User's Manual

5 PRINTER OPERATION
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Figure 5. 15 Print files interface
5.4.4 Printing process
5.4.4.1 Main process of printing
Click the “Start” button on screen to start the printing. The printing process is divided into three steps:
"preheating-printing-heat maintaining".
1. Preheating. Before printing, preheat the printing buildplate and chamber first. The preheating
temperature and preheating time are the buildplate temperature, chamber temperature and
preheating temperature of the left nozzle material on the printer. After the buildplate temperature
and chamber temperature are close to the target value, start the preheating timing;
2. Printing. After the preheating time is end, the printer starts to read the G-code file, and perform the
printing formally.
3. Heat maintaining. After the printing is finished, the nozzle is cooled, while the printing buildplate
and chamber are kept in high temperature. The heat maintaining temperature and time are based
on the buildplate heat maintaining temperature, chamber heat maintaining temperature and heat
maintaining time for the left nozzle material.
5.4.4.2 Change of the preheating time and heat maintaining time
The preheating time and heat maintaining time may be changed in the process of printing.
1. Click the extension button on the left side of Print interface to display the interface for changing
the preheating time and heat maintaining time;
2. Enable or disable them by checking the Preheat and Maintaining or not.
3. Change the time by operating "-"/"+" or scrolling, and finally press the "Change time" button to
save the change.
Note: Before the printing is started, only when the chamber has been maintained hot for a long time
should the preheating be disabled or the preheating time be reduced. Otherwise, the printing
quality next time will be impacted.