1-Click Print: batch start prints across your printers

1-Click Print: batch start prints across your printers


1-Click Print reviews your whole queue, matches the next jobs to every printer that can run them, and starts them all at once. Instead of walking from printer to printer starting jobs one by one, you get a preview of exactly what SimplyPrint will print where, then start the lot with a single click. It lets you preview and start a compatible batch from one dialog.


1-Click Print is part of the Pro plan and up. It is one of the core tools of the print queue.


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How 1-Click Print works

When you open 1-Click Print, SimplyPrint looks at every printer that is idle and ready, then chooses the next compatible queue item for each one according to your queue order and scheduling settings. Matching is based on the same auto-matching rules the whole queue uses:


  • Tags - the printer must carry all of the item's tags. Filament (type and colour name), nozzle size, and any custom tags all have to line up. A printer can have extra tags the item does not need, but never the other way around.
  • Printer, model and group assignment - if an item is restricted to certain printers, models or printer groups, only those can match it.
  • Queue group - the printer has to be eligible for the item's queue group.
  • Bed type and file type - the loaded bed and the printer's accepted file types have to suit the item.
  • Fit and capability - the object has to fit the build volume, and the printer has to reach the required temperatures.
  • Max concurrent printers - if an item caps how many printers can run it at once and that cap is already reached, it is passed over.


Items higher up the queue are preferred, and normal items always come before back-burner items. The result is a preview showing which item lands on which printer, ready for you to review and start.


For the full breakdown of why an item does or does not match a given printer, see why won't my printer print this item?.


Opening 1-Click Print

You can open 1-Click Print from:


  • The queue page - the 1-Click Print button in the queue toolbar at your queue.
  • The printers page - the 1-Click Print button sits in the printers-page toolbar, ready whenever you want to start a batch.


The button reads simply 1-click print. Open it whenever you want to review what is ready and start a batch.


The matching view

The matching view lists your printers, grouped by printer group if you use them, with each printer showing the queue item it has been matched to. For every printer you see:


  • The printer name and image.
  • The matched queue item: its file name, queue position and copy progress.
  • A match status: a clean match shows as a selected, checked row. A matched row may show a warning triangle with more detail in its tooltip. When no item matches and SimplyPrint can explain why, Find out why opens the queue inspector for that printer.


Each printer has a checkbox, and good matches are selected by default. You can:


  • Uncheck any printer you want to leave out of this batch.
  • Tick or untick a whole printer group at once from the group header.
  • Skip an individual queue item so the printer picks the next best one instead.


The start button at the bottom reads Launch 1-Click Print batch on N printers, where N is the number of printers selected. For a prints figure, check the summary's Total prints: N on X / Y printers stat.


Matching criteria badges

At the top of the matching view, 1-Click Print shows the criteria that are currently active as badges. These include whether files must be analysed before they can match, whether tag matching or strict material-type matching is active, and whether bed-size compatibility is being checked.


You can adjust these criteria from the gear/cog dropdown titled Queue matching criteria in the view.


1-Click Print and AutoPrint store separate matching criteria. When saving, enable Also apply to AutoPrint matching criteria to mirror the change, or leave it off to change only 1-Click Print.


Printer utilisation

The view also surfaces printer utilisation - how many of your printers are about to be put to work versus how many are sitting idle. It is an at-a-glance read on how full the batch will leave your farm, so you can spot when half your machines are about to go unused before you commit to the start.


When utilisation is lower than you would like, the right filament, nozzle or bed may not be loaded somewhere. The to-do list can identify physical changes that would unlock more matches.


Skipping and the sort-change warning

If a particular item should wait, skip it rather than pausing it. When you skip an item:


  • The printer is re-matched to the next best queue item.
  • The skipped item shows as a badge at the top of the view, and you can click the badge to un-skip it.


Skipping is temporary. It only applies to the current 1-Click Print session and never touches the item's position in the queue.


Changing Sort by immediately rematches the batch. The warning reminds you that the new sort can change printer assignments and the queue timeline, so review the refreshed matches before starting.


Idle printers and the to-do list

1-Click Print can only start a printer if something in the queue actually matches it. When a printer has nothing to print, the view flags it as idle and nudges you toward the fix.


That nudge ties straight into the to-do list, which reviews eligible queue items and identifies high-impact physical changes - for example "put PLA in this printer and it can print 16 items". It can point you toward a filament, nozzle or bed change before you run 1-Click Print again.


Normal queue vs back-burner

1-Click Print works on your normal queue by default. Normal items are always preferred, and back-burner items are only matched when nothing in the normal queue fits.


The back-burner is a low-priority lane for jobs you want to keep around without them competing for printers. A single Normal priority only checkbox excludes back-burner items from the current matching session, so 1-Click Print only considers your normal queue. Account-wide settings can also exclude back-burner items permanently or only during your working hours (see below).


Settings that shape 1-Click Print

Several account-wide settings in Settings > Queue change how 1-Click Print behaves. The scheduling and distribution settings are shared with AutoPrint, so both features stay consistent - they are covered in full in scheduling and distribution. In short:


  • Item scheduling mode - Sequential keeps preferring the first eligible item until its copies are assigned, while Round-robin cycles through eligible items one copy at a time.
  • Printer distribution - By printer position (the default), Randomized, or Least recently used to control which eligible printer is considered first.
  • Process queue groups fully before moving to the next group - considers items group by group; incompatible items can still be skipped unless Never skip queue items is enabled.
  • Exclude back-burner items from automatic matching - when on, 1-Click Print leaves back-burner items alone (you can still start them manually).
  • Only print backburner items outside working hours - while your account is inside its configured working hours, 1-Click Print skips backburner items. They become eligible again after hours when no normal-priority item matches. This Print Farm+ option also keeps them out of AutoPrint and Quick Queue during working hours; after hours, Quick Queue shows compatible backburner items alongside normal items.


One account-wide setting is specific to 1-Click Print's start behaviour:


  • Printer beds must be cleared - when on, 1-Click Print only matches items to printers whose bed is cleared, so a new print never lands on top of an old one. The queue's summary cards show an Awaiting bed clear count you can click to jump to the printers that need clearing.


While the dialog is open, printers that become available are added automatically until you manually change the printer selection.


To plan the batch before you start it, the timeline shows a live Gantt chart of current and projected work, including an estimate of when the simulated work will be done.


Real-world example: Tabletop Terrain uses a single SimplyPrint queue across roughly 150 Bambu Lab printers. See how they run their farm.


1-Click Print vs AutoPrint

1-Click Print and AutoPrint share the same auto-matching engine and the same scheduling and distribution settings. The difference is who pulls the trigger.



1-Click Print

AutoPrint

Trigger

You click a button

Starts the next job automatically when a printer is free

Review

You preview and choose what to start

Hands-off, no preview

Bed clearing

You clear the bed (or confirm it is clear)

A configured manual or automatic clearing method handles it; optional AI bed check can verify the result

Best for

Batch starts at the beginning of a shift

Continuous, lights-out printing

Plan

Pro and up

Pro and up


The two work well together: use 1-Click Print for a reviewed batch start, and AutoPrint to keep printers fed after that with no clicks at all. Both honour the same scheduling and distribution rules.


A good rhythm: at the start of a session, load the day's jobs into the queue, walk the floor and clear the beds, then hit 1-Click Print to start everything at once. Whatever stays idle, the to-do list tells you what to load to unlock it.



Updated on: 02/09/2026

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