Geeetech E180 User manual

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Geeetech E180 3D Printer
User Manual

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Content
1 Attentions...............................................................................................................................3
1.1 Safety Instructions.......................................................................................................3
1.2 Factory Test Before Delivery........................................................................................3
2 Printer Display ........................................................................................................................4
3 First print................................................................................................................................6
3.1 Check the filament ......................................................................................................6
3.2 Level the print bed ......................................................................................................7
3.3 SD card printing.........................................................................................................10
4 Introduction of touch screen menu .....................................................................................11
4.1 Tree diagram..............................................................................................................11
4.2 Main Functions..........................................................................................................12
5 Software setting ...................................................................................................................20
5.1 Install drivers .............................................................................................................20
5.2 Install slicing software ...............................................................................................21
5.3 USB printing ..............................................................................................................30
5.4 SD card printing.........................................................................................................35
6 Function introduction...........................................................................................................37
7 Printing Parameters..............................................................................................................38
8 Contact .................................................................................................................................39
9 FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions)........................................................................................40
9.1 Abnormal extrusions .................................................................................................40
9.2 The gear of the extruder skips and makes an abnormal noise .................................40
9.3 First layer abnormal ..................................................................................................40
9.4 Layer shift..................................................................................................................40
9.5 Print stopped.............................................................................................................41
10 Declaration.........................................................................................................................41
10.1 Terms.......................................................................................................................41
10.2 Disclaimers ..............................................................................................................41

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1 Attentions
1.1 Safety Instructions
1) Be sure the switch is in the correct position or it will damage the power supply unit (PSU).
2) Be sure all wires are correctly connected before turning on the printer.
3) Don’t touch extruder head when printing as they generate high temperature which may
cause burn.
4) Don’t leave the printer unattended when printing.
1.2 Factory Test Before Delivery
To ensure quality, each printer is tested at the factory. As a result, there may be filament residue
in the extruder head or on the platform but it should not affect normal use. We provide the spare
nozzle in the accessory kit just in case.

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2 Printer Display
(Picture 2-1)
(Picture 2-2)

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1. Extruder head,
2. Hot bed
3. Power switch
4. Touch screen
5. TF card slot
6. USB port
7. Adapter power socket
Please check the parts/accessories when you receive the printer (Refer to Picture 2-3). If any
spare parts are missing, please contact your sales representative.
(Picture 2-3)

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3 First print
3.1 Check the filament
Put the filament on the spool holder, and plug adapter power into the back of corresponding
power socket and then turn on the front power switch. See picture(3-1)(3-2).
(Picture 3-1)
(Picture 3-2)
Since the filament is bent, the first section of it needs to be straightened by hand and trimmed to
make it easier to insert the filament into the feeder. Press down the lever handle of the extruder
and insert the filament into the feeding tube until it reaches the extruder head. See picture (3-3).
(Picture 3-3)

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When print PLA, set the target nozzle temperature about 190-210℃. When the temp is stable,
control the extruder filament feeding on touch screen, feed until there is molten material flowing
from the nozzle. See picture (3-4).
(Picture 3-4)
Observe the nozzle, if there is no filament stuck and the filament is coming out smoothly, then
stop filament feeding, clean the nozzle with tweezers. See picture (3-5).
(Picture 3-5)
3.2 Level the print bed
The first layer is key to a successfully printed model. The factory default setting is a little high in
order to avoid scratching the printing platform with the nozzle, so users need to adjust the
distance between nozzle and hotbed again. After the first-time bed leveling, users may need to
level the bed again in future. Detailed steps are as follows:
1) Rough leveling
Please click the “Home”to enter “Leveling”interface on the touch screen. See picture (3-6).

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(Picture 3-6)
Put a piece of leveling paper or A4 paper between printing platform and nozzle, click
position”5”and select the appropriate height adjustment amount repeatedly (adjust height in
increments of 0.05mm/0.5mm) at bottom left of interface, to adjust the z-axis height until the
distance between platform and the nozzle is about the thickness of a piece of paper (about 0.1 /
0.2 mm).Slide the paper back and forth to see if you feel a slight resistance. If yes, it means that
extruder head is in the right place. See picture (3-7). After adjusting the height at position “5”,
click “OK”to save current value.
(Picture 3-7)
Please click the position in order from 1-4, At each corner, use the adjusting nuts under the bed
to set the distance between nozzle and printing platform to about the thickness of a piece of
paper (Slide the paper back and forth to see if you feel a slight resistance). Now rough leveling is
finished. See picture (3-8) (3-9).
(Picture 3-8)

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(Picture 3-9)
2) Accurate leveling
If you level printing platform with A4 paper, the first layer might be too high, too low or
moderate.
a. Too high: If the distance between nozzle and printing platform is too far, filament will not stick
to the platform well. See picture (3-10).
(Picture 3-10)
b. Too low: If the distance between nozzle and printing platform is too close, it prevents filament
from coming out, causes the extruder gear to click or grind on filament and even worse, it would
scratch nozzle and printing platform. See picture (3-11).
(Picture 3-11)
c. Moderate: Extrude filament properly and evenly. Stick to the platform. See picture (3-12).
(Picture 3-12)
In case of too high and too low, please adjust knobs under the hotbed slightly until you achieve
proper height. It may take some trial and error to achieve the best result.
Note:

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1) Be sure to adjust the height at center point (position5) on the touch screen, after clicking
“OK”to save its data, you can use then knobs to adjust the platform at the 4 corners.
2) When viewed from the above, turning the knobs clockwise, the platform will rise, and vice
versa.
3) Avoid the nozzle touching the platform; use a piece of A4 paper. Or it will scratch the bed.
3.3 SD card printing
Insert TF card into the slot. See picture (3-13).
(Picture 3-13)
Click “Printing” to its interface on the touch screen menu.
(Picture 3-14)
Select the .gco files stored in TF card and click “Print”as shown in Picture (3-15), the printer will
start printing automatically after heating to the target temp. See picture (3-16).

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(Picture 3-15)
(Picture 3-16)
4 Introduction of touch screen menu
4.1 Tree diagram
(Picture 4-1)

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4.2 Main Functions
4.2.1 Main interface:
(Picture 4-2)
4.2.2 Printing status Interface:
(Picture 4-3)
One submenu for printing status interface:
1) Click the icon of extruder head temperature/printing speed to enter the interface of
temperature and speed setting. See picture (4-4).

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(Picture 4-4)
4.2.3 Main functions of control menu:
(Picture 4-5)
Six submenus at control menu homepage:
1) Click “Home”to its interface, See picture (4-6).

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(Picture 4-6)
2) Click “Move”to its interface, See picture (4-7).
(Picture 4-7)
Please choose its precision firstly before moving axes. There are “30/10/1/0.5/0.1mm”available.
And control every axis moving. Moreover, when the bottom right corner motor status is in the
"Enable" state, motor is locked. When “Disable”releases, motor is unlocked, you can move every
axis by hand.
3) Click “Fan”and enter its interface. See picture (4-8).
You can set extruder head and fan speed on the main board.

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(Picture 4-8)
4) Click “Leveling”to its interface. See picture (4-9).
(Picture 4-9)
Please choose its precision firstly before manual leveling. You can choose“0.05/0.5mm”. Then
adjust z axis height according to the actual situation. And click “Ok”to save its settings.
5) Click “Filament”to its interface. See picture (4-10).

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(Picture 4-10)
6) Click “Speed”to its interface. See picture (4-11).
(Picture 4-11)
4.2.4 Interface of printing list:

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(Picture 4-12)
Please choose the model file at printing file list, and click “Print”and then start printing.
4.2.5 Interface of setting:
(Picture 4-13)
Five submenus at setting interface:
1) Click “Add-on”to enter its interface. See picture (4-14).

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(Picture 4-14)
Click “lock password”and you can set the password. This function provides you for a safe printing
experience. It prevents other people from operating your printer without your permission. See
picture (4-15).
(Picture 4-15)
2) Click “Language”to its interface. See picture (4-16).
(Picture 4-16)

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3) Click “Screen Cali” to its interface. See picture (4-17).
(Picture 4-17)
4) Click “About”to the device information. See picture (4-18).
(Picture 4-18)
5) If you click “Yes”, it will restore factory settings. See picture (4-19).
(Picture 4-19)

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5 Software setting
5.1 Install drivers
Two printing choices of E180: TF card printing and USB printing.
TF card printing: Insert TF card into the slot after leveling, and choose a .gcode file to start
printing. No USB driver is required.
USB printing:
Connect the printer and computer with a USB cable to control printer with slicing software such
as Repetier-Host. Due to some unstable factors such as signal interference, the USB printing is
prone to fail. So we suggest TF card printing.
Details of USB printing are as follows:
Firstly, turn on the printer, and connect the printer to computer with a USB cable. Normally, the
computer will automatically search the install drive.
The newest communication chip of E180 is FT232.
Check whether the driver is automatically installed successfully or not. Click to choose “My
computer>Property>Device manager”.
If it shows the exclamation mark as Picture below (5-1), then you need manually install the driver.
(Picture 5-1)
Download link for driver: