3D Printer Quick Installation Guide
Ender-3 S1

For a better experience in using our product, you can also learn how to use the Printer in the following ways: View
the accompanied instructions and videos in the Storage card.

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1 Notes1

Do not use the printer any way other than described herein in order to avoid personal injury or property damage.

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Do not place the printer near any heat source or ﬂammable or explosive objects. We suggest placing it in a well-ventilated, low-dust environment.

3Do not expose the printer to violent vibration or any unstable environment, as this may cause poor print quality.

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Before using experimental or exotic ﬁlaments, we suggest using standard ﬁlaments such as ABS or PLA to calibrate and test the machine.

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Do not touch the nozzle or printing surface during operation as they may be hot. Keep hands away from machine while in use to avoid burns orpersonal injury.

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When cleaning debris from the printer hotend, always use the provided tools. Do not touch the nozzle directly when heated. This can cause personalinjury.

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Clean the printer frequently. Always turn the power oﬀ when cleaning, and wipe with a dry cloth to remove dust, adhered printing plastics or any othermaterial oﬀ the frame, guide rails, or wheels. Use glass cleaner or isopropyl alcohol to clean the print surface before every print for consistent results.

8This machine is equipped with a security protection mechanism. Do not manually move the nozzle and printing platform mechanism manually whilebooting up, otherwise the device will automatically power oﬀ for safety.

9Users should comply with the laws and regulations of the corresponding countries and regions where the equipment is located (used), abide byprofessional ethics, pay attention to safety obligations, and strictly prohibit the use of our products or equipment for any illegal purposes. Creality
will not be responsible for any violators' legal liability under any circustance.

2 Parts List

1 Base Frame X1

2 Nozzle Kit X1

3 Wire clamp X1

4 Spool X1

5 Gantry Frame X1

6 Display X1

7 Screen bracket X1

8 Material rack andﬁlament sensor X1

3 Tool list

9 Spade X1

13 Power Cord X1

10 Diagonal Pliers X1

14 Nozzle Cleaner X1

11 Filament X1

12 Wrench and screwdriver
X1

15 Storage Card &Card Reader X1

16 Nozzle X1

17 Hexagon socket head18 Hexagon socket ﬂat

spring washer combinationscrew M5x45 X5round head screw
M4x18 X4

19 Hexagon socket

head cap screw
M3x6 X5

20 Z-axis limit switch

kit x1

Tips: the above accessories are for reference only, in kind prevail!

4 Interface Descriptions
4.1 Description of Mainboard interfaces and Connections
10P Flexible Flat
Cable (FFC)

Mainboard fan

30P Flexible FlatCable (FFC)

Memory card slot

Heated Bed
Thermistor
Heated Bed

DC 24V
Type-C interface

Fuse

Z-axis motor
interface

Filament Sensor
Interface

Z limit interface

Touch screeninterface

Knob display
interface

4.2 Description of nozzle interfaces

4.3 Description of Z-axis
Adapter

24P Flexible Flat Cable (FFC)

Filament Sensor
Interface

+ 24V
- 24V
PWM
Front Print Fan Interface
Heatsink Fan Interface

Heating pipe

Auto Leveling Interface

Hotend Thermistor
Interface

Extrusion motor
interface

Z-Axis MotorInterface

5 Product installation

5.1 Nozzle assembly and wire clamp installation
A. Place the nozzle assembly on the mounting back panel of the extruder, pre-lock with four M3x6 hexagon
socket head cap screw, and then tighten to ﬁx it.
B. Clip the wire clamp to the back panel of the X-axis motor.

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5.2 Gantry frame installation
A. Move the right proﬁle of the bottom component out of the desktop about 35mm, and expose the installation
holes.
B. Place the gantry frame in the slot of the base, and pre-lock with two M5x45 hexagon socket head spring
washer combination screws from the bottom to the top on the hole.
C. Rotate the bottom assembly by 180° to ensure that the proﬁles on both sides are leveled up and down.
Pre-lock with two M5x45 hexagon socket head spring washer combination screws on the left hole, and thentighten to ﬁx it.
D. Rotate the bottom assembly by 180°, and tighten the screw on the right side.

When tightening the screws, use the short side of the wrench.

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Bottom view

5.3 Display installation
A. Place the display bracket on the side of the right proﬁle, and tighten it with three M4X18 hexagon ﬂatround head screws.
B. Align the pins on the back of the display with the large holes of the display bracket and insert them, andthen slide down to tighten it.

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5.4 Material rack installation
A. Find the material pipe accessories, and ﬁx the threaded end on the right end of the material rack.
B. Fit the front slot of the installed material rack to the front slot of the proﬁle, and then press down toclamp the bottom of the proﬁle.

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5.5 Equipment wiring
X, Z axis motor interface

X axis limit switch

1. Connect the nozzle to the 24pin port as shown in the ﬁgure. 2. Connect the X and Z axis stepper motors
according to the yellow label on 6pin (4 wires) port. 3. Connect the X-axis limit switch as indicated by theyellow label on the 3pin (2 wires) port. 4. Connect 3pin (3 wires) 2.0 port to the keysets, and 3pin (3 wires)
2.54 port to the ﬁlament detector.

Filament detector wiring

230V

115V

Filament detector wiring● Please ensure the correct position for the power supply switch and mains before supply connection, in order toavoid damage to the device.

Note● If the mains between 100V and 120V, please select the 115V for the power supply switch.
● If the mains between 200V and 240V, please select the 230V for the power supply switch (default is 230V).

6 Auto Leveling(Please use CR-Touch auto-leveling ﬁrst. If CR-Touch is damaged, please install Z-axis limit and manually level
the bed. For details, please refer to the instructions stored in the SD card.)

1. Turn on the equipment and select “Level”.
Default operation: The printer ﬁrst automatically returns to home for automatic calibration of 16 points, and thenreturns to home again to complete the leveling.

2. Enter “prepare→Z-oﬀset”, adjust the Z-axis compensation value so that the height from the nozzle tothe printing platform is about the thickness of a piece of A4 paper (0.08-0.1mm), click the knob toconﬁrm, and complete the setting of Z-axis compensation value.

0.08-0.1MM

the inclination of the printing platform is larger than 2mm, CR-Touch leveling will fail.
7 Auxiliary leveling （WhenPlease use the auxiliary leveling）

1. Enter “Control → Reset conﬁguration” to reset the printer parameters.

2. Enter “Prepare→ Auto Home” and return to the starting position.

3. Enter “Prepare → Move → Move Z”, and clear the value.

4. Enter “Prepare→Z-oﬀset”, adjust the Z-axis compensation value so that the height from the nozzle to theplatform is almost the thickness of A4 paper (0.08-0.1mm), click the knob to conﬁrm, and complete thecenter point leveling.

5.Enter “Prepare → Disable stepper” to turn oﬀ all enabled motors.

6. Adjust the knob at the bottom of the hot bed, move the nozzle to the four corners of the printing
platform, so that the height of the nozzle to the printing platform is almost the thickness of A4 paper(0.08-0.1mm) to ensure that the four corners are leveled.

The nozzle is so far away from the platform that theﬁlaments can’t attach to the platform.
Extrude the ﬁlaments evenly to make them attach to theplatform properly.

The nozzle is so close to the platform that the ﬁlaments
are not extruded enough, or even scratch the platform.

8 Load Filaments

A. In order to complete the loading smoothly, please trim the end of the ﬁlaments to an inclination of 45°.
B. First pass the ﬁlament through the ﬁlament detector hole, then press the handle of the extruder, and insert theﬁlament along the extruder hole until the nozzle position.
C.Preheat the nozzle. When the temperature reaches the set value, you can see that there are ﬁlaments ﬂowing out of
the nozzle, and the loading is completed.

Replace ﬁlaments：
1. In the case of no printing operation：
A. Heat the nozzle to above 185℃ to soften the ﬁlaments in the nozzle. Then press the extrusion handle and pull out the ﬁlaments
quickly to avoid getting stuck in the printer’s pipe;
B. Change the new ﬁlaments to the rack and install that according to step 8.
2. In the case of being printing：
A. Pause printing ﬁrst. When the printer stops working, press the extrusion handle and pull out the ﬁlaments quickly toavoid getting stuck in the printer’s pipe;
B. Replace the new ﬁlaments to the rack. Thread the ﬁlament through the ﬁlament sensor, press the extrusion handle through theﬁlament sensor and insert the ﬁlaments from the feed hole of the extruder into the nozzle. Push the ﬁlaments to remove theresidual ﬁlaments and resume printing after cleaning up.

9 First time Printing Instruction

Creality Slicer

1. Log in to the oﬃcial website to download(www.creality.com) or ﬁnd the Creality
software in the memory card and install it.
2. Select Preferences in sequence → Conﬁgure Creality→ Next → Select corresponding language → Next →Finish to complete the setting.

3. Select Printer (Ender-3 S1)

4. Enter the corresponding parameters → Close

LoadCreality Slicer

5. Open CrealitySlicer

6. Load File

7. Select File

8. Generate G code → Save to memory card

It is important to note ﬁle name within the memory card must
be in Latin letters or numbers. Chinese characters or any otherspecial symbol cannot be displayed by the printer.

9. Insert Memory Card User the screen
knob to select the menu Select the desire
print ﬁle.

Reminder: Please refer to user manual within the provided
memory card for software operation instructions.

10 Equipment Introduction
89123104561920211171 X-axis Limit Switch

92 Nozzle Assembly

10 X-axis Belt Tension Adjustment Knob

Filament Sensor

17 Y-axis Belt Tension Adjustment
Knob

3 Auto Leveling Assembly

11 Display

18 Coupler

4 Printing Platform

12 Z-axis Motor Z2

19 Z-axis Motor Z1

5 Memory Card Slot

13 Y-Axis Limit Switch

20 Power Switch

6 Type-C Connection

14 Voltage Toggle Switch

21 Power Socket

7 Tool Box

15 Y-axis Motor

8 Spool Holder

16 X-axis Motor

The actual product may be diﬀerent from the picture due to diﬀerent models. Please refer to the actualproduct. Shenzhen Creality 3D Technology Co., Ltd. reserves the right of ﬁnal interpretation.

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