User's Manual

DOC-13000 Rev. E 3–3
Connex500/350 User Guide
Work Configurations
TheConnex500/3503‐Dprintingsystemcanbesetupasasingle‐station
systemorasamulti‐stationsystem.Whenconnectedtoalocalcomputer
network,thesystemcanservemultipleusers.Insuchconfigurations,each
userworkstation(client)preparesfileswithObjetStudiosoftwarefor
production.Aserver(host),typicallynexttothe3‐Dprinter
,actsasajob
managerthatsendsproductionjobstotheprinterforproduction.
Figure 3‐2showstheConnexprintersetupinamulti‐clientconfiguration.
Figure 3-2: Multi-client network configuration
WheninstallingtheObjetsoftware,youchoosewhethertoinstallitasa
clientstationorasamasterstation(serverorstandalonestation).
TheObjetsoftwarearrangesthejobsitreceivesaccordingtotheirpriorities,
model‐materialtype,andotherfactors.Inmulti‐workstation
configurations,theoperatoroftheserver—typicallytheproduction
administrator—has
totalcontroloverthejobssenttothe3‐Dprinter,and
canprioritizeanddeletejobs,reviewjobhistoryandreprintajob,andso
on.
Connex server
Connex printer
KVM switch
Client
workstations
Printer
workstation