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of selecting an object.)
Once you are ready to submit a print job – that is, once
you have completed any adjustments you wished to make at
the build plate (“
3D PRINT
”) screen overviewed in Section
(and discussed in detail in Section
of the
then clicking the “
” button towards the upper right of the
build plate screen will submit your job to your selected printer.
(Note that, especially with complicated object models, the load-
ing of the
to the printer may take some time – it is
normal for this stage to take a minute or two: a blue swirling
loading icon will appear towards the lower right of the screen.)
Once the submission has completed, you will be shown a printer
dashboard screen such as in Figure
Figure 2.16: Printer dashboard: job submitted to the print queue