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# Saving and managing custom filament label presets

# Saving and managing custom filament label presets

Custom label presets let you save a filament label design once and reuse it whenever you generate labels. This guide explains how to create, update, copy, rename, and delete presets in the SimplyPrint label generator.

| Saving a custom preset is not a separate paid feature. You need access to the label generator and the **Manage filament label presets** permission.

## In this article
- [What a custom preset saves](#2-what-a-custom-preset-saves)
- [Create a custom label preset](#2-create-a-custom-label-preset)
- [Reuse a saved preset](#2-reuse-a-saved-preset)
- [Update or copy a preset](#2-update-or-copy-a-preset)
- [Rename or delete a preset](#2-rename-or-delete-a-preset)
- [Set an organization default](#2-set-an-organization-default)
- [If the Save button is missing](#2-if-the-save-button-is-missing)

## What a custom preset saves
A preset stores the design and layout of the label, including its page or label size, margins, grid, text fields, QR code or barcode settings, colors, rotation, and printer-offset compensation.

The preset does not belong to a particular spool. You choose the spools and number of copies for each label-generation run, then apply the saved design to them.

Saved presets belong to your SimplyPrint organization. Other members can use them when their user rank allows access to user-created label presets.

## Create a custom label preset
1. Open the [Filament Manager](https://simplyprint.io/panel/filament).
2. Select one or more spools.
3. On desktop, click **Generate QR codes**. On mobile, open **Actions** and choose **Generate QR codes**.
4. Choose a built-in preset as your starting point, then adjust the label size, layout, text, QR code, barcode, or other settings.
5. After you make a change, click **Save as...** in the action bar at the bottom of the generator. On mobile, this appears as the green save icon.
6. Enter a descriptive preset name and click **Save**.

The new preset is selected immediately, so you can continue editing or print with it right away.

## Reuse a saved preset
Open the label generator for the spools you want to label, then open the **Preset** selector. Your saved designs appear in the **User Presets** group.

Selecting a preset applies its stored design to the selected spools without changing their Filament Manager records.

For a broader guide to label sizes, text, QR codes, downloads, and printing, see [The Filament Label Generator feature](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-filament-label-generator-feature-organize-your-filament-inventory-fh6shk/).

## Update or copy a preset
To update an existing preset, select it, make your changes, and click **Save**. The saved preset is replaced with the current settings.

To keep the original and make a variation, open the arrow beside **Save** and choose **Save as new...**. Give the copy a new name, then save it.

Using **Save as new...** is useful when you want several versions for different label stock, printers, materials, or layouts without rebuilding each design.

## Rename or delete a preset
Select a saved preset from **User Presets**. The pencil and trash buttons beside the preset selector let you rename or delete it.

Deleting a preset cannot be undone. It removes the preset from the organization, but it does not affect labels you already printed or downloaded.

## Set an organization default
Accounts with multi-user features can set a built-in or custom preset as the organization default. Select the preset and click **Set as organization default** below the selector.

The control requires multi-user features and **Manage filament label presets**. Saving the default also requires **Filament settings**.

## If the Save button is missing
The Save control only appears after the current label settings differ from the selected preset. Change a setting such as the text size, label dimensions, layout, or black-and-white mode and check the bottom action bar again.

If Save still does not appear, your user rank may not have **Manage filament label presets**. An organization administrator can enable that permission in the user-rank settings. Editing the label design also requires **Access filament label settings**.

The name of the main button depends on what you selected:

- **Save as...** means you are creating a new preset from a built-in or custom design.
- **Save** means you are updating an existing preset under **User Presets**.

## Related articles
- [The Filament Label Generator feature](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-filament-label-generator-feature-organize-your-filament-inventory-fh6shk/)
- [The Filament Manager feature](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-filament-manager-feature-track-organize-and-manage-your-filament-inventory-bpy529/)
- [Fixing filament label printing alignment issues](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/filament-label-generation-fixing-label-printing-alignment-issues-1gyockj/)