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There's no profile for my printer in the SimplyPrint slicer

There's no profile for my printer in the SimplyPrint slicer


Can't find a profile for your printer in the SimplyPrint slicer, or your exact printer model isn't listed yet? This guide explains where slicer profiles actually come from, when a missing one is likely to appear, and what you can do right now instead of waiting.


The short version: SimplyPrint does not write printer or filament profiles ourselves. We run the same open-source slicer engines you'd use on the desktop, and the profiles come straight from those projects. So when a profile is missing, it's almost always because it doesn't exist upstream yet either, not because we've left it out.


Where SimplyPrint's slicer profiles come from

The SimplyPrint slicer (our Cloud Slicer) runs the real, unmodified open-source slicer engines: OrcaSlicer, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, and ElegooSlicer. Every printer, machine, and filament profile you see comes directly from those slicer projects.


Those profiles are created and maintained by the printer manufacturers and the slicer communities, not by SimplyPrint. We don't add, edit, or hand-make profiles, and we don't decide which printers get one. We simply import what each slicer already ships.


We check the upstream slicer repositories every day and pull in new and updated profiles automatically, along with profiles from our own open-source community profile database. In practice this means SimplyPrint has the same profiles the desktop slicers do, sometimes with a short delay.


When will my printer's profile be added?

If a profile for your printer already exists in one of the supported slicers, it will usually reach SimplyPrint on its own, often within days and at most within a couple of weeks.


If your printer already has a profile in OrcaSlicer (or another supported desktop slicer), you don't have to wait at all. You can import it into SimplyPrint right now. See "Import the profile yourself" below.


There's one common exception. When a printer is brand new and only appears in a brand-new version of a slicer, we first have to build and roll out that new engine version in the cloud before its profiles become available. That can take up to a couple of weeks, and a little longer when a release changes a lot under the hood.


So if you've checked and the profile exists in the latest OrcaSlicer, expect it in SimplyPrint within roughly two weeks. If the printer is so new that it only shows up in an unreleased or just-released slicer build, it may take a bit more time.


Try a different slicer engine

A profile can exist in one engine but not another. A printer that has no profile under Bambu Studio might have one under OrcaSlicer, and vice versa.


Before assuming the profile is missing everywhere, switch the slicer engine in the sidebar and check again. Many printers, especially from Creality, Anycubic, Elegoo, and similar brands, are best supported in OrcaSlicer or ElegooSlicer.


For help switching engines, see How to choose a slicer engine and version.


Import the profile yourself

You don't have to wait for an automatic update. If the profile exists in a desktop slicer, the most reliable option is to set your printer up there and import the profile into SimplyPrint.


  1. Open OrcaSlicer, PrusaSlicer, Bambu Studio, or ElegooSlicer on your computer.
  2. Select or configure your printer and export its profile.
  3. In SimplyPrint, import that profile into the slicer.


The full steps are covered here:



If no profile exists for your exact printer in any slicer, you can also build a custom machine profile in SimplyPrint, usually by basing it on a similar printer model. See How to create and edit machine profiles.


Some printers only exist in the manufacturer's own slicer

Some printers, often newer Creality or Anycubic models, only have profiles in that brand's own slicing software, such as Creality Print or Anycubic's slicer. The same is true for other slicers like Cura, Simplify3D, and ideaMaker.


SimplyPrint does not run those vendor or third-party slicers, so we can't pull profiles from them. If your printer's profile lives only in one of those, your options are to import a profile from a similar printer in a supported engine, build a custom machine profile, or contribute a profile to the community database below.


Contribute a profile to the community database

SimplyPrint runs an open-source, community-driven slicer profile database on GitHub. This is also one of the sources we sync from every day, so a profile that gets accepted there can become available to everyone in SimplyPrint.


You can submit profiles for printers and filaments that don't have a profile in the main slicer projects, which is especially useful for smaller brands that aren't covered by OrcaSlicer, PrusaSlicer, or Bambu Studio.


This is a self-serve community project aimed at more advanced users. Submitting a profile requires knowledge of Git and GitHub, and it's maintained by the community rather than by SimplyPrint support, so we can't set up profiles for you or provide one-on-one help with submissions.


You'll find the repository, along with contribution instructions, at github.com/SimplyPrint/slicer-profiles-db.


Updated on: 22/06/2026

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