This printer prints PLA only.
Flip red illuminated Switch on the right side of the printer to on.
Log into the printer using your web browser and the address shown on the printer control panel.
On the main panel in the web browser, click on the Home symbol to home your printer. After homing it will turn from orange to blue.
Place a piece of paper on the printer bed.
Jog the print head on the printer bed to 100,100,10.
Move Z position to 0.
On the side panel on the right side of the printer, disable steppers: Control, Steppers Off.
The paper should slide between the print head nozzle and the bed while touching both, the bed and the nozzle.
Adjust the bed level screws until the paper spacing is the same in all 4 corners.
Home the printer again.
In the web browser, select HEIGHTMAP.
Click calibrate and give the new mesh an appropriate name such as 2025_March_25.
Let the calibration complete. If the mesh looks somewhat flat, apply setting by SAVE SETTING on top right.
After settings are applied, home printer again.
On the Printer Panel select Temperature of Extruder
Preheat PLA, hotend
On the Printer Panel select one temoerature is reached
FILAMENT, UNLOAD FILAMENT FAST
On the feed motor press the handle with the spring,. This will release the filament from the advancing motor and pull it out.
Insert the new filament.
Press the handle and feed it through the feeder motor.
If you feel resistance, release the lever and use the feeder motor to advance the filament until you can see it in the feeding tube,: CONTROL, MOVE 1mm, MOVE E.
Push the lever and advance it all the way until it reaches the print head.
FILAMENT, LOAD FILAMENT SLOW, you should see filament coming out of the Nozzle.
Remove the filament poop
Select Ender3 Pro.
If it is not installed: Add Printer
Printer Presets (not Physical Printer)
Other FFF: Creality
Ender3-Pro 0.4mm Nozzle
Use the Prusa Slicer to import your STL 3D-model.
Select the proper 3D printer and fialement material. Select the proper Nozzle size. Select the proper print speed/settings.
Choose whether to use Brim and Support
Slice your model.
Save the G Code.
Upload the G Code in the printer Web browser using Uploda & Print.
You are required to watch the printer until the first 2 layers are completed. You will need to stop the printer if there is issue with layers adhering to printer bed.
Let the print bed cool down.
Brake the parts off the print bed,
Turn the red switch on he side of the printer off.
Wipe the print bed with ethanol. If you used glue adhesive, clean the print bed with water before wiping it with ethanol
Remove the printer poop and make sure no filament is stuck to the nozzle.
If you need to disassemble the print head, you will need to adjust the Z offset in the printer configuration file.
Home printer
Move printer to 100,100,10
Use CONSOLE: PROBE_CALIBRATE command
Let it complete.
Adjust hight on the web interface with the -- sign until its close to surface. Then use - and + to fine adjust and finally the +/- 0.01 buttons.
Accept the height.
SAVE CONFIG top right.
Product: https://www.creality.com/goods-detail/ender-3-pro-3d-printer
Slicer Software: Prusa Slicer Software, (latest open source releases with source code are available on github), for regular users its better to obtain the code through the manufacturers website.