Flashforge Finder User manual

This guide is only applicable to FLASHFORGE Finder 3D printer

The User Guide is in the USB stick.

1. Hot! Avoid touching the heating nozzle in operation.

2. Moving parts in printer may cause injury. Do not wear gloves

or other sources of entanglement in operation.

WARNING

USERGUIDE

FINDER

Quick Start Guide

SZ05-EN-A02

GREASE

Kit Contents

3D Printer Filament Spool Quick Start Guide After-sales Service Card

USB Stick

Power Adapter Power Cable USB Cable

Filament Guide Tube Screwdriver Unclogging Pin Tool Wrench

Allen Wrench Solid Glue PTFE Tube Grease

Getting to Know Your Finder

17 18

10. Z-Axis Guide Rod

4. X-Axis Guide Rod

9. Leveling Knob

7. Touch Screen

3. Y-Axis Guide Rod

8. Build Plate

1. Filament Cartridge 2. Filament Outlet

5. Filament Inlet 6. Spring Presser

12. USB Stick Input

11. USB Cable Input

16. Turbofan

14. Nozzle

17. Power Switch 18. Power Input

13. Servo 15. Turbofan Baffle

Unpacking

1. Open the box, grasp the two handles and then

lift your Finder out of the box.

2. Remove the side protective foam sheets,

you will see the Finder in a transparent bag.

3. Remove the tape and then remove the bag.

5. Remove the top foam sheet. 6. Discard the blue tape that holds the flat

cable in place. Be careful with the flat cable.

5. The foam sheet on top of the printer should

contain: Quick Start Guide, After-sales Service

Card, USB stick, Allen wrenches, screwdriver,

unclogging pin tool, wrench, PTFE tube, power

cable and grease.

7. Use scissors to cut the four buckles

that hold the rods in place.

8. Take the protective foam for filament

out of the Finder. You will see a spool of

PLA filament inside.

9. Lift the build plate up with care. 10. Remove the protective foam underneath.

It should contain: power adaoter, USB cable,

solid glue, filament guide tube.

11. Congratulations! You've unpacked your

printer. Please keep the kit and packing

for future use.

Hardware Assembly

1. Take out the filament cartridge in the rear of

Finder, where you will place the filament

spool.

2. Insert the filament into the guide tube and

thread the guide tube through the filament

outlet. Place the spool of filament in the

cartridge.

3. Put the filament cartridge back to the Finder. 4. Press the spring presser, and insert the

filament into the filament intake. Then release

the spring presser.

5. Connect power adapter with the power cable and then insert the power supply into the power

input on the back of the finder. Turn on the power switch and press the touch screen button to

turn on the printer.

Leveling Build Platform

HOME

Filament Level Home Manual

Setting Status About

Build Preheat Tools

Language

WiFi

Wlan hotspot

English

日本語

繁體中文

简体中文

Please wait while the extruder and platform

finish initial movements... Screw three nuts under the platform

anticlockwise until you can’t tighten them

any more, then tap [OK] button.

Start to Leveling Build Platform

1. Tap [Tools] - [Level] on your Finder touch screen. Please wait while the extruder and platform

finish initial movements. Screw three knobs under the platform anticlockwise until you can’t

tighten them any more, then tap [OK] button.

Extruder Calibration

How to change language

Yes No

Confirm

Are you sure you can’t

tighten these three nuts any

more?

Wait

Verifying the distance between nozzle

and plate...

Distance Too Big

Unscrew corresponding nut under

platform clockwise until hearing

a steady beep.

Wait

Please tap [Verify] button to

check whether the distance

is appropriate now.

Verify OK

Congrats

Tap [OK] button

to next point leveling.

2. Tap [Yes] if you can't tighten all the nuts any more, or tap [No] to continue tightening.

After selecting [Yes], the extruder will move towards the first point and the plate will move up

and down to verify the distance between nozzle and plate.

3. If the distance between the nozzle and plate is too large, rotate the knob underneath the

platform clockwise until you hear a steady beep. If the distance is too small, rotate the knob

anticlockwise until you hear a steady beep.

4. Then tap the [Verify] button to check whether the distance is appropriate this time.

If the distance is appropriate now, tap [OK] to the second leveling point. If still not, please

follow the prompts to adjust again till you see [OK] button.

Repeat steps 3 and 4 to level the second and third points. Then tap [Finish] to exit.

Distance Too Small

Screw corresponding nut under

platform anticlockwise until

hearing a steady beep.

Loading / Changing Filament

HOME

220℃ / 220℃

100%

220℃

Build Preheat Tools

Filament Level Home Manual

Setting Status About

Load Unload

Cancel

Extruder

I’m heating up...

Changing Filament Do not pull out the filament with force as it will damage the gears. If the melted

filament has cooled down in the extruder, please follow the steps below.

Build Preheat Tools

Extruder

Start

1. Tap [Tools] and then tap [Filament] and [Load] to load filament.

2. The extruder will automatically heat up. Once heated, filament will be drawn through the

extruder. Continue extruding until the extruder provides a steady flow of filament.

1. Tap [Preheat]--[Start] to heat up the extruder.

2. Once preheated, hold down the spring presser and pull out the filament.

3. Tap the return arrow, then insert the new filament into the filament intake. Select [Tools]-

[Filament]-[Load]. The filament will be drawn through the extruder once heated. Wait for the

extruder to provide a steady flow of filament.

First Print

Build Preheat Tools

1. Please insert the USB stick into Finder. In the print interface, tap [Build]-[USB Stick].

2. Turn to the next page, tap [Test files].

Extruder 55℃/220℃

Time left 1 hr 11 min

F-test

Build Copy

Delete

F-test

Total: 1 hr 11 min

3. Tap [F-test file]-[Build].

4. Once heated, the printer will start printing automatically.

Test Files 测试文件

Instructional Video 教学视频

F-test.gx

F-40mm_Box.gx

Leveling.g

Finder Quick Start Guide 快

速启动指南

Finder Use Guide 说明书

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