Stratasys Objet1000 Plus - Printer Interface Color Key

Objet1000 Plus User Guide 6 Operating and Maintaining the Objet1000 Plus 3DPrinter
DOC-06810 Rev.B 6-8
Duringprinting,theservercomputermustremainonanditmust
communicatewiththeObjet1000Plusprinter.Donotlog-offWindowsuntil
printingisfinished.
TheObjet1000PlusprinterusesoneortwoModel-materialcontainersand
oneSupport-materialcontainertoproducemodels.Ifadditionalcontainers
areinstalledandtheyarenotimmediatelyneededforprinting,theprinter
interfaceindicatesthis(see"PrinterInterfaceColorKey"below).
Printer
Interface
Color Key
Thebackgroundcolorsintheprinterindicatorfieldstellyouataglance
whetherornotthevalueoritemissuitableorreadyforprinting.
•Green—suitable/readyforprinting
Forexample,inFigure6-5onthepreviouspage:
❒ Heads Liquid—ThelevelofModelandSupportmaterialinthe
print-blockreservoirisOK.
❒ Heads Vacuum—Thevacuumlevelinthesystemiswithinthe
acceptablerange.
❒ Evacuation—TheflowofexhaustairfromtheprinterisOK.
❒ Pre-Heater—TheModelandSupportresinsneedtobeheatedbefore
beingsuppliedtotheprintblock.Thetemperaturehasreachedthe
acceptablerange.
•Red—notsuitableforprinting(orindicatesawarning)
Forexample,inFigure6-5onthepreviouspage:
❒ Ambient—Theambienttemperatureoftheprintingchamberisnot
withintheacceptablerange.
•Blue—notready
Forexample,inFigure6-5onthepreviouspage:
❒ UV lamps—TheUVlampsarenoton.
❒ Heads (°C)—Theheadshavenotreachedthetemperaturerequiredfor
printingmodels(inprintingmode).
❒ Pre-Heater—TheModelandSupportresinsneedtobeheatedbefore
beingsuppliedtotheprintblock.Thetemperaturehasnotyetreached
theacceptablerange.
Thecolorofthematerialcontainersdisplayedintheprinterinterface
indicateswhichcontainersareactiveforthecurrent(ornext)printjob.
Forexample,inFigure6-3onpage6-3:
•Blue—activecontainer
•Gray—reservecontainer