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Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd
Geeetech A30 Pro 3D Printer
User Manual（V1.00）
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  • Page 1 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Geeetech A30 Pro 3D Printer User Manual（V1.00）...

  • Page 2: Table Of Contents

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Content 1 Attentions ..........................4 1.1 Safety Instructions ....................... 4 1.2 Factory Test before Delivery ..................4 2 Printing Parameters ........................ 5 3 Packing list ..........................6 4 Printer Display ........................7 5 Assembling ..........................8 5.1 Main Frame Assembling ....................
  • Page 3 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Thank you for choosing Geeetech products! [Important] Please read the instruction manual carefully before using this machine. Official site: https://www.geeetech.com/ Email us for technical support: https://www.geeetech.com/contact_us.htm Facebook Group:...

  • Page 4: Attentions

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 1Attentions 1.1Safety Instructions Please switch to the correct local voltage (115V-230V) before turning on the printer. Be sure the switch is in the correct position or it will damage the power supply unit (PSU). Be sure all wires are correctly connected before turning on the printer. Don’t touch extruder head or hot bed when printing as they generate high temperature which may cause burn.

  • Page 5: Printing Parameters

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 2 Printing Parameters 1) Printing Parameters Printing technology: FDM Printing volume: 320*320*420mm Printing accuracy: 0.1~0.2mm Position precision: X/Y: 0.011mm Z: 0.0025mm Printing speed: 60mm/s Nozzle quantity: 1-in-1-out single nozzle Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm Filament: diameter 1.75mm; ABS/ PLA, etc. Environment temperature: 10℃-40℃...

  • Page 6: Packing List

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 3 Packing list Please check the parts/accessories when you receive the printer (As shown below). If any spare parts are missing, please contact your sales representative. T-shaped plate component Gantry kit Bottom kit (2 sets) Gantry and base Power cord Spool holder component installing screws...

  • Page 7: Printer Display

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 4 Printer Display （Picture 4-1） （Picture 4-2） （Picture 4-3） （Picture 4-4） G antry frame； ②Right limit switch plate； ③Right photoelectric limit switch； ④Touch screen； ○ ⑤Y axis；⑥Hot bed height adjusting nuts；⑦Left photoelectric limit switch；⑧Left limit switch plate；...

  • Page 8: Assembling

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 5 Assembling 5.1Main Frame Assembling Main frame consists of gantry kit and base, T- shaped plate, spool holder and screws. T-shaped plate component Gantry kit Bottom kit (2 sets) Gantry and base Spool holder component installing screws Assemble the gantry frame and base from bottom with 4 M5x30 screws and 4 spring washersM5 as shown in picture (5-1).

  • Page 9: Wire Connection

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-2） （Picture 5-3） Assemble filament spool holder and attach to the top of the frame, with 2pcs M3x6 screws and 2 T- nuts M3, as shown picture (5-4). （Picture 5-4） 5.2Wire connection Insert Teflon tube into the quick-insert connector of the two extruders as shown in picture (5-5).
  • Page 10 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-5） Plug extruder wire into molex socket. Be sure plug is firmly seated into socket. See picture (5-6). （Picture 5-6） Connect extruder motor wires of E0.See picture (5-7). （Picture 5-7）...
  • Page 11 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Then the extruder wire and the motor extruder wire are fixed into the small hole on the backside of the screw with the Cable tie to avoid the wire harness touching the model during printing. In addition, the position the harness fixed needs to reserve the length of the Z-axis at the maximum height.

  • Page 12: Check The Power Input Mode

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 5-11） Connect the Z1 axis motor and the Z1 axis limit switch wire. See picture (5-12). （Picture 5-12） 5.3Check the power input mode The factory default voltage is 230V, please choose the correct voltage according to your local voltage standard.

  • Page 13: Load The Filament

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 5.4Load the filament Put filament on spool holder, please pay attention to the feeding direction of the filament. See picture (5-14). （Picture 5-14） Filament is bent, therefore it needs to be straightened by your hands and trimmed to make it easier to insert filament into feeder.
  • Page 14 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd (5-16),(5-17).The extruder will feed automatically until the nozzle material is flowing. （Picture 5-16） （Picture 5-17） Please observe the nozzle , to be sure there is no filament stuck，and that filament is coming out smoothly. Then stop filament feeding and clear the nozzle with tweezers. See picture (5-18). （Picture 5-18）...

  • Page 15: First Print

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 6First print 6.1Leveling hot bed The first layer is the key to a successfully printed model, which would directly affect the quality of printing model and achieve a good bed adhesion. In order to avoid scratching nozzle and hot bed, the factory default setting is a little high.
  • Page 16 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd value. （Picture 6-3） Please click the button in order from 1-4, At each corner, use the adjusting nuts under the bed to set the distance between nozzle and hot bed to about the thickness of a piece of paper. Now rough leveling is finished.

  • Page 17: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-6） c. Moderate: Extrude filament properly and evenly. Stick to the hot bed. See picture (6-7). （Picture 6-7） In case of too high and too low, please adjust knobs under the hotbed slightly until you achieve proper height.
  • Page 18 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-9） Click “Printing” on touch screen to enter Print model menu. See picture (6-10). （Picture 6-10） Click on the in-built.Gco file in the TF card, Click the “Print” button. See picture (6-11), the machine will automatically start printing, as shown in picture (6-12) and picture (6-13). （Picture 6-11）...

  • Page 19: Introduction Of Touch Screen Menu

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 6-12） （Picture 6-13） 7Introduction of touch screen menu 7.1Tree diagram （Picture 7-1） 7.2Main Functions 7.2.1 Main interface:...
  • Page 20 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-2） 7.2.2Print status Interface: （Picture 7-3） One submenu Click the hot bed temperature/extruder head temperature/speed to enter the interface of temperature and speed. See picture (7-4).
  • Page 21 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-4） 7.2.3Main functions of control menu: （Picture 7-5） Six submenus at Control menu homepage Click “Home” to its interface, see picture (7-6).
  • Page 22 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-6） Click “Move” to its interface, see picture (7-7). （Picture 7-7） Please choose its precision firstly before moving axes. There are “30/10/1/0.5/0.1mm”available.And control every axis moving. Moreover, when the lower right-hand corner motor status is in the "Enable" state, motor is locked. When “Disable” releases, motor is unlocked, you can move every axis by hand.
  • Page 23 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-8） This page only displays every motion parameter, if no special condition, it doesn’t to modify. Click “Leveling “to its interface.(7-9). （Picture 7-9） Two submenus at leveling interface a. Click “manual level “to its interface. See picture (7-10).
  • Page 24 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-10） Please choose its precision firstly before manual leveling. You can choose“0.05/0.5mm”. Then adjust z axis height according to the actual situation. And click “Ok” to save its settings. B. Click “auto level” to its interface. See picture (7-11). （Picture 7-11）...
  • Page 25 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-12） Clean filament: Please keep clean to extruder head in order to have long printing time. Avoid plugging, we suggest keep clean on a regular basis. Click “Speed” to its interface. See picture (7-13). （Picture 7-13） 7.2.4 Interface of printing list:...
  • Page 26 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-14） Please choose the model file at printing file list, and click “Print “and then start printing. 7.2.5 Interface of setting: （Picture 7-15） Six submenus at setting interface Click “Add-on” to enter its interface. See picture (7-16).
  • Page 27 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-16） After the screen lock button is turned on, the machine screen will enter the lock screen of Picture (7-17) after the set lock time to prevent others from operating the machine by mistake. The factory default is off, and the initial password is: “0000”.
  • Page 28 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-18） Click “Language” to its interface. See picture (7-19). （Picture 7-19） Click “Screen Cali” to its interface. See picture. (7-20). （Picture 7-20） Click “About” to the device information. See picture (7-21).
  • Page 29 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 7-21） If you click “Yes”, it will restore factory settings. See picture (7-22). （Picture 7-22） Click “Detector “to its interface. See picture (7-23). （Picture 7-23） There is no display at printing interface if no opening. Only printing interface opens, it shows filament.

  • Page 30: Software Setting

    Details of USB printing are as follows: Firstly, turn on the printer, and connect the printer to computer with a USB cable. Normally, the computer will automatically search the install drive. The newest communication chip of A30 Pro is CH340. See picture (8-1).
  • Page 31 If it shows the exclamation mark as picture below (8-2), then you need manually install the driver. （Picture 8-2） Download link for CH340: https://www.geeetech.com/index.php?main_page=download&download_id=40 After the driver is installed, check the “Device manager” and see if it is same as the picture below (8-3). If so, it means the driver is successfully installed.

  • Page 32: Install Slicing Software

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-3） 8.2Install slicing software Repetier-Host is the default slicing software here. Download address: https://www.repetier.com/download-software/） Set printer parameter When Repetier-Host is installed, turn on the printer and open the Repetier-Host. Repetier-Host supports several languages. You can choose your native language from Config>Language (Picture 8-4 for details).
  • Page 33 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd English interface as picture (8-5): （Picture 8-5） Using the Repetier-Host for the first time, printer parameters need to be configured before connecting. Click “Printer settings” on the top right corner, see picture (8-6). （Picture 8-6） It pops up the content as the picture below (8-7). Write down the relevant info accordingly. (Pay attention to the highlighted parts).
  • Page 34 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-7） b. Printer dialog(Picture 8-8) （Picture 8-8） c. Extruder dialog(Picture 8-9)
  • Page 35 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-9） d. Printer shape dialog(Picture 8-10) （Picture 8-10） Now the printer parameters are set. Note: The baud rate is still 115200, Mac OS, Repetier Host are the same.
  • Page 36 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Setting slicing parameter After setting the printer parameters, click “Connect” on the top left corner. The color of the icon changed to green means the printer connects to the Repetier-Host successfully. Click it again to “Disconnect”. See picture (8-11). （Picture 8-11）...
  • Page 37 Printer parameters are important to print quality. Customers need to run tests to find the best parameters for their printers. Here we provide a configuration file for your reference (“Geeetech A30 Pro PLA high.rcp”). You can import it according to the steps as follows. The following is an example of parameters for PLA (Picture 8-14): Click “Print>Import”...
  • Page 38 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-15） Now, the configuration file is imported, click “Save”. See picture (8-16). （Picture 8-16） Click “Filament”>“Import”. See picture (8-17).
  • Page 39 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-17） It pops up dialog as below (Picture 8-18); choose “Geeetech A30 Pro PLA high fi.rcf”and open it. （Picture 8-18） Now, the configuration file is imported. Click “Save”. See picture (8-19).
  • Page 40 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-19） Choose “Geeetech A30 Pro PLA high “as print configuration and “Geeetech A30 Pro PLA high fi” as printing material setting. Details see picture (8-20) below. （Picture 8-20） Now parameters setting are finished.

  • Page 41: Usb Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 8.3 USB printing You can start USB printing when the parameters setting finished. The model file format is .stl for 3D printer. You can download free models from websites such as thingiverse. You can also design your own models. Load the printing model Open the Repetier-Host and click “load”.
  • Page 42 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-23） Adjust the orientation of the model and try to make the flat part of the model touch the hot bed for printing, .See picture (8-24). （Picture 8-24） Note: If the model loaded is too big and beyond the printing platform, you need to zoom out the model.
  • Page 43 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-25） Or zoom in/out them separately, see picture (8-26). （Picture 8-26） Model slicing When the size and direction are set, choose the imported slicing parameter, and click “Cura Engine”. See picture (8-27).
  • Page 44 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-27） （Picture 8-28） You can find the model information such as estimated time, the amount of filament needed, etc. Click “Print” to start USB printing. The printer will heat to the target temp and then start printing. Under high temperature, the filament will flow out of the nozzle, which is normal.

  • Page 45: Tf Card Printing

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-29） 8.4TF card printing When all parameters are set, click “Save for SD print”. It will pop up a dialog as picture below (See picture 8-30) and then click the save button to generate a .gcode file. Copy the gcode file to the TF card.
  • Page 46 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 8-31） Choose the corresponding gcode file to start printing. Click “Printing” and it will start printing. See picture (8-32). （Picture 8-32） Note: The printer can only read gcode file and the file name should be English letters, a space, an underscore or their combination.

  • Page 47: Function Introduction

    9Function introduction 9.1Power -resuming capability A30 Pro has the power loss-resuming capability. When power recovery starts, it will pop up a dialog to ask if continuing the unfinished print caused by power outage, choose “Yes “and it will resume printing. See picture (9-1).
  • Page 48 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 9-2） （Picture 9-3） （Picture 9-4） Be sure it shows “ON”. See picture (9-5).
  • Page 49 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 9-5） It will pop up the notification “Err: No Filament” when the filament is run out during printing and the printer will stop. See picture (9-6). （Picture 9-6） And at picture (9-7), if the “Filament “shows red, which indicates “No Filament”. （Picture 9-7）...

  • Page 50: Touch For Auto Bed Leveling (Optical)

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd （Picture 9-8） 9.33D Touch for auto bed leveling (Optical) This printer supports auto bed leveling. Refer to the link below to know how to install the 3d touch sensor. Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_RtsZDbR2po&t=66s Visit our official forum: http://www.geeetech.com/forum/...

  • Page 51: Faq(Frequently Asked Questions)

    Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd 10 FAQ(Frequently Asked Questions) 10.1 Abnormal extrusion 1) The filament is tangled. The nozzle temp is too low to reach the melting temperature required. 2) There is carbonized residue inside the nozzle. 3) Please replace it with the spare nozzle. Insufficient heat dissipation of radiator of the extruder head causes the filament in the tube to melt in advance and the extrusion strength is insufficient.

  • Page 52: Print Stopped

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  • Page 53 Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd Shenzhen Getech Technology Co.,Ltd www.geeetech.com...

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