Ultimaker S7 - Touchscreen; Materials

EN UltiMaker S7 Installation and user manual 20
4.1 Touchscreen
You can control the UltiMaker S7 by using the touchscreen at the front of the printer.
Whenturnedonforthersttime,theUltiMakerS7willrunthewelcomesetup.Aftercompletingthis,themain
menu will be shown when the printer is turned on.
Interface
Themainmenuoersthreeoptions,representedbythefollowingicons:
The Status overview is automatically shown next to the main menu. From here, you can start a print from USB
or view the progress of the print while printing.
TheCongurationoverviewshowsthecurrentcongurationoftheprinter.Hereyoucanseewhichprintcores
andmaterialsareinstalled,aswellaschangetheconguration.
The Preferences overview consists of three sub-menus: settings, maintenance, and network.
• In the printer Settings menu, you can change general settings, such as the language.
• In the Maintenance menu, you can perform the most important maintenance and calibration procedures,
in addition to saving logs for diagnostics.
• The Network menu allows you to change network settings or to perform the Wi-Fi setup.
4.2 Materials
Material compatibility
The UltiMaker S7 comes with two AA print cores and one BB print core. The AA print cores can be used for
printing build materials and Breakaway support material. The BB print core can be used for water-soluble
supportmaterial(PVA).
The UltiMaker S7 supports all UltiMaker materials that are currently available, of which most can be printed with
the 0.25, 0.4, and 0.8 mm print core sizes. The CC print cores are available in 0.4 and 0.6 mm and can be used for
third-party composite materials.
For an overview of possible dual-extrusion material combinations, please refer to the UltiMaker website.
AllUltiMakermaterialshavebeenextensivelytestedandhaveoptimizedprolesinUltiMakerCuratoensure
thebestprintresults.Therefore,itisadvisedtouseoneofthedefaultprolesinUltiMakerCuraforthehighest
reliability.UsingUltiMakermaterialswillalsoallowyoutobenetfromtheNFCdetectionsystem.UltiMaker
spools will be automatically recognized by the spool holder or Material Station. This information can be directly
transferred to UltiMaker Cura when connected to a network, for a seamless connection between the printer and
UltiMaker Cura software.
Tousethird-partymaterialsontheUltiMakerS7,itisrecommendedtoinstallthematerialprolesontheprinter.
Thisallowsyoutoselecttherightmaterialduringloading.Thetemperatureinformationinthematerialprolesis
important during loading and unloading materials, active leveling, depriming, and changing print cores. You can
addthird-partymaterialprolestoyourprintervia USB, or by synchronizing via UltiMaker Digital Factory.
Spools with the following dimensions are compatible with the Material Station:
• Width: 50 – 70 mm (2 – 2.7 in)
• Diameter: 197–203mm(7.8–8in)
• Core diameter: >98mm(3.8in)