Pausing and resuming a three-dimensional printjob
US9076097B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Dec 18, 2013 |
| Grant date | Jul 7, 2015 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 18, 2033 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06K15/1809
- WIPO fieldOther special machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method comprising beginning a print job on a three-dimensional printer to manufacture an object, pausing the print job while the object is incomplete, determining the state of the print job when the print job was paused, and printing information onto the incomplete object, wherein the information includes an identification of the print job. The information preferably takes the form of a matrix barcode printed on a surface of the incomplete object that will later be overwritten.
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