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Objet500 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 6-4 Printer status
Starting Printing
To begin printing:
➢ On the printer interface, click the red button to switch the printer to online
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 6-26.) 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.
When printing begins, the print manager program sends a number of slices to the
printer-control application. This fills the b uffer between the print manager a nd
the printer to ensure continuous printing. As each slice is printed, as a layer of
the models on the build tray, another slice is sent to the printer.
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.
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mode.
The color of the button changes from red to green (see the figure on page 6-
4). If there is a job in the Job Manager queue, it is sent to the printer. If there is
a job in the printing queue, it is sent to the printer.
6 Operating and Maintaining the Printer
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