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Welcome To The ZPrinter
®
650
Quick Start Guide
Congratulations on your 3D Printer purchase! This guide will
familiarize you with your 3D Printer, and lead you through mak-
ing a build. Please refer to the
ZPrinter 650 User Manual
for
complete information about using your new full-color, automatic
3D Printer. The Manual is included on the installation CD with
your ZPrint software.
We encourage all customers to logon to our 3DP User Web site at
3dscentral.3dsystems.com
to learn more about 3D printing,
materials, Best Practices, and post-processing techniques.
1. About 3D Printing
1.1 Before You Begin
•
Ensure the ZPrinter 650 is properly installed and running,
and that no errors are displayed on the ZPrinter 650 control
panel.
•
Ensure the ZPrint™ Software is installed and running, and
the printer is connected to the same network as the com-
puter that is running ZPrint. For ZPrint installation instruc-
tions, see the
ZPrint™ User Manual
.
•
Export a solid data file from a 3D modeling software pro-
gram and open the file in ZPrint. ZPrint is compatible with
most 3D modeling software file types.
1.2 Process Diagram
