3D Printer statuses and their meaning
We've added printer statuses to make 3D printer monitoring understandable. The statuses are close to natural 3D Printer states. With a 95% confidence level, you can go ahead and skip this article for now and refer to it if you have a specific question.
If you need to learn what the icon means, you can just go ahead and hover over the status icon to make the description appear in text format.
Idle – the printer is ready to start the next job.
Printing – the print job has been launched from the cloud
Offline – the printer is not connected to the Cloud.
Paused – the job was paused.
Printing Locally – The job was started physically on the 3D printer. If the color is blue (the same as for 'Printing'), there is no print job line.
Local Mode – The printer is manually operated using the joystick or local console.
Connecting – the printer is connecting to the Cloud.
Downloading – the job has started, and the printer is downloading the file.
Bed is Not Clear – Confirmation that the bed is clear is required. This status appears in two cases:
The "Bed is clear" feature is enabled in the Printer Settings.
This is a feature in the 3D Printer's firmware. In this case, you must confirm that the bed is clear on the printer screen. For example, this is supported for Ultimaker 3+ and Dremel 3D40/45 3D printers.
Even if the 3DPrinterOS 'bed is clear' flag is enabled, and your 3D printer has the same built-in confirmation feature, toggling the flag in 3DPrinterOS will not confirm that the bed is clear on the printer.
Error – an error has occurred in the printer's firmware – and that's sent to our cloud.
IInactive 3D Printers – You can also set a 3D printer to inactive status. When a printer is inactive, it won’t appear on the Printers Page until you toggle it back to active.
If an idle printer is inactive, a green color counter will appear next to the three-dot button at the top-right corner of the page to attract your attention. It would be best to reactivate the printer to use it.