The following steps will activate electricity. Please be careful during operating, do not let the PCB of nozzle module touch any metal part or other conductive part to prevent short circuit and burn of PCB.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual white tube inside (shown below), then screw it to the nozzle module. 8. Insert 1 meter of filament you are using now into nozzle, push it hardly for a while and then pull it back to get the dirt inside nozzle out. Cut the head of filament and repeat this step again and again, until the filament flows out smoothly without much resistance. 9. If the above method doesn’t work, you could also use a 0.4mm diameter needle to push through the nozzle from the outside in.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 10. After successfully clean the nozzle, carefully screw the original golden pneumatic fitting on. Make sure the white thin tube inside nozzle is inserted into that golden pneumatic fitting, and do not bend it. Then re-assemble the PCB and black plastic spiral. 3.2 Clean the broken filament inside extruder Why: Sometimes the extruder keeps feeding material while the nozzle is blocking.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 2. Pull out the extruder with extruding stepper out and unplug the stepper wire. Then unscrew the 4 screws to disassemble stepper. 3. Carefully open extruder in half and take the broken filament out. Do not get the M3 nut inside extruder lost.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 4． Re-assemble extruder and make everything back in place. When you assemble the adjust screw, make sure the distance between the screw head and the mounting plane is about 6mm. CAUTION: Be careful do not get lost the M3 nut inside extruder when operating.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 6mm 3.3 Clean the broken filament inside filament feeding tube Why: Sometimes the filament breaks inside filament feeding tube and affects material changing function. CAUTION：The following steps generate high temperature in 3D printer nozzle module. Please be careful during operating to prevent injury. CAUTION：The following steps will activate electricity.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 3.4 Fastening the belt Why: Frequently printing operation may cause mechanical fatigue in belt, and the belt becomes longer and longer. This may affect the quality of print too. If the print quality goes down however there is no problem in the extrusion of material, maybe you would like to check whether the belt is fastened or not. How: 1. Find the belt fastener 5cm below the slider on rod. 2. Screw it clockwise to fasten the belt until it reaches the state shown below. 3.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Painting glue on the build plate correctly avoids print detaching the build plate during printing. We recommend clean the stick glue membrane once a while because it can cause uneven print surface on bottom. How: 1. Before printing, if there is broken glue membrane on build plate, please carefully wipe it clean with wet cloth. Wait until it becomes totally dry (important). 2. Paint the glue stick on the printing area 3 times and form a glue membrane for a certain thickness.
OverLord 3D Printer User Manual 3.7 Maintenance of OverLord’s parts Why: If you do not use 3D printer more than 2 weeks, we recommend you to remove and seal the filament, which changes its property gradually in open air, and unplug the lithium battery on mainboard to extend its life. How: 1. Select “Material” in main menu and remove the filament. Seal the filament in a plastic bag. Put a small bag of drier with filament if you have one. 2. Disassemble the black acrylic, find the battery and unplug it.
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OverLord 3D Printer User Manual Chapter 4 FAQs Problem Solution When I installing Cura, antivirus software stops it. We promise that the Cura installation file provided in the OverLord SD Card does not contain any harmful files that may destroy your computer or files. Please add trust for Cura installation file. The progress bar stops for a long time during nozzle heating. Poor contact of nozzle heating module. Check its wire contact and restart 3D printer. Contact support@dreammaker.
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