Flashforge Finder User manual

This guide is only applicable to FLASHFORGE Finder 3D printer
The User Guide is in the USB stick.
1. Hot! Avoid touching the heating nozzle in operation.
2. Moving parts in printer may cause injury. Do not wear gloves
or other sources of entanglement in operation.
WARNING
USERGUIDE
FINDER
Quick Start Guide
SZ05-EN-A02

GREASE
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Kit Contents
3D Printer Filament Spool Quick Start Guide After-sales Service Card
USB Stick
Power Adapter Power Cable USB Cable
Filament Guide Tube Screwdriver Unclogging Pin Tool Wrench
Allen Wrench Solid Glue PTFE Tube Grease

Getting to Know Your Finder
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3
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10. Z-Axis Guide Rod
4. X-Axis Guide Rod
9. Leveling Knob
7. Touch Screen
3. Y-Axis Guide Rod
8. Build Plate
1. Filament Cartridge 2. Filament Outlet
5. Filament Inlet 6. Spring Presser
12. USB Stick Input
11. USB Cable Input
16. Turbofan
14. Nozzle
17. Power Switch 18. Power Input
13. Servo 15. Turbofan Baffle

Unpacking
03
1. Open the box, grasp the two handles and then
lift your Finder out of the box.
2. Remove the side protective foam sheets,
you will see the Finder in a transparent bag.
3. Remove the tape and then remove the bag.
5. Remove the top foam sheet. 6. Discard the blue tape that holds the flat
cable in place. Be careful with the flat cable.
5. The foam sheet on top of the printer should
contain: Quick Start Guide, After-sales Service
Card, USB stick, Allen wrenches, screwdriver,
unclogging pin tool, wrench, PTFE tube, power
cable and grease.

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7. Use scissors to cut the four buckles
that hold the rods in place.
8. Take the protective foam for filament
out of the Finder. You will see a spool of
PLA filament inside.
9. Lift the build plate up with care. 10. Remove the protective foam underneath.
It should contain: power adaoter, USB cable,
solid glue, filament guide tube.
11. Congratulations! You've unpacked your
printer. Please keep the kit and packing
for future use.

Hardware Assembly
05
1. Take out the filament cartridge in the rear of
Finder, where you will place the filament
spool.
2. Insert the filament into the guide tube and
thread the guide tube through the filament
outlet. Place the spool of filament in the
cartridge.
3. Put the filament cartridge back to the Finder. 4. Press the spring presser, and insert the
filament into the filament intake. Then release
the spring presser.
5. Connect power adapter with the power cable and then insert the power supply into the power
input on the back of the finder. Turn on the power switch and press the touch screen button to
turn on the printer.

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Leveling Build Platform
HOME
Filament Level Home Manual
Setting Status About
Build Preheat Tools
Language
WiFi
Wlan hotspot
English
English
日本語
繁體中文
简体中文
OK
Please wait while the extruder and platform
finish initial movements... Screw three nuts under the platform
anticlockwise until you can’t tighten them
any more, then tap [OK] button.
Start to Leveling Build Platform
1. Tap [Tools] - [Level] on your Finder touch screen. Please wait while the extruder and platform
finish initial movements. Screw three knobs under the platform anticlockwise until you can’t
tighten them any more, then tap [OK] button.
Extruder Calibration
How to change language

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Yes No
Confirm
Are you sure you can’t
tighten these three nuts any
more?
Wait
Verifying the distance between nozzle
and plate...
Distance Too Big
Unscrew corresponding nut under
platform clockwise until hearing
a steady beep.
Wait
Please tap [Verify] button to
check whether the distance
is appropriate now.
Verify OK
Congrats
Tap [OK] button
to next point leveling.
2. Tap [Yes] if you can't tighten all the nuts any more, or tap [No] to continue tightening.
After selecting [Yes], the extruder will move towards the first point and the plate will move up
and down to verify the distance between nozzle and plate.
3. If the distance between the nozzle and plate is too large, rotate the knob underneath the
platform clockwise until you hear a steady beep. If the distance is too small, rotate the knob
anticlockwise until you hear a steady beep.
4. Then tap the [Verify] button to check whether the distance is appropriate this time.
If the distance is appropriate now, tap [OK] to the second leveling point. If still not, please
follow the prompts to adjust again till you see [OK] button.
Repeat steps 3 and 4 to level the second and third points. Then tap [Finish] to exit.
Distance Too Small
Screw corresponding nut under
platform anticlockwise until
hearing a steady beep.

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Loading / Changing Filament
HOME
220℃ / 220℃
100%
220℃
Build Preheat Tools
Filament Level Home Manual
Setting Status About
Load Unload
Cancel
Extruder
I’m heating up...
Changing Filament Do not pull out the filament with force as it will damage the gears. If the melted
filament has cooled down in the extruder, please follow the steps below.
Build Preheat Tools
Extruder
Start
1. Tap [Tools] and then tap [Filament] and [Load] to load filament.
2. The extruder will automatically heat up. Once heated, filament will be drawn through the
extruder. Continue extruding until the extruder provides a steady flow of filament.
1. Tap [Preheat]--[Start] to heat up the extruder.
2. Once preheated, hold down the spring presser and pull out the filament.
3. Tap the return arrow, then insert the new filament into the filament intake. Select [Tools]-
[Filament]-[Load]. The filament will be drawn through the extruder once heated. Wait for the
extruder to provide a steady flow of filament.

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First Print
Build Preheat Tools
1. Please insert the USB stick into Finder. In the print interface, tap [Build]-[USB Stick].
2. Turn to the next page, tap [Test files].
Extruder 55℃/220℃
Time left 1 hr 11 min
F-test
Build Copy
Delete
F-test
Total: 1 hr 11 min
3. Tap [F-test file]-[Build].
4. Once heated, the printer will start printing automatically.
Test Files 测试文件
Instructional Video 教学视频
F-test.gx
F-40mm_Box.gx
Leveling.g
..
Finder Quick Start Guide 快
速启动指南
Finder Use Guide 说明书
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