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
CHAPTER 4. THE POLAR CLOUD 144
Figure 4.84: Printer dashboard: control buttons active during job print
The “CHANGE FILAMENT” button pauses the print (perform s
a“warm”pause),andbacksoutthecurrentfilament.
The “COLD PAUSE”buttonpausestheprint,turningo↵the
heating element in the extruder. A “cold pause” is appr op r i -
ate when you do not wish to abort a partially printed object,
but you need some significant time to check (or fix) something
with the printer, or perhaps you need some time to obtain more
filament.
The “PAUSE”buttonperformsa“warm”pause: itpauses
printing but keeps the heater(s) on and does not back out the
filament. As such, a “PAUSE”isappropriatewhenyouwant
to quickly check (or fix) something. But leaving the printer in
a“warm”pauseforanextendedperiodisnotrecommended: