Easy management of your 3D prints

3D Print Queue

Core Printing Organization Pro Plan

A 3D print queue is a single backlog of everything you need to print. You add items once, and SimplyPrint matches each job to a printer that can actually run it, then lets you start the next item on every free printer at the same time - instead of walking the floor and starting each machine by hand.

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The #1 feature print farms say they'd miss most

In our 2026 print-farm survey, operators running 5 to 140 printers named the queue the thing they'd miss most, reporting 10 to 20 hours per week saved and roughly double the effective capacity with no extra staff.

"If someone orders 270 of the same item, I can now just queue it up and know when it's complete. It makes the most difficult part of running the print farm an easy thing."

Print-farm operator, 19 printers - 13-15 hours/week saved

Match every job to the right printer, automatically

The queue analyses each item and only matches a job to a printer that can actually run it, in terms of max print size and temperatures.

By assigning tags, such as required nozzle size, material type (PLA, PETG, etc.), and possibly color as well as custom tags, the printer must match these tags to be deemed suitable for the job.

This way no printer is assigned a job that doesn't fit the bed, runs too hot for the assigned material, or exceeds what the printer hardware can handle.

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Queue 270 of the same item as one entry

Set how many copies you need and the queue treats them as a single entry, counting down as each one prints. No duplicating files, no re-adding the same job 270 times.

You always see how many are left and how many are done, so a large repeat order is one line in the queue you can watch to completion instead of a stack of identical jobs to babysit.

Start the next queued job on every free printer in one click

With one click, you can start the next queued job on all your online and available 3D printers at once, thanks to the matching system.

No more starting each printer by hand. Pair it with Staggered Start and the platform staggers the power-hungry preheat phase so starting your whole farm at once won't trip a breaker.

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Each free printer pulls the next job it can run

Queue 10 of something and it starts on whichever compatible printer frees up first - the queue is model-agnostic, so a mixed fleet of Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo machines all pull from the same backlog. When a printer finishes, it takes the next job it can actually run, and the same job is never handed to two printers at once.

You stay in control of the order: drag items to reprioritise, push an urgent job to the top, and the next-available logic fills your printers around it.

Keep one customer order or production run together

Queue groups let you keep the parts of a single order, product, or production run in their own group instead of scattered through one long list. Each group is a tab with its own job count, print time, cost and material total, so you can see at a glance where an order stands.

Turn on processing a group fully before moving to the next, and 1-click print finishes everything in one group before it starts the next - so an order ships complete rather than half-printed across the floor.

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Pipe your store orders straight into the queue

The SimplyPrint API can add queue items for you, with tags and a queue group set on each one. Wire up your Etsy, Shopify or ShipStation orders and a paid order becomes a queued job automatically, routed to the right printers and grouped with the rest of that order.

It is the same add-to-queue action the panel uses, so an order that lands at 2am is queued and ready for the next 1-click start - no manual re-entry. Several print farms already run their own order bridges this way.

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Let your team or students queue up prints

The queue can act as a shared print backlog for your team or students: they queue up what they need, and you start the jobs when you and the printers are free.

Give those users permission to add items to the queue, but not to start prints - so nothing runs without your say-so.

Works with the rest of your workflow

The queue sits at the centre of how you run prints in SimplyPrint. These features build on top of it.

1-click print

Start the next queued job on every free printer at once.

See 1-click print
Staggered start

Stagger the preheat phase so a whole-farm start won't trip a breaker.

See staggered start
Print history

Every job that ran, with stats and CSV export for your records.

See print history
API

Add queue items from your store or your own tools.

See the API
Multiple users

Give your team or students their own access and permissions.

See multiple users

What print-farm operators say about the queue

More from the 2026 print-farm feedback survey, operators running 6 to 100+ printers:

"This makes it easier to do 80% of the work you do every day, which is sending print tasks."

Print-farm operator, 6 printers

"Trying to manage print jobs on this many printers with both big and small jobs would be a nightmare without it. Best way to manage a print farm."

Print-farm operator, 100+ printers

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Frequently asked questions

Every queue item is analysed for print size, temperatures and any tags you set (nozzle size, material like PLA or PETG, color, or your own custom tags). A printer is only offered a job when it matches all of those, so nothing is sent to a machine that can't run it. When you start prints, the next matching item is dispatched to each free printer.
Yes. Give users permission to add items to the queue but not to start prints. The queue then works as a shared backlog: your team or students line up what they need, and someone with print permission starts the jobs when the printers are free.
Yes. The queue and its matching work across every printer SimplyPrint supports - over 500 models from 130+ brands - in one account. Mixed fleets (for example Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality and Elegoo side by side) all draw from the same queue, and matching routes each job to a compatible printer regardless of brand.
Sending files one by one means you pick the printer, send the file, walk over and start it, then repeat for every machine and every copy. The queue flips that around: you add the items once, the system tracks how many are left and which printers can run them, and one click starts the next job on every free printer at the same time.
Yes. Set the number of copies when you add the file and the queue keeps it as a single entry, counting down as each copy prints. You see how many are left and how many are done, so a 270-piece repeat order is one line you watch to completion rather than 270 separate jobs.
Yes. The queue is model-agnostic: queue a batch and each printer pulls the next job it can actually run as it frees up, across a mixed fleet of brands. The same job is never sent to two printers at once, and you can still reprioritise the order or push an urgent job to the top.
Yes. The SimplyPrint API can add queue items with tags and a queue group, so you can wire Etsy, Shopify or ShipStation orders into the queue and have a paid order become a queued job automatically. It is the same add-to-queue action the panel uses; several print farms already run their own order bridges this way. See the API feature page for how to build it.
The print queue is part of the core SimplyPrint platform. The 1-click bulk start and matching across a larger fleet are where it pays off most for print farms, schools and workshops running many printers at once.

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