Afinia H480 3D Printer User’s Manual : Installing the Afinia H480 3D Printer

Attaching the Material Spool

Attach the Material Spool with these steps:

A. Connect the power adapter to the power interface and turn on the power switch.

B. Install the ABS plastic spool holder and filament guide.

a. Insert the tab on the back of the spool holder into the slot on the left side of the printer.

b. Slide the spool holder down as far as it will go.

C. Put the ABS Material Spool onto the holder with the end of the filament pointing up from the back. Thread the filament through the Filament Guide at the top of the spool holder.

D. Insert the end of filament into one end of the Filament tube. Feed the filament

through the tube until about 4 inches of filament protrudes from the tube.

The filament will be loaded into the extruder later in the installation process.

Driver and Software Installation

Mac

Insert the Installation Disc into your Mac. Open the disc, go into the Mac folder, and

double-click the Afinia Mac Setup.pkg icon. Follow the prompts through the installation. The drivers will be added and the Afinia software will be installed to the Applications folder.

Windows

Insert the Installation Disc into your PC. If the installer does not launch automatically, start the Afinia H480 3D Printer setup.exe file in the PC directory on the installation disc and install to the specified directory (default is Program files\Afinia\Afinia 3D Printer).

Note: This installs the Afinia H480 3D Printer software, the Afinia H480 3D Printer drivers, and the Afinia H480 3D Printer sample files into your Program files\Afinia\Afinia 3D Printer folder.

Follow the instructions in the Installer to be sure the drivers and software are all in place before attempting to use the Printer. The instructions below will follow the same order as those in the Installer.

Installing the Printer

Mac

Simply connect the Printer to your Mac using the USB connection on the back of the Printer.

Windows Vista, Windows 7, and Windows 8

As part of the installation, the 3D Printer drivers are pre-installed and you will be prompted to connect the Printer to your PC. The Printer will be recognized and automatically installed when it is connected to your PC.

Windows XP

Since XP does not have the driver pre-installation ability, the drivers must be manually installed when the Printer is connected to the PC. Follow these steps:

A. Connect the printer to a computer with the USB cable. If the computer displays the “Found New Hardware Wizard” window, choose No, not this time, and click the Next button.

B. Choose Install from a list or specific location (Advanced) and click Next. 

C. Select the option to Search removable media; the drivers are located on the

installation disc. 

If you are installing from a download, click Browse, then navigate to C:\Program

files\Afinia\Afinia 3D Printer\Driver, then Next.

D. If the following dialog box appears, click Continue Anyway, and the drivers will install automatically.