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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2022
Filed:
Dec. 13, 2016
Hewlett-packard Development Company, L.p., Houston, TX (US);
Juan Manuel Zamorano, Barcelona, ES;
David Soriano Fosas, Barcelona, ES;
Sergio De Santiago Dominguez, Barcelona, ES;
Hewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P., Spring, TX (US);
Abstract
An apparatus and method for performing a print operation on a 3D printer () are described herein. A 3D printing apparatus comprising a 3D printer () is arranged to perform a print operation using build material from a build unit () unless a value that identifies a first build material stored in the build unit in a first register, which is set according to an initial build powder fill operation of the build unit () by a powder management station, is different from a value in a second register, which is set according to the initial build powder fill operation, or modified in response to, or following, a subsequent opening of the build unit ().