====== Your first print ======
Formlab todo: add more pictures
===== 1. Prepare the printer =====
- Power on
- Turn on the computer.
- Turn on the power supply on the left side of the machine.
- Turn on the machine by pressing the round metal power-button on the left bottom of the front panel:\\ {{:hyrel:power_01_02_web.jpg?400|}}
- Make connection
- Open Repetrel on the computer (Repetrel is not running on the tablet anymore).
- Test the connection by clicking on the ''Light'' button on top of the Repetrel UI:\\ {{:hyrel:light_banner_web.jpg?400|}}
- **Home the X and Y axes**
- **You NEED to home the machine before starting any other motion**
- click on the ''Home X-Y'' button.
- We will home the Z axis later
===== 2. Prepare the material =====
- Have a cylinder filled plasticine on hand. If not, [[hyrel:plasticine|load the plasticine yourself]]
- Make sure it has a nozzle diameter of 1.5mm.
- Attach it to the ''EMO-25'' tool head.
- Rub a little plasticine on the bed (for adhesion)
===== 3. Set up Repetrel =====
- Install the tool head in slot 2 of the yoke
- Check Repetrel control panel to check if the head is recognised. If so, the buttons in slot 2 light up.
- //Repetrel is the software that slices the 3D model and controls the printer.//
- Home the Z-axis (Set extruder head height).
- Put a piece of paper under the nozzle.
- Click ''Enable Z-calibrate''. When the button is red and the arrow on it's right is lit up yellow, It is now possible to //carefully// raise the bed to the nozzle.
* The arrows show the motion from the perspective of the table:
* UP = closer to the nozzle
* DOWN = further away from the nozzle
- Raise the bed until the paper is lightly pinched between the nozzle and the bed.
- Un-click ''Enable Z-calibration'' to set the current position as Z-ZERO.
- Set nozzle diameter to 1.5mm in the head-control section (picture)
===== 3. Load 3D model =====
- Click the big button: ''Object > Add STL file > Open STL'' & go to ''Desktop > TEST SHAPES'' and select ''Formlab testcylinder.stl''.
- Offsets-tab.
- Click the round target button to center it on the print bed.
- Print-tab: select the desired Slic3r profiles.
- Print: ''Formlab Plasticine Default''. Check if filename is correct
- Printer: ''Unheated head''.
- Extruder 2: ''No heat, no fan, no bed''.
- Click the big ''Process'' button & select ''Slice with Slic3r''.
==== 4. Start the print ====
- Prime a little material.
- When the G-code preview looks good, click ''Print''
- Use ''Z fine adjust'' (''Z+'' = bed closer to nozzle, ''Z-'' = bed further away from nozzle)
- Use ''Kill Job'' when you want to stop the test.