MP Delta Mini V2 3d Printer P/N 21666 User's Manual
CONTENTS SAFETY WARNINGS AND GUIDELINES ........................................................................................................................................... 5 INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................................................................................................................................... 6 FEATURES ............................................................................................................
Post Setting Screen ..................................................................................................................................................................................27 Powerloss Setting Screen ...................................................................................................................................................................27 Diagnosis Screen........................................................................................................
Clearing a Blocked Nozzle ................................................................................................................................................................. 52 Replacing the Nozzle.............................................................................................................................................................................. 53 Cleaning the Feed Gear ....................................................................................................
SAFETY WARNINGS AND GUIDELINES Please read this entire manual before using this device, paying extra attention to these safety warnings and guidelines. Please keep this manual in a safe place for future reference. • This device is intended for indoor use only. • Do not expose this device to water or moisture of any kind. Do not place drinks or other containers with moisture on or near the device.
• Clean using a soft, dry cloth only. Do not use chemical cleaners, solvents, or detergents. For stubborn deposits, moisten the cloth with warm water. • This device has no user serviceable parts. Do not attempt to open, service, or modify this device. • Take care to avoid touching hot parts, including heat blocks, extruder nozzle, extruded filament, and the heated build plate. • Do not wear gloves when operating or repairing to avoid entanglement.
FEATURES • Color touchscreen • Files sliced with Wiibuilder can be previewed on the screen • Can print PLA, ABS, wood fill, metal fill, and many other filament types with melting points below 260°C • Can print using a Wi-Fi® connection or from a model file stored on a microSD™ card • Free PoloPrint Pro app for Android™ and iOS® devices • Open frame design for ease of use and maintenance • Includes an 8GB microSD card with custom Wiibuilder and Cura slicing software packages on the card CUSTOME
PACKAGE CONTENTS Please take an inventory of the package contents to ensure you have all the items listed below. If anything is missing or damaged, please contact Monoprice Customer Service for a replacement. 1x MP Mini Delta V2 3D printer 3x Hex wrench (1.5, 2.0, and 2.5 mm) 1x Filament holder 1x AC power adapter 1x Sample filament 1x AC power cord 1x Plastic scraper 1x Touchscreen stylus 1x 8GB microSD™ card PRODUCT OVERVIEW 1. Nozzle 6. Build platform 2. microSD™ card slot 7.
GETTING STARTED Warning! Take care not to remove or damage the black PEI build mat on the build platform. This mat is essential to ensure the 3D model properly adheres to the build platform during printing. If this mat becomes damaged or wears out, replace it with painter's tape, Kapton® tape, or ordinary masking tape. 1. Unbox the printer. Refer to the PACKAGE CONTENTS section and verify that you received all parts and accessories. 2.
3. Locate the two vertical slots on the side, then install the Filament Holder and place the sample filament on the holder. Press down on the lever on the Filament Extruder Gear, then feed filament into the hole until you encounter resistance. Release the lever. 4. Plug in and power on the printer. 5. Select your desired menu language. The printer will then display the Wifi Setting screen. Touch the NO button to continue.
6. The printer will then display the Quick guide screen. Touch the Next option, then follow the on-screen instructions to print your first model. Otherwise, touch the Quit option to exit to the Main Menu. COMPLETED PRINT REMOVAL Perform the following steps to remove a finished print. 1. Wait until the printer and printed model cools down to room temperature. 2. Insert the included Plastic Scraper under the edge of the model, then continue pushing to separate the model from the Build Platform.
POLOPRINT PRO WI-FI SETUP You can connect the printer to a 2.4GHz Wi-Fi® network to print models from your Android™ or iOS® smartphone or tablet using the free PoloPrint Pro app. Perform the following steps to setup the Wi-Fi connection for your device. Note that you may have difficulty connecting to the Wi-Fi network if you have a 2.4GHz and 5GHz network with the same SSID. Try changing the SSID of the 5GHz network, if this occurs.
2. Launch the app, then sign in using your Facebook® account. Enable the Printer Notification via SNS option. Open Facebook in a web browser, then search for and follow the 3D Printer Message Center page. Post a sample message, such as "hello", to the 3D Printer Message Center page. 3. Power on the printer, then select Setting > Info > QR code to display the serial number QR code for this printer.
4. Select the Printer tab at the bottom of the PoloPrint Pro app, then touch the ╋ icon in the upper right to scan the QR code on the printer's screen or manually type in the Device Serial from the Setting > Info screen. Type in a name for your printer, then touch the Submit button. 5. Turn off the printer, then restart it. 6. Exit the PoloPrint Pro app, then relaunch it. Wait until the printer shows as online in the app.
7. You can now print a model from a microSD™ card or one of the library files. 8. After a print is finished, you will receive a message in Facebook® to let you know that the print is finished.
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MENU OPERATION Main Menu • Info Bar: The area above the buttons is used to display information about the printer status. From left to right, it shows the current nozzle temperature, the current build platform temperature, the Wi-Fi® signal strength, and the Wi-Fi IP address. • Print: Displays the Print Menu. • Prepare: Displays the Printer Maintenance Menu. • Setting: Displays the Setting Menu. Print Menu The Print Menu displays a list of gcode files in the root directory of the microSD™.
• <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner of the Select Print File screen to return to the Main Menu. Touch the < icon in the upper left corner of the File Information screen to return to the Select Print File screen. • Previous: Touch the Previous button on the Select Print File screen to display the previous list of files. If already at the top of the list, the Previous button is grayed out. • Next: Touch the Next button on the Select Print File screen to display the next list of files.
• Z Offset: Touch the Z Offset button to display the Delta Auto Calibration screen, followed by the Z Offset Setting screen. The Delta Auto Calibration process must be performed before adjusting the Z Offset. • Motor Off: Touch the Motor Off button to display the Motor Off screen. Filament Operation Screen • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Main Menu.
• Feedin: Touch the Feedin button on the Filament Operation screen to display the Filament Type screen. • Retract: Touch the Retract button on the Filament Operation screen to display the Filament Type screen. • PLA: Touch the PLA button on the Filament Type screen to set the target nozzle temperature to the temperature that is appropriate for PLA filament.
• 🛇: Touch the 🛇 button to quickly set the temperature to 0°C. • ▬: Touch the ▬ button to reduce the target temperature by 1°C. Press and hold the button to rapidly decrease the target temperature. • ╋: Touch the ╋ button to increase the target temperature by 1°C. Press and hold the button to rapidly increase the target temperature. • OK: Touch the OK button to begin heating the Nozzle and/or Bed to the target temperatures.
• Stop: Stops movement of the X, Y, and Z axes. Delta Auto Calibration Screen • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Main Menu. • Begin: Starts the automatic calibration process. Z Offset Setting Screen When the Z Offset button is touched on the Printer Maintenance Menu, the printer will first display the Delta Auto Calibration screen. You must perform the Delta Auto Calibration process before adjusting the Z Offset.
• Save: Touch the Save button to save the Z Offset value. Motor Off Screen • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Main Menu. • OFF: For the X, Y, and Z axis motors and the Extruder (E) motor, the blue highlight indicates that the motor is ON. You can independently turn each motor OFF by touching the blue OFF button. The printer will automatically turn the motors back ON when it is reset or when you start a print. • ALL OFF: Touch the ALL OFF button to turn all motors off.
Printer Setting Menu • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Main Menu. • Info: Displays the Machine Information screen. • Language: Displays the Language Setting screen. • Wifi: Displays the WIFI screen. • Post: Displays the Post Setting screen. • Powerloss: Displays the Powerloss Setting screen. • Diagnosis: Displays the Diagnosis screen. • Param: Displays the Firmware Parameters screen. • Update: Displays the Update screen.
Machine Information • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner of the Machine information screen to return to the Setting Menu. Touch the < icon in the upper left corner of the Serial number QR code screen to return to the Machine Information screen. • QR code: Touch the QR code button to display a QR code that contains this printer's serial number. Language Setting • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Setting Menu.
• Italiana: Touch the Italiana button to change the menu language to Italian. • Japanese: Touch the Japanese button to change the menu language to Japanese. WIFI Screen The label at the top of the WIFI screen indicates the current connection status. • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner of the WIFI screen to return to the Setting Menu. • Network List: The list displays the SSID names, number of channels available, and the RSSI signal strength for each available Wi-Fi® network.
Post Setting Screen • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Setting Menu. • Post: Touch the slide button to the right of the Post label to turn the Power On Self Test function on or off. The green highlight on the button indicates that the function is on. Powerloss Setting Screen • <: Touch the < icon in the upper left corner to return to the Setting Menu. • Powerloss: Touch the slide button to the right of the Powerloss label to turn the Resume Printing function on or off.
Diagnosis Screen • Quit: Touch the Quit button to cancel the diagnostic process and return to the Setting Menu. • Next: Touch the Next button to start the diagnostic process. Firmware Parameters Screen Although this screen is labeled Firmware Parameters, this actually is used to save and load all custom user settings, except the machine name and Wi-Fi® settings. Use the Update screen to update the actual printer firmware.
• Save to TF: Saves all current user settings, except the machine name and Wi-Fi® settings, to a file named CONFIG.SAV on the microSD™ (TF) card. Only one set of user settings can be saved to any given microSD card. • Load from TF: Loads the saved user settings from the microSD (TF) card. Update Screen The printer has two sets of firmware, one for the Motor Module and another for the LCD Module.
• Begin: Touch the Begin button to install the updated firmware file on the inserted microSD™ card. Once the update is complete, the printer will automatically reboot to load the new firmware. Contact Us Screen The Contact Us screen displays the Monoprice™ website address and the address for a wiki site dedicated to the MP Mini Delta V2 3D Printer.
2. The installer will now prompt you to select the directory to which Wiibuilder will be installed. If you don't want to use the default directory, click the Browse... button, then select your preferred directory. Click the Next > button to continue. 3. The installer will now prompt you to select which components will be installed. If you are unsure of which components to install, select all components. Click the Install button to continue. 4.
5. A dialog labeled DriverSetup(x64) will appear. Click the INSTALL button to install the drivers. Once the drivers have been installed, click the OK button on the DriverSetup dialog, then click the X in the upper right corner of the DriverSetup(x64) dialog to clear it. Click the Next > button on the Wiibuilder2.1.2.1 Setup Installation Complete dialog to continue. 6. Ensure that the box next to Start Wiibuilder 2.1.2.1 is checked, then click the Finish button to exit the installer and start Wiibuilder.
8. You will now be prompted to select your printer. Select the MP Mini Delta V2 entry, then click the OK button to continue. Congratulations! Wiibuilder is now installed and configured for use. If you want to see the wizard again, click Help > RunWizard.
Advanced Configuration 1. Click the Slicing Settings icon to display the Slicing Settings dialog. 2. If the Slicing Settings dialog only shows a Basic tab, click the caret to the right of the Click to show more label to enable the Advanced tab.
3. Click the Advanced tab to display a second set of tabs. Speed Tab The Speed tab features the following options: • Top/Bottom Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the top and bottom surfaces of the model. • Outer shell speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the external shell surfaces. • Inner shell speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the internal shell surfaces. • Infill Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the infill inside the model.
• Initial Layer Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the first layer of the model. • Travel speed (mm/s): Sets the movement speed of the nozzle when not printing. • Raft Top Print Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the top raft layer. • Raft Middle Print Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the layers in the middle of the raft. • Raft Base Print Speed (mm/s): Sets the printing speed of the base raft layer.
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Octet Support Tab • Support Pattern: Use the drop-down list box to select one of five support patterns, including Lines, Grid, Triangles, Zig Zag, and Concentric. The pattern designs are the same as those of the infill patterns of the same name. • Lines support is easier to remove and is used on models that require more support. • Grid support is used on small models, which need fewer supports. • Zig Zag support is used for models that are particularly difficult to remove.
• Support infill density (%): Determines the infill density for supports. The higher the density, the stronger the supports. • Support Top Gap (mm): The distance between the top of the support and the model surface. The smaller the distance, the more effective the support, but it is more difficult to remove from the model surface, resulting in residual material on the model surface.
Build Plate Adhesion Tab • Raft Air Gap (mm): The distance between the raft and the model. This determines the difficulty of removing the raft from the model. • Raft Extra Margin (mm): The distance between the edge of the raft and the model surface. • Raft Base thickness (mm): Determines the thickness of the raft. • Initial Layer Z Overlap: Determines the amount of overlap between the first and second layers of the model.
• Skirt Line Count: Sets the number of anti-overflow lines at the end of the model in contact with the build platform. Retraction Tab • Horizontal Travel Retraction: Check this box to enable filament retraction when the nozzle is not printing and is moving in a horizontal direction. • Retract at Layer Change: Check this box to retract the filament when switching from layer to layer. • Retraction speed (mm/s): Sets the speed at which filament is retracted.
Material Tab • Filament flow (%): Sets the flow rate of filament in the melting state. This is set according to the type of filament being used. In general, the flow rate for PLA or PLA Pro is 90 and the flow rate of ABS is 100. • Filament Diameter (mm): Sets the diameter of the filament being used. This printer only supports 1.75mm diameter filament. Travel Tab • Combing Mode: This option determines how the nozzle will move when not printing.
• Layer Start Position Y (mm): This option allows you to change the Y axis coordinates of the position of the model layer. Machine Tab • Right Nozzle Diameter (mm): Sets the diameter of the nozzle on the right extruder. This printer only has a single extruder, which is designated the right extruder. The nozzle diameter of this printer is 0.4mm. Line Width Tab • Outer Wall Line Width (mm): This is the width of the outermost wall line. By lowering this value, higher levels of detail can be printed.
• Raft Top Line Width (mm): This is the width of the lines in the top surface of the raft. These lines can be thin, so that the top of the raft is smooth. • Raft Middle Line Width (mm): This is the width of the lines in the middle raft layers. Making the second layer extrude more causes the lines to stick to the build plate. • Raft Base Line Width (mm): This is the width of the raft base layer. These should be thick lines to assist with build plate adhesion.
Seam, because the filament continues to ooze at the start/stop location. The options on this screen are used to mitigate this effect. • Z Seam Type: Determines where the Z Seam will appear. • Shortest: This option selects the most time efficient start/stop location. • User Specified: This option allows you to specify the X and Y start/stop location, which determines where the Z Seam will appear.
Others Tab • Skin Layers Thickness (mm): This option determines the thickness of the top and bottom skin layers. • Horizontal Expansion (mm): Thermoplastics tend to shrink when cooling. This option allows you to fine tune the part size to offset shrinkage for prints that require tighter tolerances. • Enable Print Cooling: When enabled, cooling air will be directed at the printed part.
CURA SLICING SOFTWARE Installation Cura is another good slicing software program for use with the MP Mini Delta V2 3D Printer. Unlike models sliced with Wiibuilder, models sliced with Cura cannot be previewed on the File Information screen. For your convenience, a customized version of the Cura installer is included on the microSD™ card for both the Windows® and Mac® OS X® operating systems. To install Cura, double click the Cura-4.3.0-win64-Monoprice-20210115.exe file for Windows or the Cura-4.3.
3. You will now see the Choose Start Menu Folder dialog. Select an existing folder, type in a new folder name, or leave the default folder name. You can also click the Do not create shortcuts check box to skip shortcut creation. Click the Next > button to continue. 4. By default, the STL file extension will be associated with Cura. Select the file types you want to associate with Cura, then click the Install button to continue.
5. Ensure that the check box to the left of Run Ultimaker Cura is checked, then click the Finish button to continue. 6. Once Cura launches, you will see a Welcome dialog, followed by a User Agreement dialog. Click Get Started on the Welcome dialog, then click Agree on the User Agreement dialog to continue. If you have already installed Cura on this computer, you will instead be left on the main screen. If this is the case, skip ahead to step 8.
7. Click the Next button on the next two dialogs to continue. 8. On the Add a printer dialog, click the caret to the right of the Add a networked printer label, then click the caret next to the Monoprice label. Click the radio button next to the MP Mini Delta v2 option, then click the Next button to continue. If you skipped to this step because the First time run wizard is bypassed, click Settings > Printer > Add Printer... to display the Add a printer dialog.
9. The Ultimaker Cloud dialog tells you about the cloud and allows you to Create an account or Sign in. Click the Finish button to complete the installation and basic setup. 10. Cura will finish launching and leave you on the main screen. The basic parameters have all been set to work with the MP Mini Delta V2. If you want to change or customize the parameters, click the pencil icon in the upper right corner, then select Custom to change the settings you need to change.
Everywhere option is usually only necessary for very complex models with parts that overhang other parts. In most cases, the Brim option for the Platform adhesion type is sufficient and is easier to remove and clean up. The Raft option builds a flat layer on which the model is then built that will need to be removed once the print is complete. Feel free to experiment with these options to achieve the best possible print. Congratulations! Cura is now installed and ready for use.
Replacing the Nozzle Improper operation or the use of low quality or old filament can cause blockage in the nozzle, which may require the nozzle to be replaced. Perform the following steps to replace the nozzle. 1. Unload the filament, then turn the printer off. 2. Use scissors or side cutters to remove the ties and the wrapped cloth. 3. Unplug the nozzle connection plug. 4. Loosen the buckles on each side of the nozzle fan, then remove the fan cover. Use the 1.
Cleaning the Feed Gear As the printer is used, the feed gear will gradually accumulate filament dust and debris, which can affect its operation. Use tweezers to clean the feed gear every 500 hours of operation. TECHNICAL SUPPORT Monoprice is pleased to provide free, live, online technical support to assist you with any questions you may have about installation, setup, troubleshooting, or product recommendations.
SPECIFICATIONS P/N 21666 Print Area ø100 x 120 mm Filament Diameter 1.75mm Nozzle Diameter 0.4mm Print Speed 20 ~ 150 mm/sec. Positioning Accuracy XY: 0.011mm Z: 0.0025mm Maximum Nozzle Temperature 260°C Maximum Build Platform Temperature 50°C Supported Filament Types ABS, PLA, PLA Pro, TPU, Metal fill, Wood fill, etc. Supported Slicing Software Wiibuilder, Cura, etc. Supported File Formats .STL, .OBJ, .
REGULATORY COMPLIANCE Notice for FCC This device complies with Part 15 of the FCC rules. Operation is subject to the following two conditions: (1) this device may not cause harmful interference, and (2) this device must accept any interference received, including interference that may cause undesired operation. changes or modifications not expressly approved by the party responsible for compliance could void the user's authority to operate the equipment.
RF Exposure Statement for FCC Caution This equipment complies with radiation exposure limits set forth for an uncontrolled environment. End users must follow the specific operating instructions for satisfying RF exposure compliance. This transmitter must be at least 20 cm from the user and must not be collocated or operated in conjunction with any other antenna or transmitter. Notice for Industry Canada This Class B digital apparatus complies with Canadian ICES-003.
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