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 Job Manager screen of Objet Studio. After the printer changes to Standby or Idle mode, you need to resume printing from the print manager (in Objet Studio or 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 from GrabCAD Print:
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.   In the Manager screen of Objet Studio, or in the Schedule screen of GrabCAD Print, click the Resume icon— or .

Note: To display the Resume icon in GrabCAD Print, click on the job in the Schedule screen.

4.   In the Continue from Slice dialog box that appears, confirm the slice number, after checking the printer interface.
5.   In the job-preparation application, make sure that the correct slice number is entered in the dialog box.

Slice confirmation in Objet Studio

Slice confirmation in GrabCAD Print

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

You cannot continue printing if:

•   The number of the last slice printed does not appear in the printer interface, even if the server computer displays the Continue from Slice confirmation dialog box.
•   There was a relatively long interruption in printing, even if the “last slice” and “continue from slice” 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 printed later. The effects of a printing stoppage depend on part 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 the printing application (Objet Studio or GrabCAD Print).

In GrabCAD Print, you do this from the Schedule screen:

•   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 3D print from the build tray.
3.   Restart the job from the Job Manager screen (in Objet Studio).
4.   Resend the job to the printer from the printing application.
•   In Objet Studio, click .
•   In GrabCAD Print, click .
You can stop printing from the printer interface or from the printing application (Objet Studio or GrabCAD Print).
• After clicking the Stop button in the printing application, you can resume printing from the printing application or from the printer interface.
• After clicking the Stop button on the printer interface, you can resume printing only from the printing application.
• After clicking the Pause button in the printer interface, you can resume printing only from the printer interface.
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