LulzBot TAZ Workhorse - Starting Your First Print

Cura LulzBot Edition
• Preheat bed will set your bed temperature to what is dened in your
quality prole.
• Cool bed will turn o the power going to your heated bed, allowing
it to cool to room temperature.
• Cold pull will heat your hot end to the soften temperature set in
your prole, and then remove the lament from your hot end.
• Motors off will turn o the motors for the X axis, Y axis, and
Extruder. Your Z axis motors will remain engaged to prevent the X
axis gantry from falling while powered on.
• Level X-axis will raise your print head to its maximum Z height,
engaging both the left and right hand limit switches at the same time.
If your X-axis is unlevel, you will hear a brief skipping sound as it
levels itself.
2.5 Starting Your First Print
Once you have your model, prole, and lament loaded, it is time for your
rst print! Refer to the Quick Start Guide included with your 3D printer.
A PDF version is available at LulzBot.com/downloads.
Printing from USB Cable
Connect your 3D printer to a computer using a USB cable, power it on
and select the Monitor button at the top of the main screen. While in the
monitor screen select the connect button. Once connected, you will have
a notication in the top right corner of the screen that states ”Connected
via USB.”
Once you are connected, select "Print" from the lower right hand
corner. This will begin the process of heating your hot ends, cleaning
your nozzles, probing the corners, and starting the print.
USB Printing for Multiple Printers
If you plan to run multiple printers from one computer, you will want
to disable automatic port detection and manually specify which port to
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