Objet Connex500 - Connex Printer Built-in Diagnostics

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Connex500/350 User Guide
14. AfterreplacingaUVlamp,itisrecommendedthatyoucalibrateits
powerforthevariousprintingmodes.Thefinalscreenallowsyouto
continuetotheUVCalibrationwizard(see“TestingandCalibrating
theUVLamps”onpage 7‐49).
Figure 7-94: Final wizard screen
Built-in Tests
ThesoftwarethatrunsyourConnexprintercontainsasuiteoftestsfor
regularlycheckingthehardwareandsoftware,andfortroubleshooting.
Youcanconfigurebasiccommunicationsandenvironmentteststorun
automatically,whentheConnexsoftwareopens.Inaddition,youcanruna
morecomprehensivesetoftestsbeforeprocessingaprintjob,asasystem
ch
eck,toensureoptimumprintingresults.
Becauserunningthetestseffectstheoperationoftheprinter,youcanonly
opentheBuilt‐inTestsinterfacewhentheConnexsystemisnotprinting.
Thetestsuitefeatures:
• Theorganizationofprinting‐relatedtasksincategories:
 Communications
 Datacards
 Temperatures
 Voltages
 Encoderrepeatability
 Print‐headheating
 Print‐headfilling
• Acleardisplayoftestresultsandthesourceofanyfailures,enabling
youtodetermineifprintingispossibleorworthwhile.
• Theabilitytomonitortestresultsforspecificcomponents.
• Troubleshootingtips.
Runningthesetestscanhelpidentifyproblemsintheprinterhardwareand
software.Alargenumberofhardwaredefects(ornear‐defects)warnsyou
ofpossibleprintingproblems,eitherforcurrentorfuturejobs.
Objet recommends running the built-in tests in the following cases:
• as a routine test, once every two weeks
• as a system check, before major (long) jobs
• as needed, for troubleshooting
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