INTAMSUITE Neo supports remote monitoring and control of printers via network. You no longer have to copy print files to removable media, but just send them easily to the printer over the Local Area Network(LAN) and print them whenever you want. Note, though, that only FUNMAT PRO 310 is supported currently. We do have plan to support all other INTAMSYS printer types and print via wide are network(WAN) in the near future, please stay tuned.
This function can be run as a standalone tool named as INTAMSUITE Local Print, which is installed together with INTAMSUITE NEO, but also used inside of INTAMSUITE NEO. For INTAMSUITE Local Print tool, it doesn't depend on any slicer to run, as long as you have gcode file prepared. It is quite user-friendly and easy to use. Its user interface (Printer Dashboard) can be divided into 4 areas as below:
Title bar - show the tool name and logo.
Filters - help you find the printers quickly via printer type, connection state and service state.
Tool bar - work for one or multiple priners.
Working area - list all printers in card or list view.
1. Make sure both your printers and computer installed with INTAMSUITE Local Print are working under the same local area network.
2. Enable remote print capability on printer screen. Please go to printer screen → Settings Menu→ Machine tab → Enable Remote Print, and then turn on "Remote Enabled" on Remote Settings page. And you need to write down the remote API password and IP address for later use.
3. Launch INTAMSUITE Remote Print tool on your computer and connect to your printer. Please press "Add Printer" command, and then find the printer via automatic search or IP address input manually. You are asked to type the password you get in last step.
4. Select a connected printer in "Free" service state, and then click on "Upload File" command. If the prtiner is shown as "Disconnected" , you need go to connect manually. And now, you can select a file with .gcode or .ifp extension you have to upload. Please note that the uploaded file will be just put in printer queue, and no real job is started at this moment for safety here.
5. Once the gcode file is uploaded successfully, you are navigated to the printer detail page. If not, you can click on the printer name in Working area to achieve the same page.
6. On printer detail page, you can check its running status like nozzle temperature, material, chamber temperature etc., even live camera to make sure the printer is ready for next print now. If not, you need walk to the printer and get it ready.
7. Now you can select one job in print queue and start the print, and monitor the status even control it by Pause, Stop. If you want to visit main page (printer dashboard), please click on the "Back" button on top-left corner.
All commands on printer dashboard page can be understood (refer to the mark number in picture below) as following:
Filter the printers based on printer type, connection state and service state.
Global fuzzy search to locate printer quickly.
Sort printer list by Name, time of printer added or smart way.
Add a printer to printer dashboard list.
Select and connect one or multiple printers manually.
Select and disconnect one or multiple printers manually.
Select and remove one or multiple printers from printer dashboard list.
Show the display name of the printer, and you can get it changed at any time. Please note that this display name does't sync with the name on printer screen currently.
Show the printer type from INTAMSYS.It is read-only and you have no way to modify it.
Show the connection state and service state of this printer.
Display the related information of current print job, like gcode name, printing stage, print time etc.
Open printer camera for live video streaming monitoring.
Disconnect the printer.
Click to get more commands.
Choose to see the printers in card view or list view.
All commands on printer detail page can be understood (refer to the mark number in picture below) as following:
Display the name of current printer, and you can get it changed via the drop down list to monitor other connected printer.
Show the software version of printer screen (aka. INTAMTOUCH).
Show the Firmware version of this printer.
Show the IP address under local area network.
Show the MAC address of printer screen INTAMTOUCH.
Display the total and used storage size of printer screen.
urn on/off printer camera to show live video or not.
Switch to display video from camera, model view of current printing job uploaded by yourself or machine image.
Create a snapshot of the camera video and save the iamge on your computer.
Show the printing status and control the printer remotely via Start, Pause or Stop the job.
Show the gcode name of current printing job.
Display the real-time nozzle temperature, chamber temperature, build plate temperature, and nozzle size, material mounted as well. You may find the temperature values are not synchonized with printers well because of network delay.
Change the display name of this printer. Please note that this display name does't sync with the name on printer screen currently.
Download printer log which is NOT supported in current version.
Upgrade the firmware to latest version which is NOT supported in current version.
Display the print queue. Please note that you cannot delete the file uploaded by others. And the files uploaded by you will be marked as "local document".
Add a print file into the job queue for this printer.
This command is always disable unless you select an item in job queue. And a real print will be started once you click it. Please make sure the printer is ready for next printing and no other person is operating it on site for safety.
Leverage the up/down button to re-oder the job queue, and delete the print file if necessary. To avoid misoperation during printer sharing among several persons, you are only allowed to delete your file.