Ultimaker 2 Extended User manual
Manual for the Ultimaker 2+
and Ultimaker Extended 2+
3D printers
Makers Lab
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Contents
Begin 3D printing ..........................................................................................................3
Removing and introducing material...............................................................................4
Introducing material ......................................................................................................9
Preparing build plate...................................................................................................12
Preparing 3D print in Cura 4.2.1 .................................................................................13
Begin printing..............................................................................................................17
3D print ready .............................................................................................................18
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Begin 3D printing
The manual is based on Cura version 4.2.1.
There is already material
in the printer and I will be
printing with this material.
Continue on page 12.
There is no material in the
printer. Continue on
page 9.
There is already material
in the printer, but I will not
be printing with this
material. Continue on
page 4.
There is already material
in the printer and I want to
remove it. Continue on
page 4.
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Removing and introducing material
Switch on the printer with the switch
on the back to the left.
Twist the knob on front and select
MATERIAL.
Press the button.
Select CHANGE and press the
button.
The printing head will be heated up
to prepare for removing the
material.
The material will then be retracted
through the Bowden tube.
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Remove the material from the
feeder.
Be certain that you also remove the
thin strands of residual material
from the Bowden tube which are
attached to the material.
Press the spool holder inside and
remove the spool from the spool
holder.
Do you only want to remove the
material?
In that case, switch off the printer
with the switch on the back to the
left.
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Place another spool on the spool
holder. The material should run off
the spool on the bottom, on the
feeder side.
Snip off the end, making a level cut.
Select READY and press the
button.
Select PLA and press the button.
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The printer head will heat up.
Wait until the menu ‘Insert new
material from the…..’ appears.
Now insert material into the bottom
of the feeder until the feeder grasps
the material. If necessary, you can
press up the switch on the side.
Select READY and press the
button.
The material will be led through the
Bowden tube.
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Wait until the material leaving the
nozzle is the same colour as the
material that was introduced.
Select READY and press the
button.
Select ‘Return’ and press it twice.
You have now returned to the Start
menu.
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1091
GC Amsterdam
Introducing material
Switch on the printer with the switch
on the back to the left.
Place a spool on the spool holder.
The material should run off the
spool on the bottom, on the feeder
side.
Snip off the end, making a level cut.
Select MAINTENANCE and press
the button.
Select ADVANCED and press the
button.
Select ‘Insert material’ and press
the button.
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MAKERS LAB
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Rhijnspoorplein 1
1091
GC Amsterdam
The printer head will heat up.
Wait until the menu ‘Insert new
material from the…..’ appears.
Now insert material into the bottom
of the feeder until the feeder grasps
the material. If necessary, you can
press up the switch on the side.
Select READY and press the
button.
The material will be led through the
Bowden tube.
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