The print queue

• Auto-matching queue items to printers

  Auto-matching queue items to printers The SimplyPrint platform features a powerful and intuitive system for automatically matching your 3D print jobs with the appropriate printers. In this article, we will break down the process and criteria of auto-matching, to help you understand how SimplyPrint ensures your printing operations run smoothly and efficiently. Auto-matching is a big part of our [AutoPrint: put your printers on autopilot](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-puSome readers

• The print queue: manage, schedule and automate your prints

  The print queue: manage, schedule and automate your prints The print queue is your central hub for organising, prioritising and automating print jobs across all your printers. Whether you run a single machine or a large print farm, the queue lets you line up files, decide what runs where, and let SimplyPrint match the right file to the right printer for you. This article is the home base for the whole feature: it explains what the queue is, walks through every part of the page, and points youFew readers

• Why won't my printer print this queue item? Using the queue inspector

  Why won't my printer print this queue item? Using the queue inspector A queue item is sitting there, a printer is free, and nothing happens. Almost always this means the item and the printer don't match on something - the wrong filament, the wrong color, the wrong nozzle, the wrong bed, or a rule that's keeping them apart. SimplyPrint can tell you exactly which one. This guide is the complete reference: it shows you how to open the printer-compatibility view (the queue inspector), and theFew readers

• Adding items to the print queue: files, plates, custom fields and the API

  Adding items to the print queue: files, plates, custom fields and the API There are several ways to get a job into your print queue: pick a file from your library, add it straight from the slicer or files page, split a multi-plate 3MF into separate items, or push jobs in automatically through the SimplyPrint API. This guide covers each route, plus the options you set on an item as you add it (amount, tags, allowed printers, deadline) and how order numbers fit in. The print queue is part oFew readers

• Why won't my filament color match a printer?

  Why won't my filament color match a printer? Color is the number-one reason a queue item won't match a printer, and it's the one that confuses people most - a printer is loaded with what looks like the right color, but the item still won't start. This guide is the complete reference: how SimplyPrint actually decides whether two colors match, the strictness setting that controls it, the two tools that fix a mismatch (color clusters and color mapping), and when to reach for each. CoFew readers

• Scheduling and printer distribution: how SimplyPrint assigns prints

  Scheduling and printer distribution: how SimplyPrint assigns prints When SimplyPrint picks which queue item to start next, and which printer to start it on, it follows a set of rules you control. This article explains the scheduling and printer distribution settings that drive 1-Click Print and [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-your-3d-printer-on-autopilot-1hsFew readers

• The print queue timeline: see your whole farm on a Gantt chart

  The print queue timeline: see your whole farm on a Gantt chart The Timeline tab turns your print queue into a live Gantt chart on a real calendar, so you can see what your printers are doing now, what is projected to run next, and when the simulated work will be finished. This guide explains what the timeline shows, the two ways to read it, how the "until all done" estimate is calculated, and the controls that make it work on a wall screen. The print queue timeline is part of the Print FaFew readers

• Queue approval: review and approve prints before they run

  Queue approval: review and approve prints before they run Queue approval puts a review step between a user submitting a print and that print reaching a live printer. When it's on, a submitted item lands in a pending approval lane, and an approver checks it, sees the cost and what it will use, then approves, denies, or sends it back. It's built for classrooms and shared labs where a teacher or lab manager wants the final say before filament gets spent. This article is part of the [print queue]Few readers

• Working hours and expected finish times in the print queue

  Working hours and expected finish times in the print queue A print that ends at 3am may still occupy its printer until someone walks in and clears the bed. SimplyPrint uses your working hours and bed-clear time when planning follow-on work, and marks whether an expected finish lands inside a staffed period. This article explains how to set your working hours and turnaround time, how to read the expected-finish column, and what the printers-page farm overview counts before your shift ends. ||Few readers

• Print queue settings: deadlines, columns, beds and reordering

  Print queue settings: deadlines, columns, beds and reordering This guide walks through the queue settings page, found under Settings > Queue, and the Reorder tool in the queue toolbar. You'll learn how to turn on deadlines, choose which table columns show, control the basic 1-Click Print behaviour, where working hours live, and how to bulk re-sort your whole queue. The queue settings page is part of the wider [print queue](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/the-print-queue-manage-schedulFew readers

• Queue groups: organize your print queue by printer or purpose

  Queue groups: organize your print queue by printer or purpose Queue groups split your print queue into tabs so you can organise jobs by what they need or which printers should run them. This guide covers what a group is, how to create and edit one, the one thing people most often get wrong about printer assignment, virtual queues, per-group file types and approval, and which use cases groups are (and aren't) the right tool for. Queue groups are part of the Pro plan and up. They build on tFew readers

• The print queue to-do list: what to change to unlock more prints

  The print queue to-do list: what to change to unlock more prints The To-Do tab turns up to the first 500 eligible queue items into a short, prioritised checklist of physical changes - swap this filament, change that nozzle, refill a spool - so the person walking in each morning knows what to touch to get the most printers running. This article is part of the print queue and explains howFew readers

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AutoPrint & bed clearing

• AutoPrint: put your printers on autopilot

  AutoPrint: put your printers on autopilot AutoPrint starts the next matching item from your print queue automatically, the moment a printer is free and its bed is clear. Pair it with a way to clear the bed between prints and your printers keep running on their own, day and night, working through the queue without anyone clicking start. This is the hands-off sibling of 1-Click Print and thePopular

• The "Staggered Start" feature

  The "Staggered Start" feature Staggered Start lets you send prints to a whole fleet without making every printer heat up or download at the same time. It protects electrical circuits from a large preheat spike and can also keep a busy network from being flooded by simultaneous file downloads. Staggered Start is included on the Print Farm, Enterprise and School plans. Open Settings > Staggered Start in the web panel to configure it. Once a printer is covered by an active stFew readers

• The FarmLoop clearing method for AutoPrint

  The FarmLoop clearing method for AutoPrint FarmLoop is an automatic print-removal system for Bambu Lab printers, built by 3D Farmers. It clears the finished part off the bed so SimplyPrint can start the next print on its own. This guide explains what FarmLoop does, how to pick it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and what makes it different from every other method in the list. FarmLoop runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-your-Few readers

• AutoPrint clearing methods: every way to clear the bed

  AutoPrint clearing methods: every way to clear the bed For AutoPrint to start the next print on its own, the bed has to be empty first. The clearing method is how that happens, and SimplyPrint supports several: from simply removing the part yourself, to a gcode script that sweeps the bed, to a hardware mod that swaps the whole plate. This guide explains the method types, how to choose one, and links ouFew readers

• The FarmLoop + SimplyPrint integration

  What the FarmLoop integration is, who makes it, the printers it supports, and how plan and subscription work.Few readers

• The Chitu PlateCycler clearing method for AutoPrint

  The Chitu PlateCycler is an AutoPrint clearing method for Bambu Lab printers with two kits: the PlateCycler C1M for the A1 Mini and the PlateCycler C1 for the A1. Choose PlateCycler as the clearing method, pick the variant that matches your kit, and set Max AutoPrint cycles to your plate count.Few readers

• The standard push-off clearing method for AutoPrint

  The standard push-off clearing method for AutoPrint The standard print-head push-off is the built-in way to clear a flat, rectangular bed without any extra hardware: the toolhead sweeps across the bed and pushes the finished part off the front edge. It is the simplest clearing method to try, and it works on most standard Cartesian printers. This guide covers how to select it, what SimplyPrint does each cycle, and how to make push-off reliable. The push-off method runs as a clearing methodFew readers

• The swapmod clearing method for AutoPrint

  The swapmod clearing method for AutoPrint swapmod is an automatic plate-switching mod for the Bambu Lab A1 Mini, made by swap-systems. Instead of pushing the part off, it swaps the whole print plate for a fresh one between prints, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended. This guide covers what swapmod does, how to pick it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the one setting plate-swappers always need. swapmod runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplypFew readers

• The AutoClear clearing method for AutoPrint

  The AutoClear clearing method for AutoPrint AutoClear is an automatic print-removal system for the Bambu Lab X1C and P1S. It opens the printer door, helps the part cool, then pushes it off the bed, so SimplyPrint can start the next print on its own. There is no plate to swap and no stack to refill. This guide covers what it does and how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method. AutoClear runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-puFew readers

• The JobOx clearing method for AutoPrint

  The JobOx clearing method for AutoPrint JobOx is an automatic plate-switching mod that swaps the whole print plate between prints. It supports several Prusa printers and the Bambu Lab A1, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended across a mixed fleet. This guide covers what JobOx does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the plate-limit setting it needs. JobOx runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-yFew readers

• The 3D-Printomat clearing method for AutoPrint

  The 3D-Printomat clearing method for AutoPrint 3D-Printomat is an automatic plate-changer for the Bambu Lab A1 series. When a print finishes it pushes the bed off and grabs a fresh plate, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended. This guide covers what it does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the plate-limit setting it needs. 3D-Printomat runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-your-printers-on-aFew readers

• The AutoSwap clearing method for AutoPrint

  The AutoSwap clearing method for AutoPrint AutoSwap is an automatic plate-switching mod that swaps the whole print plate between prints. It supports the Bambu Lab A1 and the Anycubic Kobra 3, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended. This guide covers what it does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the plate-limit setting it needs. AutoSwap runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-your-printers-on-aFew readers

• The Loop clearing method for AutoPrint

  The Loop clearing method for AutoPrint Loop is an open-source, DIY bed-clearing mod for the original Prusa MK3S+. It knocks finished parts off the bed so SimplyPrint can start the next print on its own, with no plate stack to refill. This guide covers what Loop does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and how the cycle runs. Loop runs as a clearing method inside AutoPrint, which isFew readers

• The Innocube3D Swapmod A1 clearing method for AutoPrint

  The Innocube3D Swapmod A1 clearing method for AutoPrint The Innocube3D Swapmod A1 is a fully mechanical plate-swap mod for the Bambu Lab A1. It ejects the finished plate and loads a fresh one between prints, with no firmware or wiring changes, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended. This guide covers what it does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the plate-limit setting it needs. The Innocube3D Swapmod A1 runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](htFew readers

• The 3DQue Ejection Kit clearing method for AutoPrint

  The 3DQue Ejection Kit clearing method for AutoPrint The 3DQue Ejection Kit clears finished prints off the bed using the print head, so SimplyPrint can start the next print on its own. According to 3DQue it works on a range of Cartesian printers, and it has no plate stack to refill. This guide covers what it does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and how it relates to the built-in push-off method. The 3DQue Ejection Kit runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](httpsFew readers

• The Printflow3D clearing method for AutoPrint

  The Printflow3D clearing method for AutoPrint Printflow3D is an automatic plate-changer for the Bambu Lab A1 Mini. Like other plate-swappers, it switches the whole print plate for a fresh one between prints, so SimplyPrint can keep the queue running unattended. This guide covers what Printflow3D does, how to select it as your AutoPrint clearing method, and the plate-limit setting it needs. Printflow3D runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoFew readers

• The belt printer clearing method for AutoPrint

  The belt printer clearing method for AutoPrint Belt printers, also called infinite-Z printers, carry finished parts off the end of the belt as they print, so the bed clears itself. That makes them a natural fit for AutoPrint: there is no plate to swap and no part to push off. This guide covers how to select the belt printer method and what SimplyPrint does each cycle. The belt printer method runs as a clearing method inside [AutoPrint](https://help.simplyprint.io/en/article/autoprint-put-Few readers

• Clear bed: why SimplyPrint asks after every print, faster ways through it, and when to stop asking

  When a print ends, SimplyPrint asks someone to confirm the bed is empty before that printer takes another print. What Clear bed records, what depends on it (the print queue, 1-Click Print, scheduled and staggered starts, AutoPrint), the faster ways through it (Shift-click, skipping the window, Ready all), and the "When a print ends" setting that stops asking after successful prints - with what you give up.Few readers

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Workflows

• The Workflows board: see every print, item and order in its stage

  The Workflows board in SimplyPrint shows every running workflow in your account as a card, in columns by stage, so you can see what is waiting, what is stuck and what has sat too long. This guide covers reading the board and its cards, filtering it, opening a card, and using the board on a phone. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. TheFew readers

• Workflows: the stages and tasks work follows after it prints

  Workflows in SimplyPrint lets you describe what happens after a print comes off the printer: the stages a print, an item or an order goes through, the tasks a person does at each stage, and the checks that decide when it may move on. This guide covers who Workflows is for, how its parts fit together, where you find it in the panel and which plans include it. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, iFew readers

• Workflows in the Shop: order and item workflows, accepted pieces and moving on by itself

  Workflows in the Shop lets you follow both kinds of work every order has: making each item, and getting the order itself from arriving to shipped. This guide covers the order and item workflows, setting the defaults, accepting pieces, how an order moves on by itself, and rejecting and reprinting. Not live for everyone yet. The Shop and Workflows are rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see them yet. Once they open up, the Shop is part of the Print Farm and EnterpriFew readers

• Workflow permissions, group-only steps and the activity history

  Workflow permissions in SimplyPrint split looking, doing, excusing and authoring into separate permissions, let you limit a step to one user group, and record what everyone did. This guide covers each permission, who can open a run, group-only steps, waiving, and the activity history and audit log. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. OnFew readers

• Ready-made workflows: Basic post-processing, School pickup, Item finishing and the order workflows

  Workflows in SimplyPrint comes with five ready-made workflows you can copy into your account and change as you like. This guide covers adding one and what each of them does, stage by stage. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. You don't have to build a workflow from nothing. Settings > Workflows offers five ready-made workflows underFew readers

• How a workflow works: stages, tasks, conditions and checks

  Workflows in SimplyPrint lets you describe the route work takes after it prints, as stages and tasks. This guide covers the parts a workflow is made of and how each one behaves, so you can read any workflow and know what it will do before you publish it. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. This article is part of the [Workflows guide](/Few readers

• Building, editing and publishing a workflow

  Workflows in SimplyPrint lets you write your own route for work after it prints, with the stages and tasks your team follows. This guide covers making a new workflow, changing one you already have, the task library, and what publishing does. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. Everything here happens in Settings > Workflows (`/panelFew readers

• Working through a workflow: ticking tasks, notes, waiving, blocking and moving on

  A run in SimplyPrint is one piece of work's own copy of a workflow: its stages and tasks, with a record of who did what. This guide is for the person at the bench, and covers opening a run, ticking off its tasks, notes, skipping and waiving, blocking and assigning, and moving it to the next stage. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. ThiFew readers

• Workflow rules: choosing which workflow applies, by account, label or product

  Workflow rules in SimplyPrint decide which workflow a print, item or order follows: "every print job in the account", "anything labelled Rush", "every item made from the Spiral Planter". This guide covers the kinds of rule, where you set each one, which rule wins when several match, and how extra work adds tasks for some orders. Not live for everyone yet. Workflows is rolling out to a closed pilot first, so some accounts won't see it yet. Once it opens up, it is part of the Print Farm, SFew readers

Starting a print

• The "Skip object" feature

  Skip Objects Feature The "Skip Objects" feature, also know as "Cancel Objects", allows you to selectively skip individual objects during a multi-object print, giving you greater control over your print jobs. This can be useful when one object fails but others are printing successfully, or when you want to prioritize certain objects over others. You can skip objects directly in SimplyPrint after starting a print, by clicking on the skip button on the printer. The skip object button will appearPopular

• The "Reprint" / "Print again" feature

  The "Reprint" / "Print again" feature This article covers how Reprint works and why the action may not be available for a job or printer. What is the reprint feature? Reprint lets you print the same file again, whether it came from Your Files, the print queue, or a finished print queue item. You can access Reprint in several places: When a print is finished, in the "Print removed?" / Clear Bed popup. If the print is eligible, a Reprint button appears between Cancel and Clear. ForFew readers

• 1-Click Print: batch start prints across your printers

  1-Click Print (Pro plan and up) matches the next compatible queue items to every idle, ready printer and starts them in one click, after you review the matches. Matching uses tags, printer assignment, queue groups, bed and file type, fit and capability. Printer notes show next to each printer.Few readers

• Schedule Print: start a print at a later date and time

  Pick a date and time for a print to start, up to seven days ahead, and SimplyPrint starts it from the server: what gets reserved, where to see what is waiting, and how to change, start or cancel it.Few readers

Print history & statistics

• All About the "Print Cost Calculations" Feature

  All About the "Print Cost Calculations" Feature Introduction At SimplyPrint, we understand how critical it is for you to keep track of your printing costs. To help you with this, we have introduced the "Print Cost Calculations" feature. This feature helps you calculate the cost of each print job, providing both basic and advanced calculations to cater to your specific needs. Basic Print Cost Calculation Available to all users, the basic calculation considers only the cost ofPopular

• The print history feature: your searchable log of every print job

  The print history feature: your searchable log of every print job Every print your connected printers run is logged automatically in SimplyPrint, and anything that ran on a machine we are not connected to can be added by hand or imported in bulk. The print history page is a searchable, filterable table of those jobs, with filament used, time taken, cost, who started it, and how it went. It is the audit trail for a print farm and the "who printed what" record for a school or workshop. This guFew readers

• How to read the print job timeline

  How to read the print job timeline Open any job from your print history and you will see a timeline at the bottom of the page. It is a chronological record of everything that happened to the print, from when the file was created through to a clean bed. While a print is running, the timeline updates live, so you can watch events appear in real time. This guide explains every kindFew readers

• The statistics dashboard: track your printing at a glance

  The statistics dashboard: track your printing at a glance The statistics page turns your print history into a dashboard of numbers and charts. It is where you see how much you have printed, how reliably, how much filament you have used, what it cost, and how busy your printers have been. You will find it under Statistics in the left menu, or at simplyprint.io/panel/statistics. |Few readers

• How to log a print by hand in your print history

  How to log a print by hand in your print history Your connected printers log every print automatically. When a machine is not connected to SimplyPrint, you can still record the job yourself, so your history, your statistics and your filament stock stay complete. This guide covers the Log a print form: when to reach for it, how to fill each part in, how to log against a virtual machine or a machine SimplyPrint has never seen, and how a logged print behaves differently from a tracked one.Few readers

• How to import your print history from a CSV or spreadsheet

  How to import your print history from a CSV or spreadsheet Moving to SimplyPrint from another platform, or keeping your print log in a spreadsheet? You can bring the whole history in at once instead of retyping it. The importer reads a CSV or JSON file, lets you match its columns to ours, shows you exactly what will happen before anything is written, and then creates the jobs in one go. This guide covers the file the importer expects, the columns you can map, how dates and outcomes are read,Few readers

• Carbon footprint of your prints: where to find it and how to set it up

  What a print's carbon footprint (CO₂e) means, how to turn it on under Settings > Energy and carbon, where to find it, and how to find and enter a material's carbon footprint per kg.Few readers