User's Manual

DOC-07000 Rev. A 6–41
Objet500 - Connex 3 User Guide
Built-in Tests
Thesoftwarethatrunsthe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Objetsoftwareopens.Inaddition,youcanruna
morecomprehensivesetoftestsbeforeprocessinga
printjob,asasystem
check,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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wo rthwhile.
• 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