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FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER FlashForge Creator Pro Start-up Guide Content Precautions:......................................................................................................................................................... 1 What's in the box?............................................................................................................................................... 1 Un-boxing......................................................................................................
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Precautions: [★★★ Make sure you read and understand the steps detailed in this guide] ！ The Creator Pro is very sensitive to static electricity, so make sure you contact a grounded object before operating the machine. ！ Before repairing or making any alterations to the Creator Pro, it is essential that the machine is turned off and the power cord is unplugged.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Un-boxing The Creator Pro was carefully packed by our staff at the FlashForge factory. Please follow the un- boxing steps laid out below. ！ Handle the package and its contents with extra care; do not use any unnecessary force. ！ Do not remove the wrapping around the nozzle. It consists of a ceramic fiber and heat- resistant tape which helps to keep the nozzle at a constant temperature. First, put the box on the floor in a clean and flat area. Remove the Foam A, set it aside.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Now you can see Foam B. In Foam B you will find the extruders, Spool holders, SD card, tool bag, Extruder’s accessory kit, Power cable and USB cable. Take the extruders out and place it on your work surface. Then take Foam B out and set it aside.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Move X axis rods to the back of the printer manually, remove the tapes on the front door, open the door and take the top lid together with Foam C out. Take two spools from Foam C, set them aside. Remove the Foam C from top lid and set the top lid aside. Now the build platform should be visible. It is an aluminum plate covered in a preloaded blue 3M platform sticker. This is the surface that your objects will be printed on. Remember: Do not remove the platform sticker.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER The next step is to raise the build platform; there are two ways to do this: 1) Turn the Z motor rod clockwise with your hand which is between two Z axis guide rods until there is enough space for your hands to hold the rear of platform support. 2) Hold the platform support with one hand on each side. Important note: user must hold the rear of the support near the Z guide rod bearings; otherwise the platform will get stuck. Raising it slowly and keeping it level.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER You have now finished un-boxing! The next task is to set up the hardware. Initial Hardware Installation Start by installing the extruder. You'll need two screws in M3×8 from Extruder’s accessory kit and the appropriate hex wrench from Tool bag found in the Foam B. First, lower the build platform using one of the methods described in the previous section. Holding the extruder by both sides and positions it on the extruder carriage with the fans facing forward.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Next is the installation of the spool holder. Install one on each side. The installation of the spool holder is very simple – just insert it into the rectangular opening. Then install the filament guide tube to the empty spot on the extruder, no need to insert guide tube end into the hole, just leave it outside, and pass the other end through buckle and buckle it. Next is the installation of top lid. Place two anterior angles in the corresponding front slots.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Till now, the hardware installation is almost complete. Next, with the power switch in the 'OFF' position, confirm that the power cord is plugged into the power outlet next to the power switch. Now plug the USB A to B cable into the USB B-type port, do not plug the other end in yet. Finally install two spools of filament on the spool holders. Take a roll of ABS filament, slightly squeeze the top of spool holder and mount the spool to the holder. Install the other side in the same way.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Software Installation ReplicatorG0040r24-Sailfish is the recommended software to use with the dual extruder Creator Pro. Users can find the installer on the provided SD card, which shipped together with the Creator Pro. Steps for installing your software on Windows operating system: 1. From the SD card shipped with your printer, browse to the “For Windows” folder; Copy this folder to your computer. 2. Locate the “For Windows” folder; double click to install the Python. 3.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Recommended GCode Settings for ABS and PLA A new window will open up, giving you several options on how the Gcode will be generated: ABS: And set HBP at 90 Note: The HBP temperature is related with the temperature of the surroundings and the size of the model. At the room temperature of 20℃, to print a square of 20x20 mm, the HBP temperature is generally 90℃.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER the temperature of the surroundings drops (below 20℃), or the size of the model is bigger, then the HBP temperature should be increased accordingly, but not exceed 70℃. Click Generate GCode on the popped up window, an Acceleration Warning will pop up. Please click ok to continue. How does the side cooling fan work? The side cooling fan will start working only when user uses slicing profile “Replicator 2 slicing defaults” to generate Gcode in ReplicatorG.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER NOTE: For users who did not choose the default installation path in the installation of Python, clicking the Generate Gcode button in Replicator G, will result in dialogue box popping up alerting that the executable Python file cannot be found. First click the ‘No’ button to dismiss the dialogue box. To solve this problem we need to configure the corresponding menu. Click File > Preferences, then click ‘Select Python interpreter’ on the Advanced tab.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Click ‘Close’ on the Preferences menu and you are done! The machine will now work as normal when generating Gcode. Now we will start a preliminary test on the machines connections and we will heat the platform and extruder ready for printing. USB connection First, connect the machine and computer with the provided USB A to B cable. The USB port on the machine is bound by the red box in the above image.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Right click and select ‘Update Driver Software’, locate the software driver shown in the red box,.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Click ‘Browse’… to find the location of ReplicatorG0040r24-Sailfish on your system. Click ‘FTDI USB Drivers’ in the driver folder before confirmation and click ‘OK’. The drivers will then be installed. The next step is to connect the printer. First, select the correct machine type “The Replicator Dual (Sailfish)” for Creator Pro: Second, rescan the serial ports and select the one that appears on your machine (on our test machine the port was COM7, but different computers vary).
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Now we can connect the machine, select the function key in the red box below: If the red area turns green it means the printer is connected with the computer. Loading and unloading filament To make the process of feeding or withdrawing the filament easy, please follow the next few steps carefully: Setting the filament up First, remove the filament guide tube from the extruder head.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER When you have removed the guide tube you can remove the filament that is inside the guide tube. To avoid any blockages during printing, please ensure that the two threads are loaded from the middle, which has stated in previous section ‘Initial Hardware Installation’ Filament Loading 1. Start the machine, the display indicates: 2. ▶Print from SD Preheat Utilities Select Utilities; click the ok key in the middle of the keypad.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER ▶Start Preheating Right Tool Left Tool Platform OFF OFF OFF 3) Click page down key to select Left Tool (or Right Tool), Click ok key , you will see： ▶Start Preheating Right Tool OFF Left Tool ON Platform OFF 4) Click page up key back to Start Preheating，and click ok key, you will see: Heating: R Extruder: 033C L Extruder: 033/230C Platform: 024 This means the left extruder is heating up, when it reaches 230℃, first push in the filament a little bit manually until you see filament co
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Lower the platform as possible as you can by turning three leveling knobs counterclockwise. In this way, platform can avoid the initial scratch damage from nozzles. Pay close attention: leveling your platform is very important to print quality! Creator Pro has been leveled perfectly before leaving factory. However, it will get unleveled during long distance shipping. Please do level the build plate again before starting the initial print.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER distance between build plate and nozzle, click ‘ok’ to finish the leveling process. You can refer to video instruction: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vXyHNHRY9fg If your platform is too low, your prints might not stick to the surface. Users always complain their prints do not stick to platform. Actually this is because the platform is not well leveled, it is too low. If it's too high, the nozzles could tear the sticker on the platform surface.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Click File > Examples and then select the 20mm_Calibration_Box.stl. The preview interface will then appear along with a virtual impression of the 20mm cube on the virtual printer bed. On the preview interface click Move > Center and Put on platform so that the sample will be printed on the centre of the build plate. Next click Generate GCode, a dialogue box will pop up, after inputting your chosen parameters the Gcode will be generated.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER A loading bar will then appear showing the progress of the Gcode generation. After modifying, click the file button to save the sample and click the left most button on the blue box. The Gcode has now been sent to the printer and the object will start printing shortly. Dual Extruder print To use the two-color printing that comes with the Replicator G software, open it up and select Gcode > Merge .stl for Dual Extrusion.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER The following dialogue box will then appear: Click browse for left extruder; locate the folder 'examples' found in folder ‘replicatorg-0040r24- Sailfish’ Then open the folder 'dual' select Two_color_world_a.stl as shown below: Repeat the process for the right extruder and select Two_color_world_b.stl as shown below: Now you need to save it to the desktop with the suffix set to ".gcode.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER Now click Merge, two dialogue boxes will then pop up. In both boxes you need to remove the tick in front of the 'use raft/support' option and then click generate the Gcode for both boxes. After the Gcode is generated, click the Gcode in the red box and modify the temperature of the bottom plate according to recommended settings.
FLASHFORGE 3D PRINTER After making the modifications to the Gcode, save the file and click the build button. Firmware Update Creator Pro has been already installed with the latest and most appropriate Sailfish firmware before it leaves factory. So there is no need to upgrade firmware anymore. Caution: Please do not upgrade firmware without FlashForge Amazon professional instruction. Any wrong uploading will cause unexpected problems or even damage the printer.
