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  • Page 1 User Manual V 0.1 Download the full user manual at www.tiertime.com Support Section...
  • Page 2 Index Chapter Product Description Chapter Prepare for Your First 3D Print Chapter Product Activation Chapter Machine Settings Chapter Print Settings Chapter Calibration and Other Options Chapter Techniques and Troubleshooting...

  • Page 3: Safety Precautions

    Safety Precautions The UP mini 2 ES 3D printer requires the power adapter provided by the original manufac- turer, otherwise the machine could be damaged or even cause are hazard. Please also keep the power adapter away from water and out of high temperature environments.

  • Page 4: One Year Warranty

    Tiertime or its resellers will for one year, at its option, repair or replace at no charge for parts and labor from the date you purchased the product from Tiertime or a reseller.

  • Page 5: Package Content

    Package Content UP mini 2 ES Spool and Toll Holder Calibration Card Nozzle Protective Gloves Power Adapter Power Cable Scraper Hex Keys USB Cable Pliers ABS Filament 2.0mm, 2.5mm Perforated Print Board UP Flex Print Nozzle Wrench (Perf Board) Board If anything is missing, please contact your local distributor or at support@tiertime.com...

  • Page 6: Product Description

    Product Description Front Side Magnetic Top Lids Back Door Front Door Handle LCD Touch Screen Initialization Button Back Side Filament Insertion Hole Back Door Power Switch USB-B for Computer USB-A for USB Drive Power Supply Connector Ethernet Port...

  • Page 7: Filament Spool Holder

    Filament Spool Holder Spool Hold Lid Filament Guiding Tube Filament Filament Spool Tool Drawer...
  • Page 8 Installation of Print Board Slide print board into the platform...

  • Page 9: Print Head Installation

    Print Head Installation Open front door, back door and top covers Cooling Adjustment knob Nozzle Print Head Mount Print Head Mounting Plate...
  • Page 10 Print Head Installation Slide the print head into the slots. The Correct Installation about Printhead FFC cable for UP mini 2. The print head must be pushed to the bottom of the mount. Notice: when installed correctly, the red and the blue parts should be at the same level.
  • Page 11 Download and Install UP Studio Obtain UP Studio Go to www.tiertime.com, download the latest software and install it on your computer. Minimum hardware requirements Intel Pentium 4 or better CPU 4GB RAM Display card support OpenGL 2.0...

  • Page 12: Software Interface

    Software Interface Printer Status Other Options Home Load File Print Model Info Initialize Calibrate Maintenance Print Queue Build Platform Model Adjustment Wheel Move Mirror Back to Menu 1 Scale Rotate Save Merge More View To Menu 2 Delete Display Mode View Angles Undo Reset...

  • Page 13: Initialization Of Printer

    Initialization of Printer Initialization is required for every time the machine is switched on. During initiali- zation, the print head and print platform move slowly and hit the endstops of the XYZ axes. This is essential as the printer needs to nd the end- point of each axis.
  • Page 14 Printer Activation Activation will lift the restriction on the number of prints and provide value-added services for UP mini 2 ES users. Click the Account button at If already registered, go to step 5, the main menu to Sign Up.

  • Page 15: Touch Screen Control

    Touch Screen Control Change printing Print a stored project Machine settings Material including Wi-Fi Lorem ipsum Printer Info, reset to Nozzle Height Detection Initialize the printer factory and choose language Remaining Nozzle Temperature LAN Status Wi- Fi Status material 34°C | 34°C Private Material Type Platform Tem-perature...
  • Page 16 Prepare for Printing - Update Nozzle Height The printer was calibrated before leaving the factory, but users are recommend to update the nozzle height value using the au- tomatic nozzle height detection function on the touch screen Press “Calibrate” button to enter Nozzle Height setup page.
  • Page 17 Prepare for Printing - Load Filament install the lament and guiding tube shown in blue. Front To printer Push the guiding tube into the rubber ring as shown above.
  • Page 18 Prepare for Printing - Load Filament Back Side From spool Filament Guiding Tube insert into the filament entrance.
  • Page 19 Prepare for Printing - Load Filament Insert the filament from the spool into guiding tube, arrange the guiding tube as shown in previous page. Press the Material button on the touch screen. 34°C | 34°C 34°C | 34°C STOP Material Print Calibrate Extrude...

  • Page 20: Loading A 3D Model

    Loading a 3D Model Load Model Button...
  • Page 21 Print a Model Make sure printer is connected to computer through USB, Wi-Fi ( go to page 25 for details about Wi-Fi settings), an ethernet cable, and then loaded a model. Set Layer Thickness Select Infill Type Select Print Quity/Speed Nozzle Offset: This value is permanently effective regarless nozzle height changed or not.

  • Page 22: Printing Progress

    Material: ABS Infill: Quality: Normal History Layer Thk.: Print Settings Time/ Weight: 1h10m20s/ 135g File Name: Cube Creator: Tiertime-1 1/ 4 Date: 04-18 12:11:46 Total Time/Weight: 1h27m30s/200g Delete Print Delet Print Job Start Printing Back to Print 210°C | 70°C...

  • Page 23: Change Filament During Printing

    Change Filament During Printing 210°C | 70°C Time Remaining: 1h10m20s Material: ABS, 135g During printing process the File Name: Cube “Pause” button, the printing job will be paused. When print head stopped 210°C | 70°C moving and platfrom low- Time Remaining: 1h10m20s ered.

  • Page 24: Print Queue

    History Model- 1 Cylinder 1/ 4 Sphere Model- 3 Model- 4 Sphere- 1 34°C | 34°C To view more details of print jobs Tiertime Model Clear Jeep- 1 Jeep-2 1/ 4 Sphere Cube Sphere Ring- 1 Choose the print job 34°C | 34°C...
  • Page 25 To edit the ethernet details, go to Settings, click the Printer, choose the connect printer, choose the “i”, and then toggle on Staic. Now you can edit the details of the UP mini 2 ES. Click confirm to save editing.
  • Page 26 Wi-Fi Setup through Touchscreen Connecting to the UP mini 2 ES through Wi-Fi requires a Wireless Local Area Net- work (WLAN). Computer and printers must connect to the same WIFI network (same SSID) before able to communicate. In order to acheive stable Wi-Fi connection, users are recommended to connect under a capacious WIFI environment.

  • Page 27: Network Settings

    Network Settings To edit network settings of Wi-Fi networks, click connnected network’s “Information” button, then toggle on the Static button. The same steps also apply to ethernet con- nection. 34°C | 34°C Tiertime-02 Network Tiertime Static I.P. 192.168.7.111 Mask 255.255.255.255 Gate 192.168.7.1...
  • Page 28 Wi-Fi Setup Open UP Studio on your computer, make sure it connect to the same Wi-Fi network as the printer. Then click “Settings”, find “Printer” section, then click”Add printer”.
  • Page 29 Find the printer in the All printers lists, then click “+” to add the printer. If the printer not shows up, click “Refresh” to reload the list. UP mini 2 ES The icon of the printer will show up in Printer. Click the printer icon to connect.
  • Page 30 Wi-Fi Setup (UP Studio) You can change the Wi-Fi Network settings in UP Studio. Toggle on “Static”, then to change the IP, Mask, Gate, DNS address. “Con- firm” to save and finish.
  • Page 31 Set Materials (Touch Screen) current ma- terial weight Material Weight adjustment Decrease Increase 34°C | 34°C STOP Extrude Withdraw 499g Extrude material Change material Withdraw material Set Materials (UP Studio) Withdraw Filament Stop All Actions Extrude Filament Select Material Input Material weight...
  • Page 32 Set Nozzle Height (UP Studio) For setting nozzle height with touch screen please refer to page 16. 120.90 Open the Calibration panel At the Nozzle Height section, click “Auto” will initiate the automatic nozzle height de- tection process. Clicking +/- button will move the platform up and down, or user could input a specific value at the text field and click “To”...

  • Page 33: Machine Configuration

    Machine Configuration 34°C | 34°C Name UP mini 2 ES Sound Preheat Private Password 123456 Peheat switch, when turned on, for every print job, the printer will first preheat 15min before proceed to printing.
  • Page 34 Language and Factory Reset 34°C | 34°C Model: UP mini 2 ES 252212 S.N.: Firmware Ver.: 1.2.3 Screen Ver.: Reset Language Total Time: 0.1h Total Weight: 1 Kg Lan MAC: ABCDEFGHIJKL WLAN MAC: ABCDEFGHIJKL Model: current machine model. S.N.: Machine serial number.

  • Page 35: Error Prompts

    Error Prompts Suggested solution, in this case: Contact support Error Message Error code Other possible error prompt: Unplug printer and restart reinitialize the printer Lorem ipsum...
  • Page 36 Rotating Models (UP Studio) Choose the model and Click rotate button. Choose rotation axis User could input a specific value or choose a preset value for rotation. Alternatively, user could use the rotation guide to rotate model in real time by hold and drag with mouse.
  • Page 37 Scaling Models (UP Studio) Choose the model and Click rotate button. By default the scaling is in all axes. User could also choose a specific axis for scaling. User could input a specific scaling factor or choose a preset value Click MM or INCH to convert models to sizes of corresponding units.
  • Page 38 Move Model (UP Studio) Choose the model and click the Move button. Choose the the direction of movement User could input a specific value or choose a preset value for distance of movement. Alternatively, user could use the translational guide on the model to move on the X-Y plane or a single direction by hold and drag with mouse.

  • Page 39: Make Copies

    Make Copies Choose the model by clicking it (hight lighted),the right-click to bring up the menu and select copy number. Repair A Model If the model contains defective surfac- es, the software will highlight the surfaces in red.Click the "more" button to reach second level menu Click the x button the repair the mod- el.The red defective surfaces will resume a...
  • Page 40 Merge and Save Models Ctrl/CMD click all the models on the build plate. The Merge button on the second level of the adjustment wheel will become avail- able, click to merge the models. Click the save button to save the merged models to comptuer.

  • Page 41: Advanced Print Settings

    Advanced Print Settings Surface: the number layers at the sealing the top and the bottom of the printed object. Threshold Angle: This determine at which angle the Surface layers start to be printed. Dense: Choose the number of dense layers between support and supported surfaces. Angle: Determine the angle which support and dense layer to generated.
  • Page 42 Advanced Print Settings No Raft: print without raft. No Support: print without support Stable Support: Support structure will be stronger but less easy to be removed. Unsolide Model: The software will autofix nonsolid models Thin Wall: The Software will detect wall thickness that is too thin to print and expand the feature to a printable size.

  • Page 43: Printing Parameters

    Printing Parameters Surface Infill Surface Support Dense (support) Raft Print Platform Suppot Range: < 30 Support Range: < 90 Dense: Solid support structure ensures that the surface being supported retains its shape and surface finish. Infill: The inner structure of the printed object. The density of the infill can be adjusted. Raft: The thick structure that assists with the adhesion of the object to the platform.

  • Page 44: Manual Calibration

    Manual Calibration The 9 buttons represent platform calibration point. The dropdown menu beside the button is for setting the leveling compensation values. After chekc- ing the leveling check box and click- ing these buttons, the nozzle will move to the corresponding posi- tions and move up base on the com- pensa- tion value.
  • Page 45 Manual Calibration Initialize the printer Put a Calibration Card on the plat- form. Follow the instrudtions.
  • Page 46 XYZ Axial Calibration is used to improve dimensional accuracy for a specific model. When a printed object is found to be deviating from its theoretical dimensions, we can use this method to correct it and achieve better precision. For detailed instruction, go to www.tiertime.com, Tips and Tricks section.

  • Page 47: Printer Info

    Printer info will be displayed by clicking the small button on the top left hand corner of the connected printer icon. Information including printer type, serial number and firm- ware version will be displayed. User could also set a custom name for the printer at the name field. UP mini 2 ES...

  • Page 48: Software Version And Update

    Software Version and Update In Windows operating systems, the software version number can be find in Settings. To update the sofrware, click the update button. Also you can tick “Remind of new versions” that you will get notification when new version aviliable. In Mac operating systesm, go to UP Stuio, then click “About Up Studio”.
  • Page 49 Convert Picture Into 3D Model Click add picture button and select a picture. The Base height determine the thickness of a flat layer that will hold the picture. Model Height determine the contrast of the finally print. The convert negative button will reverse the pixel intensity so that user could choose the picture to be protruding from or sunken into the base.
  • Page 50 Convert Picture Into 3D Model Update 3D model button. This button will convert the modi- fied picture on the left to a 3D rendering on the right. OK button send the 3D rendering to the 3D printing interface for printing.

  • Page 51: Printing Techniques

    Printing Techniques 1. Ensure accurate nozzle height. If the nozzle height value is too low, it will cause warping; if it is too high, it will crash the nozzle into the platform,causing damage and clogging. You can manually fine-tune the nozzle height value in the"Calibation"panels.You can try to adjust the nozzle height value plus or minus 0.1–0.2mm from the base on previous results.
  • Page 52 Printer Maintenance - Air Filter Replacement Change air filter for air filatraton unit. It is recommmended to change the filter for every 300 hours of usage or 6 months. Air Filtration Unit Front View Turn anti-clockwise to open the cap. HEPA-Filter...

  • Page 53: Print Head Maintenance

    Print Head Maintenance The printhead cover could be removed after unscrew 2 bolts. Heat up the nozzle to printing temperature by using the extrude function in maintenace interface. Nozzle could be removed by using the nozzle wrench provided. User does not need to remove printhead cover in order to remove nozzle.
  • Page 54 Printer Maintenance - remove motherboard cover Remove the 3 screws and FFC cable clip on the mainboard cover. Mainboard...
  • Page 55 Beijing Tiertime Technology Co., Ltd youtube.com/tiertime facebook.com/tiertime instagram.com/tiertime twitter.com/tiertime Support email: support@tiertime.com Web: www.tiertime.com...

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