Glossary

Bed, Heatbed, Printbed - Commonly used term for printing pad - a heated area of 3D printer where 3D objects are printed.

Extruder - Printing head or extruder is a part of a printer consisting of a nozzle, hobbed pulley, idler and a nozzle fan.

Filament - Term for plastic provided on spool is called “filament”, it’s used throughout this handbook as well as in the LCD menu on the printer.

Heater, Hotend - other name for a printing nozzle.

1.75 - 3D printers use two different diameters (thickness) of a filament (thickness): 2.85 mm (commonly called as 3 mm) and 1.75 mm. 1.75mm version is more used worldwide though there is no difference in printing quality.