1. User Guide
  2. Printing Process
  3. Begin Your Print Job
  4. Print via USB Drive

Print via USB Drive

If the printer is not on a network, you will need to send print jobs via a USB device. This section assumes you have prepared the build file in 3D Sprint and transferred the file to the USB device.

NOTE: The printer will only hold one build file at a time in its memory. If you try to load another build file from the USB device, it will overwrite the most-recent build file written to the machine. Once the printer begins printing, you will not be able to submit any print jobs via 3D Sprint or via USB.

 

  Printer Message Translation
  1. Insert USB drive into the USB port on the left side of the printer. You will see the message at the right. You may cancel the job submission at this point by pressing the power button once. Hold down the power button to confirm job cancelation.
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Submit job via USB?
Hold button to continue
  1. Hold down the power button to detect print jobs on the USB device.
 cancel-usb-submit.jpg

Cancel USB submit?
Hold button to exit
  1. If the printer does NOT detect build files, you will see the screen at the right. Please try loading your build files onto the USB again. You may cancel the job submission at this point by pressing the power button once. Hold down the power button to confirm job cancelation. If the printer does detect build files, skip to Step 4.

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No jobs detected
Hold button to exit
  1. If the printer detects build files, you will see a message like the one at the right on the printer screen, with your build file's name on the first line. If the filename is longer than 20 characters, it will scroll across the screen to show you the complete name. At this point:
    1. Hold down the power button to load this build file on the printer's memory.
    2. Press the power button to skip over this build file and look for the next file on the USB device. Repeat this process until you have found the print job you wish to submit. Hold down the power button to submit the print job.
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myprintjob.pxl
Hold button to continue
  1. If you go through the whole list of print jobs on the USB device without selecting one, you will see the message at the right on the printer screen. Holding down the power button at this point will bring you back to the printer's Idle screen.

NOTE: The maximum storage the printer has for build files is 1GB.
end-of-jobs-list.jpg End of jobs list
Hold button to exit
  1. If you submitted a build file in Step 4a, this will begin the printing process. You will see the screen at the right.
  2. Continue with Step 4 from the previous section Print via 3D Sprint. 
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Job ready
Hold button to start