Stratasys J750 User Manual page 27

Stratasys J750 User Guide
You can monitor printer status by switching the printer interface display. To
do this, click the display toggle button on the printer interface screen.
Figure 4-4 Printer status
To begin printing:
Starting
Printing
➢ On the printer interface, click the red button to switch the printer to
When switching the printer to online mode, a message is displayed if a
maintenance activity is required to ensure optimum printing quality. (See
"Routine Maintenance Schedule" on page 4-25.) Maintenance notifications
can be disabled/enabled from the Options menu.
In the printer interface, the printer mode changes from Idle to Pre-print, as
the printer's components prepare themselves for production:
• The print block is heated.
• The UV lamps are powered and they warm up.
Depending on the size of the model(s) to be produced, printing can take
between several hours to several days. As long as there is enough Model and
Support material in the supply cartridges, printing proceeds automatically
until the job is finished.
The J750 printer uses up to six different Model-material cartridges to produce
models. In addition, two S upport-material cartridge are required. If additional
cartridges are installed and they are not immediately needed for printing, the
printer interface indicates this (see "Printer Interface Color Key" on the next
page).
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online mode.
The color of the button changes from red to green (see the figure on
page 4-3). I f there is a job in the printing queue, it is sent to the printer.
4 Operating and Maintaining the Stratasys J750 3D Printer
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