User's Manual

Operating & Maintaining the Objet1000 - Connex 2 3D Printer
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Keeping the Printer in Idle Mode
Between printing jobs, the Objet1000 Connex 2 printer can be kept on for
up to one week. If the printer will not be used for more than a week, use the
Shutdown Wizard to automatically perform the procedures that must be
done before turning off the printer (see Shutting Down the Printer,
below).
When the printer stops producing models, the printer software
automatically reduces the temperature of the print heads as follows:
Note: The printer mode is indicated in the green field on the left of the
interface (see figures 6-3, 6-4 and 6-5 on pages 3, 6 and 8).
If, after printing a job, you know that the printer will not be used for 10
hours or more, you can immediately turn off the heating of the print heads
by putting the printer into Idle mode.
To put the printer into Idle mode:
From the File menu (in the printer interface) click
Exit
.
Note: The printer remains in Idle mode until you open the Objet printer
application and begin printing again.
Time after printing Mode Change in heating of print heads
first
15 minutes
Standby 1
none
next
10 hours
Standby 2
heating reduced (to room temp.)
after
10 hours
Idle heating stopped
When the printer is in Idle mode, do not turn it off. It can remain in this
mode—with the cover closed—for up to a week. For longer periods, shut
down the printer by running the Shutdown
Wizard
(see below).
D R A F T
16 June
2013