Filament Pathway States - Stratasys F123 Series Manual

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Filament Pathway States

The pathway between the Material Status Icon and corresponding Head Status Icon will take
on a variety of colors and display various graphics, depending on the load state of the
associated material spool's filament. For printers with two model bays and two support bays
(F270 and F370 models), only one material can be loaded to or unloaded from the
corresponding head at a time. The pathway corresponding to the material bay whose material
spool is not being loaded/unloaded will be solid gray or dashed gray, depending on the
material's load status. Regardless of the number of model and support bays, only one material
Table 8: Material Load Control Buttons - Load Button States
• The Load button is only selectable once a material spool's filament
has contacted the filament present switch in the material drive but
is not yet loaded to the head, given that another spool's material is
not already loaded to the head.
• Pressing the Load button in this state will instruct the printer to load
material to the corresponding head.
Load button is disabled and not selectable.
Table 9: Material Load Control Buttons - Unload Button States
• The Unload button is only selectable once a material spool's
filament is loaded to the corresponding head.
• Pressing the Unload button in this state will instruct the printer to
unload material from the corresponding head.
Unload button is disabled and not selectable.
Table 10: Material Load Control Buttons - Cancel Button States
• The Cancel button is only selectable after the Load or Unload
button have been pressed.
• Pressing the Cancel button will cancel the material load/unload in
process.
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