Prusa i3 MK2S KIT - 7 Rinting 2; R Emoving O Bjects F Rom T He P Rinter. 2

7 Printing
● Make sure that the nozzle and the bed are heated to the desired temperature. If you
forget to preheat the printing nozzle and the bed before printing, the printer will
automatically check the temperatures of the nozzle and the bed; printing will start
when desired temperature is reached - it can take several minutes. However, we
recommend preheating the printer beforehand as described in the chapter 6.3.8
Loading the filament into the extruder.
Do not let the preheated printer idle. When a printer is preheated and non-printing
material in an extruder degrades over time - it may cause the nozzle to jam up.
● Watch the first few printed layers to be sure filament has attached to the bed
properly (5 to 10 minutes).
● Press the LCD-knob and choose the Print from SD option from menu, press to
confirm and pick the desired model model_name.gcode. Printer will start printing the
object.
The filename (.gcode) must not contain any special characters otherwise the
printer is not able to display the file on the LCD. If you remove the SD while printing,
printer will pause automatically. When you reinsert the SD, press the LCD-knob and
choose “Continue” option. Confirm and printing will resume.
7.1 Removing objects from the printer.
● When printing is finished let the nozzle and heatbed cool down before removing the
printed object. Always handle the printed objects when temperature of the bed and
nozzle drop to the room temperature, when the bed is hot objects are very hard to
remove. Pull the bed towards you and remove the object gently.
● If you experience any troubles removing the object (especially the small ones) you
can use a flat tool like a spatula with rounded corners to prevent damage of PEI.
Slide the spatula under the corner of the object and gently push, until the print pops
of.
Pict.   11   -   Removing   the   model   from   PEI   print   surface   with   spatula
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