Flashforge Guider II User manual

This guide is only applicable to FLASHFORGE Guider II 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
GUIDER II
Quick Start Guide
SZ11-EN-A02

01
Kit Contents
3D Printer Filament Spool Quick Start Guide After-sales Service Card
USB Stick
Lid Power Cable USB Cable
Filament Guide Tube Screwdriver
Unclogging Pin Tool Wrench
Allen Wrench
Solid Glue
Spool Holder
GREASE
Grease

Getting to Know Your Guider II
02
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3
4
5
6
7
8
910
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12
1. Z-Axis Guide Rod
17. Power Switch
15. USB Cable Input
8. Leveling Knob
3. Y-Axis Guide Rod
7. Build Plate
5. Touch Screen
9. Servo 10. Turbo Fan 12. Turbo Fan Baffle
18. Power Input
2. Filament Inlet 4. X-Axis Guide Rod
6. Touch Screen Button
13. Network Interface
11. Nozzle
16. Spool Holder Slot
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14. USB Stick Input

Unpacking
03
1. Open the box and remove both top foam
sheets.
2. Take your Guider II out of the box and remove
the bubble wrap.
3. The bottom PE foam should contain: filament,
spool holder, solid glue, USB cable, grease
and accessories bag.
4. Remove bubble wrap.
5. Remove the top PE foam piece,which
 contains a power cable, a Quick start guide
and a After-sales service card.
6. Use scissors to cut the buckles that hold the
 rods in the place.

04
Print Preheat Tool
HOME
Filament Level Home Manual
Setting Status About
X: 87.00
Y: 70.50
Z: 140.00
X+X-
Y+
Y-
Z-
Z+
7. Open the door and take out the lid. 8. Take out power cable and plug the power
 cable into the input on the back and turn
 on the power switch.
9. Press the touch screen button and tap [Tools] .10. Tap [Manual].
11. Tap [Z-] to partially elevate the build plate. 12. Remove both bottom foam pieces.
Congratulations! You've unpacked
your Guider II.

Hardware Assembly
05
1. Locate the spool holders.Install the spool
holders in the two quadrangular openings on
the back.To install a spool holder, level it and
insert the end into one of the openings.
2. Turn down the spool holder to make the holder
bottom cleave to the printer back.
3. Squeeze the spool holder top and mount the
filament spool to the holder.
4. Secure the filament guide tube with R-shaped
buckles and thread the filament through the
tube. The filament spool must be oriented
correctly (see above), and should feed
filament from bottom to top.

06
Leveling Build Platform
Print Preheat Tools
English
繁體中文
日本語
HOME
Filament Level Home Manual
Setting Status About
简体中文
Language
Resume Print
WiFi
WLan hotspot
English
How to change language
Raise the build plate to reduce the distance between the nozzle and build plate.
Rotate the knob clockwise
Rotate the knob Anticlockwise
Lower the build plate to increase the distance between the nozzle and build plate.
How to use the leveling knobs

07
Yes No
Confirm
Are you sure you can’t finger
tighten these three knobs any
more?
Wait
Verifying the distance between nozzle
and plate...
Distance Too Big
Unscrew corresponding knob under
platform clockwise until hearing
a steady beep.
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.
Wait
Please tap [Verify] button to
check whether the distance
is appropriate now.
Verify OK
Congrats
Tap [OK] button
to next point leveling.
4. Then tap the [Verify] button to check whether the distance is appropriate this time.
If the distance is appropriate now, tap [OK] to 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.
1. Tap [Tools]-[Level] on your Guider II's touch screen. Please wait while the extruder and platform
complete initial movements. Then, rotate all three knobs under the platform anticlockwise
until you can't tighten them anymore. Then tap [Ok].
OK
Screw three knobs under the platform
anticlockwise until you can’t tighten them any
more, then tap [OK] button.
Please wait while the extruder and platform
finish initial movement...
Distance Too Small
Screw corresponding knob under
platform anticlockwise until hearing
a steady beep.

08
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 repeat the steps above.
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 the heat up the extruder.
2. Once preheated, hold down the spring presser and pull out the filament.
3. Tap the return button, insert the new filament into the filament intake, tap [Tools]-[Filament]-
[Load]. The filament will be drawn through the extruder once heated. Wait for the extruder to
provide a steady flow of filament.
100℃
Platform

09
First Print
Build Preheat Tools
1. Please insert the USB stick into Finder. In the print interface, tap [Print]-[USB Stick].
Suggestions
Ensure that the build plate has been leveled before printing.
Ensure that the filament has been loaded in an appropriate approach.
Load the filament for a while to extrude all the melted filament you printed last time out of the extruder.
Do not leave the Guider II unattended during operation.
Build Copy
Delete
Total: 0 hr 54 min
Extruder 50℃/220℃
Time left 0 hr 54 min
40mm_Box-PLA.gx
40mm_Box-ABS.gx
System Volume Information
flashprint切片软件 40mm_Box-ABS.gx
Platform 50℃/105℃
40mm_Box-ABS.gx
25%
2. Select one file to print according to the
filament type used, tap [Build].
4. Once heated, the printer will start printing.
3. Tap [Build].

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