Zonestar Z6 User manual

Model: Z6/Z6B
User Manual

!! ATTENTION !!
Please put the printer away from the reach of kids.
Must be guided by adults when children are installed or used.
Take care when installation, to avoid electrical shock hazards.
Please keep well-ventilated condition! May produce toxic gases when
printer working.
Caution: Hot!
Hotend has high temperature even the printer stop working.
Caution: Hot!
Hotbed has high temperature even the printer stop working.
Please strictly follow the standard operation when installation.
Please make sure you have set the AC power select switch to the
correct position before power on.
For mixing color printer, must load filament to both of the extruders,
even if you print single color 3D object.
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Base Module
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Power adapter
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X-axis Module
7
HM5x16 *2
3
Lead screw
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USB cable & Power cord
4
Z-axis Module
9
Tools
5
Z-EndStop
10
Gift and TF card
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Parts
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Z-axis Module
X-axis
Module
Step 1
Lead screw
Screw the Lead screw into the carrier of X-
axis module
Step 2
Insert the Z-axis Module into the carrier of X-axis Module
Step 3 Step 4
Base Module
jbckscrews *2
Install
Install the coupling into the motor shaft and tighten the
jbckscrews on the coupling
PM5x12 *2
Fixed the Z-axis module to the base module by screws

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Install
Step 5 Step 6
Step 7
Snap the Z-ENDSTOP into the aluminum profile and
tighten the screws.
Z ENDSTOP
Insert the PTFE tube into the PTFE tube fitting
eccentric columns
Use a spanner to rotate the three eccentric columns, so that the wheels can hugged the tracks closely and move
smoothly.
10mm wrench
Eccentric column

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Wiring Diagram Z6

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Wiring Diagram Z6B

LCD Menu and Operation
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Knob operation: <Clockwise rotation>: Next Item / Value +. <Counterclockwise rotation>:
Previous Item / Value -. <Push>: Enter / Execute.
For details on the LCD menu, please refer to the file "LCD Menu Description.pdf" in the TF card.
Hotend setting temperature
Hotend current temperature
Status Message
Hotbed setting temperature
Hotbed current temperature
Printed time
Printing progress
rate
FAN status
Current position of axis
FAN Speed
Feedrate

Prepare to print - level the hotbed
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Clean nozzle: make sure there aren't any filament at the end of nozzle, if not, remove it by a
diagonal pliers.
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Choose “Prepare”>> “Auto Home”>>, wait the hotend go to the orig position.
Watch the nozzle and make sure the nozzle is higher than the bed, otherwise tighten the hand
nuts under the bed to pull down the hotbed or loosen these nuts to move up the bed.
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Choose “Prepare”>> “Level Corners”>>, the nozzle will go to the first corner, adjust the hand
nuts under the hotbed, let the nozzle almost touch the hotbed. In order to get a properly
distance, you can put a A4 paper on the hotbed, and when the distanse between the nozzle
and hotbed can only insert a paper, it will be perfect.
Choose “next corner”, and adjust again. Repeat this step again and again, until all of the
four corner at the same height.
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Home all axis start “level
corners” wizard
Adjust bed
height
put a paper on the
bed to measure
the height

Prepare to print - Load Filament
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Preheat nozzle: Choose “Prepare”>> “Preheat PLA”, then nozzle and hotbed will be heated.
Waiting nozzle temperature reached to setting.
If there is filament in the hotend, do this step, otherwise skip this step.
Choose “Prepare”>> “Move axis”>>”Extruder”>>”Move 1mm”>>”extruder: ****mm”, then
Clockwise rotate the knob slowly, until you can see the filament flow from the nozzle.
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3 If there is filament in the hotend, do this step, otherwise skip this step.
Press the handle on the extrude feeder and pull out the filament.
4 Press the handle on the extrude feeder and insert filament, make sure the filament has been
inserted to the hotend.
Choose “Prepare”>> “Move axis”>>”Extruder”>>”Move 1mm”>>”extruder: ****mm”, then
Clockwise rotate the knob slowly, until you can see the filament flow from the nozzle.
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Use a diagonal pliers
to cut off the head of
filament
Press the handle and
insert filament into
the extruder engine
When loading filament, make sure it has entered the
hotend, if it clog in extruder or hotend, try to remove
the fittings and load the filament again.
Filament
NOTE
Extrude engine
PTFE tube
PTFE fitting
PTFE fitting
NOTE

Print a test 3D object (Print from SD card)
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1 Insert the SD card to the SD card socket on the control box, and then power on the control box.
NOTE: the touchpad of Micro SDcard pointing up
2 Choose “Print from SD”>> Choose “Test_gcode\Single Color\xyz_cube.gcode”, push the knob to
start printing.
3 Wait the printer to finish heating and start to print, watch the distance from nozzle to bed,
double click the knob of LCD menu and set the z offset if the distance is not perfect, let the
filament can stick on the hotbed well.
4 If you have a dual extruder printer, you need to print one filament roll dock by yourself, please
find “spoole_ZSD_V2x4.gcode” file in SD card and print it out.
Insert SD card to
control box and then
start to print
Adjust z offset if the
filament can't stick to bed
well
Wait for printing finish!

Slicing, control and printing from PC HOST
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Before building a 3d object by using this 3D printer, you need to use a software to
convert the 3D models (stl, obj, etc., depending on the type of slicing software)
into a machine-recognizable file - gcode file. This process is called “slicing”.
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Our recommended slicing and HOST software is repetier-host, which is a free
software, you can also use any other software to slicing the 3d model as long as it
can support reprap protocol, for example: Cura, slic3r, KISSlicer, pronterface,
simplify3d etc.
3D object file load to slicing
software slicing
Copy to SD and
print it or print
from PC HOST
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For more about slicing, please refer to the document in the SD card, directory: “PC
Software &Driver\slicing &Host software”. You can also download the latest
document from our cloud disk:
https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B9Z1DbrxfqbpUjNHRXhBWmlVZVU
If you want to control the printer from PC HOST, we store the guide in SD card, please
find it out and read it.

About ZONESTAR
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www.zonestar3d.com Youtube Channle
ZONESTAR Innovation Technology Co., Ltd. is a high-tech manufacturer specializing in the
development and production of 3D printers.
Since began to develop and manufacture 3D printers in 2013, we have successively introduced
several series of products such as P802, P805, Z5, Z6, Z8, Z9, and Z10, which are popular
with customers all over the world. Now, ZONESTAR has Gradually grew to be a leader in the
category of DIY 3D printers.
At the same time, we are committed to applying 3D printing technology to a wider range of
fields and have successfully developed 3D printers for use in food, advertising, ceramics, and
other fields.
ZONESTAR has always regarded Innovation, Quality and Service as our core value of the
company and strived to provide customers with high-quality and high-tech products and
excellent services.
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