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Many of the basic operations and components of the ProX® SLS 6100 have been covered in the previous sections of this
manual . These will be referenced under the appropriate headings below . Remaining details will be described here .
ProX® SLS 6100 START-UP SEQUENCE
To start up the ProX® SLS 6100 printer to prepare for a print job, follow the steps described in the section,
“ProX ® SLS 6100
Start-Up Sequence.”
3D SPRINT AND SINTER APPLICATIONS
To print parts with your printer, you must prepare the models in
3D Sprint
and run the BPF in the
Sinter
application . Follow the
procedures listed in section 4,
“Printing Parts with the ProX® SLS 6100.”
Messages in the Sinter Application
When Sinter is running various types of messages appear in the Message List window (described below) . Alarm and warning
messages also appear in pop-up windows you must acknowledge .
Message Types in Sinter
TYPE
COLOR
DEFINITION
Message
Black
Informational only or tells of a minor error . These generally occur when you enter
different data than the system expects or when a dependency is not met .
Advisory
Yellow
Something occurred that can turn into an alarm condition if not corrected in a specified
time .
Warning
Yellow
Something serious may occur that you should attempt to correct; does not terminate
the print .
Alarm
Red
Indicates something occurred that will halt the current operation and return the SLS
system to a safe state .
About the Message List Window
The Sinter application displays messages in a
Message List
window . New messages appear at the top of the window; old
messages scroll down as new ones appear . Messages are color coded to indicate their type . You can select a message and
then right-click to acknowledge it; after you do so, it turns black, whatever its initial color was . See
Responding to Messages
in
Sinter Help for more information on acknowledging messages .
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PROX® SLS 6100 SYSTEM OPERATIONS