ZPrinter
®
450 Hardware Manual
Additional Operations
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5 Additional Operations
When you start a print job, ZPrint checks the printer to ensure there are enough materials to complete
the job and that the printer is properly prepared before starting the job. If the printer does not have
enough powder, binder, or print head life to complete the job, a message appears in the
Printer Status
dialog telling you what you need to do to prepare the printer before printing.
Important:
Do not add powder or binder to the printer, or change a print head, unless you see a mes-
sage telling you to in the
Printer Status
dialog.
In the example above, the
Printer Status
dialog on the left is ready for printing. Notice that each item
shows
OK
, (except for the Build Temperature), and the
button is enabled. From here you would
choose your printing options and click
to start the job. Before the printer starts printing your file, it
will first:
•
fill the Build Bed with powder
•
spread a layer to ensure the Build Bed surface is smooth
•
service the print heads
•
run an auto-alignment if a print head was replaced or removed for cleaning after the previous build
If there are not enough materials to complete the job, or the printer is not properly prepared, a mes-
sage appears similar to the example on the right above. When any
one
of these messages appears,
the
button is disabled. The remainder of this chapter describes how to clear a message in the
Printer Status
dialog and start the build.
ZPrint allows you to
continue and
print if:
•
The printer build temperature is still warming up.
•
A Head Alignment will be performed. The Head Alignment runs before the part begins to print.
