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.
Line up the edges.
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
Minor G-code Lesson
G1 = Linear Movement
X### = X position
Y### = Y position
Z### = Z position
Heat The Bed
Minor G-code Lesson
M140 = Set Bed Temperature
S### = Bed Temperature ( Celsius)
Code Inputs
Wait for bed to reach its temperature.
Engage Bed Probe
Move Bed To Position
Probe
Disengage Bed Probe
Move Bed Closer
Move Bed To Nozzle
Use these two buttons to move the bed up.
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.
Move Bed To Position
Engage Bed Probe (Again)
Probe (Again)
Disengage Bed Probe (Again)
Check nozzle height
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
Note:
Assumption: Your bed probe has been setup.
Home Printer
Heat The Bed
Move Bed To Position
Engage Bed Probe
Probe
Read The Bed
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.
Click close.
Move Bed Away
Disengage Bed Probe
You are ready to print.
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