Stratasys Objet1000 Plus - Preparing the Printer

Objet1000 Plus User Guide 6 Operating and Maintaining the Objet1000 Plus 3DPrinter
DOC-06810 Rev.B 6-6
Producing Models
Modelscanbeprintedaftertheyarearrangedonavirtualbuildtrayina3D
printingapplication.Twosuchapplicationsareavailableforpreparingtrays
forprintingontheObjet1000Plusprinter:
•ObjetStudio
•GrabCADPrint
Forinformationaboutpreparingmodelfilesforprinting,seetherelevant
documentation—
•"UsingObjetStudio"chapterinthisuserguideorHelpintheObjetStudio
application.
•GrabCADPrintonlinedocumentation.
Preparing the
Printer
Beforebeginningtoproducemodels,itisrecommendedthatyoucheckthe
currentprintingqualityoftheprintheadsbyperformingapatterntest(see
"PatternTest"onpage6-24).
Topreparetheprinterforproducingmodels:
1. Makesurethatthebuildtrayintheprinterisemptyandclean.Ifnot,
removecuredmaterialwiththescraper,andcleanthetraythoroughly
withawetcleaningcloth.
ThebuildtrayfortheObjet1000Plusprinterisremovable,whichaidsin
theremovalandhandlingofprintedmodels.Makesurethatthebuildtray
isinstalledwhenpreparingtheprinterforproducingmodels.
Caution
Useprotectivegloveswhencleaningthebuildtray,andbecarefulofthe
sharpedgesofthescraperblade.
2. Checkthattheprintheadsandrollerassemblyareclean.Ifnot,clean
thembeforeprinting,especiallyiftheprintjobislongerthan100hours.
3. MakesurethatthereissufficientModelandSupportmaterialloaded,as
indicatedontheprinterinterface(seethefigureonpage6-3).Youmay
wanttoreplacethecontainersofModelandSupportmaterialcurrently
loadedintheprintertoavoidtheneedforreplacingthemduringprinting.
Forinstallingmaterialcontainersandreplacingemptyones,see"Loading
ModelandSupportContainers"onpage6-4.
ForchangingthetypeofModelmaterialcurrentlyloaded,see"Changingthe
PrintingMaterial"onpage6-13.