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Working with the Build Page

Loading a File

The Print Job Information Panel is empty upon initial startup and the Build Status Display
reflects its idle state. When there are no job files are available within the Job Queue, the Load
File button will be displayed within the Build page. Visibility of this button is dependent upon the
method used to load job files to the printer.
A job must be selected for building before the job's details will be displayed within the Build
page. In order to build a job, you must first load the job's corresponding job file to the printer.
Job files can be loaded via network transfer (Ethernet or Wi-Fi) using the GrabCAD Print
application on your workstation PC or by plugging a USB flash drive into one of the printer's
USB ports and navigating to the job file via the Queue page (see
Queue" (page 46)
Job Queue. Job files can be sorted as needed within the Queue page allowing you to select the
job you'd like to build (see
If you send a single job file to the printer via network transfer using GrabCAD Print, the
job's details will automatically be displayed within the Build Status Display once the job file
is received by the printer, as this job will be the only item in the Job Queue. The Load File
button will be hidden from view once the job file is received by the printer via network
transfer.
If you send two or more job files to the printer via network transfer using GrabCAD Print,
the job details of the first file sent will automatically be displayed within the Build Status
Display once the job file is received by the printer, as jobs are built in the order they're sent
to the printer. The Load File button will be hidden from view once the first job file is received
by the printer via network transfer.
If you do not send files to the printer using GrabCAD Print and instead plug a USB flash
drive into one of the printer's USB ports, the Load File button will be visible within the Build
page. You can use this button to select a single job file you'd like to build directly from the
flash drive.
To load a file:
1. Plug a USB flash drive into one of the available USB ports on the front of the printer (see
Figure 3 (page 20)
A job file must be loaded onto the printer and selected for building before the job's
details will be displayed within the Build page.
for details). The job file you wish to build must be the first item listed in the
"Editing the Job Queue" (page 50)
The Load File button within the Build page allows you to quickly select a single
file to build off of a USB flash drive. The selected file will automatically be queued
for building. If you'd like to populate the Job Queue with multiple job files, follow
the instructions within
for USB port locations).
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"Adding a Job to the Job Queue" (page
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for details).
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