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Homing The Printer
Get Your Bed Ready
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Get Your Bed Ready
Setup Your Bed
Setup 1: Print Bed Sheet
Clean the bare surface (no oil or dust)
Remove some of the adhesive cover from the Bed Sheet.
Pick the front left corner.
Stick the corner of the Bed Sheet to the bed.
NOT ALIGNED
Line up the edges.
ALIGNED
Slowly press the Bed Sheet corner into bed.
Check the edges line up (again).
Continue pressing down the rest of the Bed Sheet in a WIPING motion.
Check the edges line up (again).
Remove the rest of the adhesive cover.
Finish sticking the rest of the Bed Sheet in a WIPING motion.
Setup 2: Glass Bed
Pick a position.
Get Glass Bed Clamp
Open Glass Bed Clamp with a flathead screwdriver
Lay & Align glass bed onto the bed.
Clamp bed.
Slide clamp all the way in.
Repeat until all positions are clamped.
Setup Bed Probe
Press Home All Button
Send the extruder toward center
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G1 X187 Y154
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Minor G-code Lesson
G1 = Linear Movement
X### = X position
Y### = Y position
Z### = Z position
Heat The Bed
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M140 S60
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Minor G-code Lesson
M140 = Set Bed Temperature
S### = Bed Temperature ( Celsius)
Code Inputs
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G31 P999 X-40 y28.5 Z0
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G29 S2
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M564 S0
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Wait for bed to reach its temperature.
Engage Bed Probe
DISENGAGED
ENGAGED
Move Bed To Position
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G1 Z15
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Probe
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G30
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Disengage Bed Probe
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Move Bed Closer
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G1 Z0
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Move Bed To Nozzle
Use these two buttons to move the bed up.
Ignore the yellow home blocks (for now).
Switch to the smaller 0.1 mm step when you get close to the nozzle
Record Z offset
More Code Inputs
Replace ### with the Z offset number from the last step.
The number is POSITIVE ONLY.
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G31 P999 X-40 Y28.5 Z###
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M564 S1
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Move Bed To Position
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G1 Z15
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Engage Bed Probe (Again)
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Probe (Again)
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G30
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Disengage Bed Probe (Again)
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Check nozzle height
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G1 Z0
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The bed should be about a paper sheet away from the nozzle.
Save Into SD card.
Go to the System Editor tab under Settings
Look for "machine_zprobe.g" (and click)
Go to the last line of code.
Replace the Z### (e.g. Z0.95) with your new Z offset number (POSITIVE ONLY).
Save changes.
Done.
Map The Bed
Also known as:
Bed Compensation
Note:
Assumption: Your bed probe has been setup.
Home Printer
HOMED
NOT HOMED
Heat The Bed
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M140 S60
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Move Bed To Position
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G1 Z15
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Engage Bed Probe
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Probe
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G30
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Read The Bed
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G29
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Wait for the probing to finish.
Check for any signs of green.
There should be some green.
If not, your bed probe is NOT setup.
Example: Proper Use of Mesh Compensation
Click close.
Move Bed Away
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G1 X187 Y154 Z100
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Disengage Bed Probe
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You are ready to print.
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Contents
Setup Your Bed
Setup 1: Print Bed Sheet
Setup 2: Glass Bed
Setup Bed Probe
Press Home All Button
Send the extruder toward center
Heat The Bed
Code Inputs
Probe
Move Bed To Nozzle
Record Z offset
More Code Inputs
Probe (Again)
Disengage Bed Probe (Again)
Check nozzle height
Save Into SD card.
Map The Bed
Note:
Home Printer
Heat The Bed
Move Bed To Position
Probe
Read The Bed
Disengage Bed Probe