Stratasys Objet260 - Printing Modes

Objet260 User Guide 5 Using Objet Studio
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Printing Modes
Objet260printerscanbuildmodelsusingthreepossibleprintingmodes.
HQ(HighQuality)Mode—
•Modelsareprintedin16-micronlayers,resultinginsmoothsurfaces,
suitableforproducingfine-detailedanddelicateitems.
•Almosttwiceasmuchtimeisrequiredtoprintmosttrays,comparedto
theHighSpeedsetting.
•Thissettingisonlyavailablewhenmodelmaterialcanbeusedinfour
printheads,insingle-material printing.
Single-material printing:Allprintheadsprintmodelswithoutregardto
thesourceofthemodelmaterial.Thishappensinthefollowingsituations:
l Allprintheadsaresuppliedwithonemodelmaterial.
l Eachpairofprintheadsissuppliedwithadifferentmodelmaterial,but
modelsareprintedas if they were the same material.Theresultisan
arbitrarymixtureofmaterialsintheprintedmodel.
HS(HighSpeed)Mode—
•Modelsareproducedin30-micronlayers,suitableforproducinglarger
models.
•Muchlesstimeisrequiredtoprintmosttrays,comparedtothe
HighQualitysetting.
•Thissettingisonlyavailablewhenmodelmaterialcanbeusedinfour
printheads,insingle-material printing.
DigitalMaterialMode—
•Usedwhenproducingtraysdesignedtobefabricatedfromtwoormore
modelmaterials.
•Usedwhenproducingatraycontainingtwoormoremodels,each
designedtobemadefromadifferent(single)modelmaterial.
•Usedwhenproducingmodelsfromonlyoneofthemodelmaterialsloaded
intheprinterbyprintingwithonlytwooftheprintheads.
•Modelsareproducedin30-micronlayers,buttheprintingisnear-high
quality.
•PrintingtimeissimilartoprintingtimeinHighQualitymode.
AlthoughprintingtimeislongerthanwithHighSpeedmode,Digital
Materialmodecanmakematerialreplacementunnecessary—savingboth
timeandthecostofwastedmodelmaterial.
DigitalMaterialModeisselectedautomaticallywhenmorethanonemodel
materialisassignedtoobjectsonthetray.
Youcanseeestimatesoftimeandmaterialresourcesneededforprintingtrays
usingthedifferentprintingmodes(see"ProductionEstimates"onthe
previouspage).Youalsoseetheseproductionestimateswhenyousendthe
traytotheprinter.Atthattime,youcanselecttheprintingmode,including