User's Manual Part 2
Table Of Contents
- The printer local web interface
- CAD software – create your own objects
- STEAMtrax curriculum
- Operational tips
- Updating the printer
- Printer maintenance
- Troubleshooting
- Appendices
- Polar3D printer specification sheet
- Polar3D printer diagram
- Connecting the printer directly to your device
- Glossary
- Index
APPENDIX C. CONNECTING THE PRINTER DIRECTLY TO YOUR DEVICE267
C.2.2 Cable direct printing
Once you have con n ect ed your printer via US B cable directly
to your computer, and configured the printer controller software
on your computer (e.g., Repetier-Host), as described in Section
C.2.1,youarereadytoprintanobject!
1. Obtain an .stl file to print. (From your computer, you
may want to look for an interesting file on the Polar Cloud,
download it to your computer, and then you will be able to
upload it from your computer to the printer.) But if this is
your first print and you don’t have something else you want
to print, t h en for your convenience the Polar 3D suppor t
website has a sample .stl file along with the .rcp and
.rcf files you already downloaded during the configuration
in Section C.2. 1.GobacktothePolar3Dsupportwebsite
and download the 3DBenchy.stl file to your computer:
Polar 3D support: Repetier-Host /US B printing
2. Use the Repetier- Host “Load” button (towards the upper
left of the Repetier-Host main screen) to load an .stl file: