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Its finally here!!! Its at my house and Ill be checking it out when I get home from work. I cant wait!! This day is going to go by so slow now. LOL Any advise for a first time user? Should I level the bed first, or update the firmware, or can you print right out of the box?
You can most likely print right out of the box (After the software is setup and all).
My advice, for what it is worth, is to first check to make sure that your Z height is correct so you won't experience running your nozzle into the table or tearing your kapton (this should be spot on from the factory but I still checked).
After that start printing away. Many I think start tweaking things right away and get themselves in a mess. That is ok once you have experience since mod it is half the fun but just enjoy it the way it is for awhile and print some stuff!!
If yours comes like mine did- the extruder will be tight against the bed. Manually turn the Z screw to lower the bed it if this is the case.
Set Z height, and level the bed and you should be good to start. Get a feel for it.
...you don't look so good, maybe you should go home sick.
Another thing I found helpful.
After you have your Z set about right, mark the front of the screw with a paint line or something. That way if you play around with your Z height you always have a reference mark to go back to (unless your a full turn off which is way off anyways).
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