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The Zapier integration: automate SimplyPrint with 7,000+ apps

Zapier connects SimplyPrint to thousands of apps you already use - Slack, Google Sheets, Discord, Gmail, Airtable, Notion, Shopify, ShipStation and more. In this guide you'll learn how to connect your SimplyPrint account to Zapier, use pre-made Zap templates, and build your own automations.

The Zapier integration is included from the Pro plan and up.

Prefer to keep your automations on your own server? SimplyPrint also integrates with n8n and Activepieces - both self-hostable.

What you can automate

With a few clicks you can set up workflows like:

Post a Slack message when a print finishes or fails
Log every completed print to a Google Sheet
Send a customer an email with tracking info when their job ships
Create a Trello card for every new queue item
Push failed prints to a review list in Airtable
Add a print job to your queue when a new order comes in from Shopify or WooCommerce

Triggers and actions

The SimplyPrint app on Zapier ships 50+ triggers and around 60 actions, covering just about everything that happens on your account.

Triggers (when this happens in SimplyPrint)

Prints: print started, completed, failed, cancelled, paused, resumed, bed cleared, objects skipped
Queue: item added, approved, denied, pending approval, moved, revived, queue emptied
Filament: spool created, updated, deleted, assigned, unassigned
Printer state and AI: material or nozzle changed, tags assigned or removed, printer marked out of order, AutoPrint state changed, AI failure detected
Maintenance and spare parts: maintenance jobs, schedules, tasks and problems, spare part stock changes and low-stock alerts
Account: balance and quota events, new user signups

Actions (do this in SimplyPrint)

Start a print on one or more printers
Add, update, move, approve or deny queue items
Upload files and organize folders
Assign filament or tags to printers
Pause, resume or cancel a print, or send a printer command
Set custom field values
Search actions to look up printers, files, filaments, queue items, print jobs and statistics

Triggers are delivered through webhooks that Zapier registers on your SimplyPrint account automatically. These integration-created webhooks work on any plan that includes the integration - you don't need the manual webhook builder from the Print Farm plan.

How to connect SimplyPrint to Zapier

You only need to connect SimplyPrint once. After that, every Zap you build can reuse the same connection.

Log in to your Zapier account.
Open the SimplyPrint page in the Zapier app directory.
Click Connect and sign in with your SimplyPrint account when prompted.
Review and approve the requested permissions to finish linking the two accounts.

The connection uses OAuth2: the token Zapier receives is scoped to your user, and you can revoke it at any time by deleting the connection under Apps in Zapier.

Use a pre-made Zap template

The fastest way to get started is with a template. The SimplyPrint app directory page lists popular ready-made Zaps.

Click Use this Zap on any template card.
Zapier opens the Zap editor with the trigger and action pre-filled.
Connect the other app (Slack, Google Sheets, etc.) if it isn't already linked.
Test the Zap and turn it on.

Build a Zap from scratch

In Zapier, click Create Zap.
Pick a trigger app - either SimplyPrint (to react to a SimplyPrint event) or something else (to act on SimplyPrint).
Choose the specific trigger, e.g. Print Job Completed.
Sign in / select your SimplyPrint connection.
Pick the printer(s) or filter the trigger as needed.
Add one or more actions - again, either SimplyPrint actions or any other Zapier app.
Test each step, then turn the Zap on.

Let Copilot build it for you

No need to build by hand if you'd rather not: describe the workflow in plain English in Zapier's Copilot ("When a job completes in SimplyPrint, add a Google Sheet record documenting the print") and it assembles the trigger, the action and the field mapping for you. You just review, test and turn it on.

Example Zaps to try

Print finished -> Slack message: notify your team channel every time a print completes, with printer name, filename and duration.
Print failed -> Discord alert + Trello card: double-action Zap that both pings a channel and creates a review task.
New Shopify order -> Add to queue: auto-queue a print job whenever a customer orders a 3D-printed product.
Daily digest: use Zapier's Schedule trigger to email yourself a summary of yesterday's prints, pulled from SimplyPrint.

Troubleshooting

The Zapier connection keeps failing

Make sure your SimplyPrint account is on the Pro plan (or higher). The Zapier integration checks your plan when authorizing; without Pro access, the connection won't complete. You can upgrade on the pricing page.

A trigger isn't firing

Open the Zap's Zap history in Zapier to see whether the trigger ran and what it returned. Give it a few minutes after the event - delivery isn't always instant.

An action returns an authorization error

Your SimplyPrint token may have been revoked. Go to Zapier -> Apps -> SimplyPrint and reconnect the integration.

Rate limits

Zapier and SimplyPrint both rate-limit API calls. If you build a Zap that triggers very often, Zapier will queue runs and retry - you don't need to do anything. If you consistently hit limits, consider adding a Filter or Delay step to the Zap.

Updated on: 11/07/2026

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