Resuming Production After Printing has Stopped

If the printing process is interrupted, the print manager stops sending slices to the printer. This can happen, for example, if the printing material runs out in the middle of a print job, and you do not replace the empty cartridge immediately. After the printer changes to Standby or Idle mode, you need to resume printing from the print manager in GrabCAD Print.

After printing stops, the printer goes into Standby mode, when heating of the print heads is reduced. About 10 hours later, the printer goes into Idle mode, when heating of the print heads is stopped.
To continue printing the model:
1.   If the printer is in offline mode, switch it to online mode by clicking the red button at the bottom of the printer interface.

The button changes from red to green.

2.   If you don’t know why printing has stopped, make sure that the connection between the printer and the server computer is active.
3.   Open the Schedule screen of GrabCAD Print.

4.   Locate the stopped job.

5.   Click on the job to display the Job Status details, and click the Resume icon:

OR—

Right-click on the job to display the pop-up menu, and select Resume job.

6.   In GrabCAD Print, make sure that the correct slice number is entered in the dialog box.

Slice confirmation in GrabCAD Print

7.   If, for any reason, the correct number does not appear in the dialog box, enter the number and click OK.

You cannot continue printing the model if:

•   The number of the last slice printed does not appear in the printer interface, even if the server computer displays the confirmation dialog box.
•   There was a relatively long interruption in printing, even if the “last slice” and indicators are correct. This is because the part already printed might slightly deform or shrink before printing continues, causing a visible difference between it and the part of the model printed later. The effects of a printing stoppage depend on the model size and structure, the Model material used, ambient temperature and the length of the stoppage.
If you cannot continue printing:
1.   Cancel the job.

In GrabCAD Print, in the Schedule screen (see above):

•   Right-click on the job to display the pop-up menu, and select Cancel job.

OR—

•   Left-click on the job to display the Job Status details, and click the Cancel icon .
2.   Remove the partially printed model from the build tray.
3.   Resend the job to the printer.
•   Click .
You can stop printing from either the printer interface or from GrabCAD Print.
• After clicking the Stop button in GrabCAD Print, you can resume printing from GrabCAD Print or from the printer interface.
• After stopping printing from the printer interface, you can resume printing only from the printer interface.
• After clicking the Pause button in the printer interface, you can resume printing only from the printer interface.
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