User Manual

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 CONTENTS

Preface
1. Use Instruction……………………………………………………………………………..…4
2. Installation Instruction…………………………………………………………… …… 6
3. Spare Parts List……………………………………………………………………………....7
4. Parameter…………………………………………………………………………8
5. Name of Parts………………………………………………………………....9
6. Installation………………………………………………………………………10
7. Machine Function Introduction ……………………………………………………21
7.1 Operation Interface ……………………………………………..............................21
7.2 First Printing …………………………………………………………………………….25
7.3Machine leveling
7.4 Load Filament …… ……………………………………………………………….…31
7.5 Remove Model ……………………………………………………………………… 32
7.6 Unload Filament ………………………………………………………………………

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 Preface
Dear customer:

Thanks for choosing and using Anet 3D printer. For your convenience, please read the

instructions carefully before using them and follow the instructions strictly.

Special Version:

1. All the contents in this manual have been checked carefully. If there is any misprint or
misunderstanding of them, Anet reserves the right to interpret it.

2. This user manual is for reference only and does not constitute any form of commitment.

3. It is recommended to use Anet original filament.

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 1. Use Instruction
In order to prevent damage to you and others in the process of using, Please be aware of
the following:
● Please do not attempt to use the machine in any way undescribed in the instructions to avoid

accidental personal injury and property damage.

● Please do not place this machine near inflammable and explosive materials or high heat sources.

Please place this machine in a ventilated, cool and dust free environment.
● Please do not place the printer on a larger vibrating or other unstable platform. The shaking
of the machine will affect the printing quality.
● Please do not replace the power line of other products during installation. Please use the
original power line supplied with the machine. The working power supply uses 115V-230V AC. The
power plug must be plugged into the three holes socket with ground wire to avoid damage to
components or accidents such as fire and electric shock.
● Please do not touch the nozzle and heating bed during the printer working to prevent high
temperature burns and personal injury.
● Please do not wear gloves or wrappers when operating the machine in case the movable parts
cause entanglement and cutting damage on the human body parts.

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 ● After printing, please use the remaining temperature of the nozzle to clean up the filament on
the it with the help of tools. Do not touch the nozzle directly with your hands during cleaning
to prevent scalding.
● Please use a shovel carefully to avoid personal injury when removing model.
● Please often do product maintenance. In the circumstance of power off, please regularly clean
the printer body with dry cloth to wipe away dust and bonded printing materials, foreign objects
on guide rails, and lubricating oil is recommended for sliding parts, screw rods and bearing
parts.
● Children under 14 years old or people above 60 years old, please use this machine under the
adult people to avoid personal injury.
● Some filaments will produce slight odor but it won't make people feel uncomfortable , so it is
recommended that you use A8 Plus in a well-ventilated environment.

● Self-disassembly or modification may cause damage or abnormal performance, and your machine
will no longer enjoy warranty service.
● It is recommended to use E16 in a well-ventilated environment. Please cut off the power
supply after using.

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 2 Installation Instruction

●Please make sure the packing is intact before receiving the goods.

●After unpacking, please check carefully whether the parts list is consistent with the physical

parts.

●If you have any problems, please contact your supplier or Anet in time.

●Pictures in this manual are for your reference ,please take the object as the standard.

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 2 Spare Parts List
No. Picture Name Qty. No. Picture Name Qty.

1 Chassis kit 1 10 Filament holder kit 2 1

2 Vertical frame kit 1 11 Power line 1

Screw bag Line bag （Heating bed line \

3 （ T nut *3, M4*8 screw*3, M5*20 1 12 X, Y, Z1, Z2 motor line \X, Y, Z 1
cylindrical head screw*4） limit switch line）

Limit switch bag Black winding pipe bag

4 (Limit switch*2, 1 13 (R clip, ribbon, fixing clip, 1
KB2.3*12*2) winding pipe )

Protective tube bag 1

5 Power supply kit 1 14
（10A 15A） (Gift)

1
6 Mainboard kit 1 15 Rubber finger cot
(Gift)

Tool bag
（Hexagon wrench bag, 1
7 Display screen 1 16
transparent ruler, plier, (Gift)
screwdriver）

A8 Plus electronic data 1

8 Display screen holder 1 17
(TF card, reader) (Gift)

1
9 Filament holder kit 1 1 18 PLA filament*10m
(Gift)

Attention: The gifts in the parts list and toughened glass do not enjoy the warranty policy.

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 4 Parameter

Model: A8 Plus Nozzle diameter: 0.4mm

Layer precision: 0.1-0.4mm Product dimensions: 612*462*573 mm

Printing speed: 40-120mm/s Product weight: 10kg

XY axis position precision: 0.015mm Packing dimensions: 600*570*215mm

Z axis position precision: 0.004mm Packing weight: 12.8kg

Printing material: ABS, PLA, HIPS etc. Build volume: 300mm*300mm*350mm

Filament tendentiousness: PLA Display: LCD 12864

Filament diameter: 1.75mm Offline printing: Yes

Software language: English Support file format: STL, G-Code, OBJ

Moulding support automatically: Yes Operating systems: Windows, MAC

Environmental requirements:
Slice software: Cura
Temperature 10-40℃ Humidity 20-50%

5 Name of Parts

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 6. Machine Installation

Step 1
No. Name Qty.
1 Chassis kit 1
2 Vertical frame kit 1
3 M5*20 Socket hexagon screw 4
M5*20

After assembly
Before assembly

Vertical
frame kit

Attention：
Chassis kit 1.The vertical frame kit is placed on the
chassis kit, aligned with the hole position
on the aluminum profile of the chassis, and
the vertical frame and chassis are fixed
with 4 M5 * 20 screws.
2. Corner bracket installation: tighten the
Screw holes are installed on aluminum profile screw with a wrench, the T nut will rotate
Step 2 90 degrees, the corner bracket is fixed.

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 Step 2
No. Name Qty.
1 Power supply kit 1
2 X Limit switch 1
3 KB2.3*12 Cross recessed countersunk screw 2

KB2.3*12

Before assembly After assembly

Attention:
1. Install the X axis limit switch as shown above.
2. Install the power supply kit on the aluminum profile card slot.
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 Step 3
No. Name Qty.
1 Z axis limit switch kit 1

As shown in the picture, install the limit

switch at the Z1 axis.

The installation position of the Z axis limit

switch is 80mm away from the Y axis profile 80mm

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 Step 4
No. Name Qty.
1 Mainboard kit 1

After disassembly
Before disassembly

Attention:
Split the mainboard kit, retain the 4 M3 * 6 hexagon socket screws.

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 Step 5
No. Name Qty.
1 Line bag 1

1. Disassemble the mainboard kit shell and fixed it into the groove.
2. Machine wiring: the wire of the extruder is wrapped with winding pipe, then it
passes through the wire hole on the shell together with the left X axis limit switch
wire and the X axis motor wire(as shown below picture).
Please pass the lines of extruder, X axis limit Pass all other wires through the holes
switch and X axis motor through the square hole under the mainboard (pay attention to the
on the mainboard, as shown in the picture: end that passes through matching the
Fix mainboard on the groove mainboard socket)

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 Step 6

According to the schematic diagram of the line port and the label of the wiring, find the
corresponding wiring and plug in all the wiring, the cable with the word "-A" is connected to
one end of the mainboard.

Wiring sheet：
Name Cable label Mainboard port Name Cable label Mainboard port

Z axis motor X-Motor-A X X axis limit switch X axis limit switch line-A S-X

Y axis motor Y-Motor-A Y Y axis limit switch Y axis limit switch line-A S-Y

Z1 axis motor Z1-Motor-A Z1 Z axis limit switch Z axis limit switch line-A S-Z

Z2 axis motor Z2-Motor-A Z2 Heating bed-A BED

Heating bed
E axis motor E-Motor-A E Thermistor-A B-T

Extruder Extruder thermistor-A E-T TF card TF card port

Extruder Extruder heating tube-A EDN power supply Power supply line-A +-

LCD grey ribbon cable

Display screen LCD Fan Fan with line-A FAN2
-A

Display screen J3 grey ribbon cable-A J3 Air blower Air blower with line-A FAN1

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 Schematic diagram of line port installation

There is no need to separate

positive and negative
electrodes

There is no need to separate

positive and negative
electrodes

(+ red line , - black line )

Heating bed thermistor

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 1. Except that the electronic wire shown in step 6 passes through the jack at the upper end of the
mainboard, the remaining electronic wires are all pulled out from the holes under the mainboard, and the
machine is connected from below the machine to avoid affecting the operation of the machine.
2. When all wiring is plugged in, please remove the zip ties on the black belt, plug in the power line, turn
on the machine for trial operation(please refer 7.2 First Printing ), and then install the mainboard shell
after everything is normal.

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 Step 7
No. Name Qty.
1 Display screen base 1
2 Display screen kit 1

Before assembly After assembly

After the installation of the display screen is
completed, place it directly on the magnet to complete
the installation of the display screen kit.

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 Step 8
No. Name Qty.
1 Filament holder 1
2 M4*8 Hexagon socket screw 2
3 M4 T nut 2

Before assembly After assembly

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 Step 9
Schematic diagram of product installation completion:

Front Back
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 7 Machine Function Introduction
7.1 Operation Interface
Actual temperature Target temperature Target temperature
of extruder of extruder Actual temperature of heating bed
of heating bed

Rotary button
(left and right for selection,
press for confirmation)
XYZ axis coordinates
Speed adjustment ratio Printing time

Printing Reset button

Status bar
speed bar

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 7.2 First Printing
7.2.1 Install TF Card
Insert TF as shown in picture 2

TF card TF card installation completed

7.2.2 Machine leveling

1. Auto home operation: Adjust the spring around the heating bed to the tightest ( counterclockwise ),
press the rotary button to enter the main menu, select“Prepare”→“Auto home”, the machine begins to
move toward the position of the limit switch until it stops moving after touching the limit switch.

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 2.Disable steppers operation: Press the rotary button to enter the main menu, select“Prepare”→“Disable
steppers”.
3.Manual leveling：Move the nozzle to the heating bed, and observe the distance between the nozzle and the
heating bed from the front of the machine. If the distance between the nozzle and the four corners of the
heating bed is 0.1mm (the thickness of a piece of A4 paper, A4 paper can pass through the gap and feel
slight resistance), leveling is not required. If the distance between the nozzle and the four corners of
the heating bed is greater than or less than 0.1mm, adjust according to step 4.

The distance between the nozzle

and heating bed

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 4. Adjust the distance: Fine - tuning the "distance" to make its size about 0.1mm meet the printing
requirement. Move the nozzle to the other three corners of the heating bed, and sequentially adjusting the
spring compression of the four corners of the heating bed in one direction (clockwise or counterclockwise),
so that an A4 paper (about 0.1mm) can pass through this distance and feel a slight resistance, and there is
no scratch on the platform when moving the extruder.

Adjust spring

Nut

Attention: turning the nut counterclockwise is A4 paper can pass through the distance between the
tight and turning the nut clockwise is loose. four corners of the heating bed and nozzle, and feel
slight resistance.

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 7.2.3 Load Filament
1． Perheat Machine

Before loading filament, the machine needs to be preheated. The following pictures illustrates PLA
filament as an example, and the operation is as follows.
Operating method: Press the knob→“Prepare”→“Preheat PLA”→“Preheat PLA”, the machine starts to
perheat ( the main interface shows that the machine is perheat ).

。
The heating bed and extruder reach
the target temperature

Note: If you want to print with ABS filament, you must select " Preheat ABS" for preheating.

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 2. Load Filament

Load filament automatically:

1. A roll of PLA filament: Filament specifications: Diameter :1.75mm; Material: PLA ;Printing temperature:
200-230℃;
2.Please press rotary button →“Prepare”→“Change filament”, the main interface will display
“Heating nozzle Please wait……”,the interface will display “Wait for start of the filament change”
after the nozzle temperature rises to the target temperature →“Wait for filament unload ” →“Insert
filament and press button to continue…” → then please press rotary button;
3. Straighten up the filament (or cut the filament into bevels with plier),then pass the filament through
the extruder;
4.Meanwhile the main interface will display “Wait for filament load” →“Wait for filament
extrude”,please click “Resume print”to start printing;
5. If the nozzle has filament outflow, the installation of filament is successful. If the installation of
filament is not successful, please select“Extrude more”to re-load.

Attention: The function of automatic material advance and retreat is carried out according to the steps of material return first and

material feed later, when the first printing has not started installing filament yet, please wait for 1 - 3 minutes. After the interface

displays “Insert filament and press button to continue”, insert filament into the extruder for automatic feeding.

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 Wait for start of the filament change Wait for filament unload
Heating nozzle Insert filament and press button to continue…
Please wait…

Wait for filament extrude Wait for filament load

Resume print
Extrude more

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 3 Printing
1. After leveling is completed and the filament is installed successfully, press the rotary button to
enter the main menu, press " Print from SD" → " Main" and select the file under " Main" to start first
printing.
2. In the process of printing, if you want to pause printing, press the rotary button to enter the main
menu, press " Prepare" → " Pause print" to pause printing, and press " Resume print" to resume printing.

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3. If you want to stop printing during printing, press the rotary button to enter the main menu, press "
Prepare" → " Stop print" to stop printing, press the reset button to resume normal operation of the
machine and select to reprint the model.

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 4 Remove Model
After the model printing is finished, the model is shoved down against the glass surface with a shovel.

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 7.3 Unload Filament

Automatic unload filament (taking PLA as an example)

Please press rotary button →“Prepare”→“Change filament”, the main interface will display “Heating
nozzle Please wait……”,wait for 1-2 mins ,the interface will display“Wait for start of the filament
change”after the nozzle temperature rises to the target temperature →“Wait for filament unload ” ,the
machine automatically unload filament ,then pulls out the filament in the vertical direction and unload
the filament.

Heating Nozzle Wait for start of the filament change Wait for filament unload
Please wait…

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