User's Manual

Operating & Maintaining the Stratasys P750K 3D Printer
6–66 DOC08010 Rev. A (DRAFT 1)
Built-in Tests
Theȱprinterȱapplicationȱcontainsȱaȱsuiteȱofȱtestsȱforȱregularlyȱcheckingȱtheȱ
hardwareȱandȱsoftware,ȱandȱforȱtroubleshooting.ȱYouȱcanȱconfigureȱbasicȱ
communicationsȱandȱenvironmentȱtestsȱtoȱrunȱautomatically,ȱwhenȱtheȱ
Stratasysȱsoftwareȱopens.ȱInȱaddition,ȱyouȱcanȱrunȱaȱmoreȱcomprehensiveȱ
setȱofȱtestsȱbeforeȱprocessingȱaȱprintȱjob,ȱas
ȱaȱsystemȱcheck,ȱtoȱensureȱ
optimumȱprintingȱresults.ȱ
Becauseȱrunningȱtheȱtestsȱeffectsȱtheȱoperationȱofȱtheȱprinter,ȱyouȱcanȱonlyȱ
openȱtheȱBuiltȬinȱTestsȱinterfaceȱwhenȱtheȱsystemȱisȱnotȱprinting.
Theȱtestȱsuiteȱfeatures:
• TheȱorganizationȱofȱprintingȬrelatedȱtasksȱinȱcategories:
 Communicationsȱ
 Dataȱcardsȱ
 Temperaturesȱ
 Voltagesȱ
 Encoderȱrepeatabilityȱ
 PrintȬheadȱheating
 PrintȬheadȱfillingȱ
• Aȱclearȱdisplayȱofȱtestȱresultsȱandȱtheȱsourceȱofȱanyȱfailures,ȱenablingȱ
youȱtoȱdetermineȱifȱprintingȱisȱpossibleȱorȱworthwhile.ȱ
• Theȱabilityȱtoȱmonitorȱtestȱresultsȱforȱspecificȱcomponents.
• Troubleshootingȱtips.
Runningȱtheseȱtestsȱcanȱhelpȱidentifyȱproblemsȱinȱtheȱprinterȱhardwareȱandȱ
software.ȱAȱlargeȱnumberȱofȱhardwareȱdefectsȱ(orȱnearȬdefects)ȱwarnsȱyouȱ
ofȱpossibleȱprintingȱproblems,ȱeitherȱforȱcurrentȱorȱfutureȱjobs.
Accessing
Built-in Tests
To open the Built-in Tests screen, do one of the following:
• FromȱtheȱOptionsȱmenu,ȱselectȱBuilt-In Tests.
• PressȱCtrl+Alt+B.
Figure 6-110: Selecting Built-In Tests from the Options menu
Stratasys recommends running the built-in tests in the following cases:
¾ as a routine test, once every two weeks
¾ as a system check, before major (long) jobs
¾ as needed, for troubleshooting