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ZPrinter® 650 Hardware Manual Additional Operations

10/21/08

In the example above, the Printer Status dialog shows the printer is ready for printing. Notice that

each item shows OK, and the Print button is enabled. From here you would choose your printing

options and click Print to start the job. Before the printer starts printing your file, it will first:

• fill the Build Bed with powder

• spread a layer to ensure the Build Bed surface is smooth

• service the print heads

• run an auto-alignment if a print head was replaced after the previous build

5.1.2 Not Ready to Print

If there are not enough materials to complete the job, or the printer is not properly prepared, a mes-

sage appears similar to the examples in red above. When any one of these messages appears, the

Print button is disabled. The remainder of this chapter describes how to clear a message in the

Printer Status dialog and start the build.

ZPrint allows you to continue and print if:

• The printer build temperature is still warming up.

• A Head Alignment will be performed. The Head Alignment runs before the part begins to print.