weistek A-Box User manual

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A-Box 3D Printer Manual V1.1
Bigger Size, Smarter Choice
* Dream Bigger, Print Bigger
* Your Ideal Printer at Affordable Price
* Pause Printing, Easy filament Changing
* Real Time Speed Adjust, You have the Control

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Statement
This manual consists of important information about printer installation, operation, maintenance
and storage, please read it carefully before using and printing.
The company has the right to revise contents related to printers of this model and the manual
without noticing customers.
The company is not responsible for printer damages caused by violation of this manual, including
damages caused by printing or publishing errors of the manual.
Any company or anyone is not allowed to revise print, copy or translate this manual without our
permission.
This manual is copyrighted and its final explanation right is reserved by the company.
© Copyright 2015 Copyright belongs to Shenzhen Weistek Co., Ltd.

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Contents
Instructions and Important Safety Considerations ----------------------------
1. Product Introduction --------------------------------------------------------------
2. Printer Installation -----------------------------------------------------------------
3. Software Installation ---------------------------------------------------------------
4. Software Setting ---------------------------------------------------------------------
5. Software Operation -----------------------------------------------------------------
6. Operation Panel ---------------------------------------------------------------------
7. Start Working ------------------------------------------------------------------------
8. Notes -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
9. Maintenance --------------------------------------------------------------------------

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Using Instructions and Important Safety Considerations
During printing process, do not touch power cable or USB cable, do not pull out SD card, or printing
will be stopped.
If extruder does not extrude, please do not heat it for long time, or nozzle may be blocked.
While testing printer, print filament will be extruded out from nozzle, please keep nozzle at least
50mm away from printing build bed, or nozzle may be blocked.
Please do not use the third party software to update firmwares of this printer, or printing can not
be conducted with the software provide by our company.
Please do not change parameter settings of printer, or printer may not work properly.
Please do not reach your hand onto build bed while heating or using extruder, or you may be hit
or burned by moving components.
Please do not put or use printer in dusty, highly humid or strong sunlight environment.
Please do not put printer on an inclining platform, or printing effect may be affected, printer may
fall, get damaged or break other things.
Please do not uninstall model from build bed without wearing protective gloves, or you may get
burned or scratched.

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1. Product Introduction
1.1 Product Introduction
1. Nozzle 2. Printing build bed 3. Control knob 4. SD Card Interface
5. Display Screen 6. Power Switch 7. Filament Feeding pipe 8. Spool Holder
9. Power Supply Socket 10. USB Interface
1.2 Product Parameters
Build Volume: 210mm*180mm*200mm（L*W*H）
Layer Resolution: 0.05-0.4mm (suggest 0.1-0.2mm)
Printing Speed: 30-300mm/S（Recommended Range: 40-100mm/S）
Filament Diameter: 1.75mm
Consumable material type ：PLA/Flexible/WOOD/HS/Pearl/Elastic
Product Net Weight: 12kg
Product Gross Weight: 15kg
Product Volume: 370 * 400 *390 mm (L*W*H)
Package Volume: 467*457*470mm (L*W*H)
Slicing Software: Cura
Printing format：.gcode
Connectivity：USB2.0 / SD flash drive
Operating System: Windows XP/7/8，Mac OS
Interface language: English
Extruding Temperature: 180-260℃

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Operation Environment
Operation Temperature: 5℃～35℃, Relative Humidity: 30%～90%
Electrical Parameters
Power Input: 100～240V AC, 1.5A, 50/60Hz; Power Output: 19V/DC, 4.74A
Maximum Power: 120W
2. Printer Installation
2.1 Open Package
Accessories List:
Name
Qty
Note
1. Print Head Set
1 set
2. Printing Filament
1 roll
3. Build Bed Sticker
1 roll
4. Front Decoration Plate (A1)
1 piece
5. Glass Build Bed (A2)
1 piece
6. Tool Box
1 set
SD card, screws, diagonal pliers,
small wrench, flat shovel, power
cable and data cable.

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A. Open package. B. Take out acrylic. C. Take out glass build bed.
D. Take out fixing part of X-axis: move it toward arrow direction, then take it up and out.
E. Take out accessories.

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2.2 Installation of filament disk and build bed: Take out spool holder from accessory
bag and fix it in installation hole on the back of printer, as shown bellow.
Take out glass build bed, masking tape and knife, tape the whole glass build bed with masking tape, as
shown below; hold glass build bed with its four corner holes aiming at screws, then press build bed to the
bottom and make it even.
Tape the whole glass build bed with masking tape. Aim to the screw hole and press to the bottom.

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2.3 Print Head Installation
Take out print head set and tools. Stuck print head in sliding rail, aim screw hole which is on the bottom of
print head to the screw hole on stuck piece of sliding rail, install screw from the bottom, as shown below.
Take out print head set and tools. Stuck print head in sliding rail, aim screw hole which is on the bottom of
print head to the screw hole on stuck piece of sliding rail, install screw from the bottom, as shown below.
Tighten up screws and fix print head. Remove print head cover, as shown below.
Use both hands to insert print head cable into location as shown below. Stuck cable inside of cover and
fasten cover. Installed print head is shown as below.

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3. Software Installation
Before installation: To see SD card for Cura 15.04 Version, please copy it to your computer and then
install it, do not update the version after installation is completed.
Click Cura Installation Program.
(This manual is designed for Windows operating system interface, OS users need to refer
corresponding operation.)
Set path on Pre-Installation Window: you’d better install it in English directory, please do not name it
in Chinese.

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Select needed formats (STL is a commonly used format).
Click “Finish”after installation is completed and start Cura software.
(Installing Driver Window may pop up during installation, click “Install”to continue.)

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Select “English”for language, select “Other”for machine, then click “Next”to continue.
Select “Customer”and input parameters as shown below, click “Finish”to enter main interface.

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4. Software Settings
Set parameters on main interface and maintain defaulted settings for unmarked parts, as shown
below.
(Following are defaulted software settings, experienced users can change them as they need.)

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About Expert Support Settings
Click “Expert”and enter expert menu, click “Open expert settings”and change support settings.
All settings are finished, connect your computer to printer and carry on next step.

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5. Software Operation
Drag model file onto build bed Window, G-code will be formed automatically.
For off-line printing, save G-code file in SD card, then insert SD card into operation panel and
directly conduct printing on operation panel.

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6. Operation Panel

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7. Start Working
7.1 Load Filament
Take out filament feeding pipe and spool holder, install them on printer shell; open filament package,
cut off curve filament beginning, press about 10cm of filament straight, transport filament into
filament feeding pipe till it goes into the hole which is on top of print head, as shown below:

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7.2 Print Filament Test 【take PLA for instance】
Connect power supply, turn on printer, operate on operation panel, insert print filament into white
filament feeding pipe till it goes into print head.
7.2.1 Operate on display screen, turn knob and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to
“Prepare”, and then press down, as shown below.
7.2.2 Enter “Prepare”menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Auto Home”, and then press down,
printer operation system resets automatically, as shown below.
7.2.3 After printer resets, if the distance between nozzle and build bed is of soft contact【about as thick
as a piece of A4 paper】, then turn off power, freely push extruder with your hands on X/Y direction,
if the distance between the whole build bed and nozzle is same, then you can carry on next step, or
build bed needs to be calibrated.
Notes: Printer has been calibrated before leaving the factory, but transportation may cause declining
of build bed and changing of distance, so build bed needs to be adjusted, check “Maintenance”for
specific adjusting method.

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7.2.4 Press knob and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Prepare”, press down, turn
knob and make “>” move to “Preheat PLA”, and then press down, nozzle will be heated.
7.2.5 When temperature rises to 170℃, press knob again and enters main menu, operate as follow:
“Prepare”-->“Move axis”-->“Move 1MM”--> “Extruder”, press down, turn knob clockwise till value
shows “60”, later you will see filament comes out from extruding nozzle.
Notes: In order to prevent filament inlet from getting blocked during testing and transporting,
leave certain filament in extruder, so next time when you use printer, leftover filament can be
extruded out and new filament can be loaded.
7.2.6 Repeat above operation, if no filament is extruded out, insert filament feeding pipe which is close
to print head into filament inlet until it goes close to gear, after feeling filament flowing, remove your
hand, let filament flow automatically, till new filament is extruded out of nozzle slowly and smoothly,
filament testing is finished, you can carry on next step -- print.
7.3 Off-line Print
Since functions of connect-to-computer print and off-line print are same, and there are various
inconvenient factors in connect-to-computer print, so off-line print is recommended.

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7.3.1 Press button and enter main menu, turn knob and make “>” move to “Print from SD”, press
down and enter file selecting menu, turn knob and make “>” move to file which needs to be printed,
press down and enter print interface.
8. Notes
8.1 During printing process, please do not cut off power supply, do not pull out USB cable and SD
card, or printing will be stopped.
8.2 When extruder does not extrude, please do not heat it for long time, or nozzle may be blocked.
While testing printer, nozzle will extrude out print filament , therefore, please keep nozzle at least
50mm away from printing build bed, or nozzle may be blocked.
Please do not use the third party software to update firmwares of printer, or printing can not be
conducted with the software provide by our company.
Please do not change parameter settings of printer, or printer can not work properly.
Please do not reach your hand onto printing build bed while heating or using extruder, or you
may be hit or burned by moving components.
Please do not put or use printer in dusty, highly humid or strong sunlight environment.
Please do not put printer on an inclining platform, or printing effect may be affected, printer may
fall, get damaged or break other things.
Please do not uninstall model from build bed without wearing protective gloves, or you may get
burned or scratched.
9. Maintenance
Correct and proper using habit and maintenance can decrease error and increase service life of
printer, repair and maintenance of printer key parts are shown as follow.
9.1 Repair and Maintenance of Build Bed
9.1.1 After model printing is completed, do not remove model directly from build bed, no matter what
size a model is, build bed should be removed from printer first, and then separate model from build
bed; if model is often removed directly from build bed, build bed may become uneven and curve,
printing effect may be affected, even printing failure may be caused.
9.1.2 After model is removed, leftover filament should be cleaned from build bed, or build bed surface
may be uneven and printing may be affected next time.