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Flashforge Integration

Printago connects to Flashforge printers over your local network through the Printago Fuse LAN client, with no cloud account or extra hardware required.

Early support

Flashforge support is new. The AD5X has been verified end to end on real hardware; the Adventurer 5M and 5M Pro share its local API, and the Adventurer 3 / 4 and Artemis have been validated against Flashforge's documented protocols. If something doesn't work on your machine, please reach out so we can fix it quickly. Running diagnostics from Fuse and sending us the report is the fastest way to get it looked at.

Flashforge printers use one of two connection styles depending on the model:

Which model do I have?
  • Adventurer 5M, 5M Pro, and AD5X use Flashforge's local network API and need the printer's serial number and check code → follow Adventurer 5M series below.
  • Adventurer 3, Adventurer 4, and Artemis connect directly with just the printer's IP address → follow Adventurer 3 / 4 and Artemis below.

Either way, start by installing and activating Printago Fuse on a computer or Docker host on the same network as the printer.

Adventurer 5M series and AD5X​

Before You Start​

  1. Power on the printer and connect it to your network (Wi-Fi or Ethernet), on the same network as the machine running Fuse.
  2. Enable LAN Only mode on the printer: on the touchscreen, open Settings, then turn on LAN Only mode. The screen shows a check code, note it down.
  3. Note the serial number from the printer's About / Device Info screen (it starts with "SN").
  4. Note the printer's IP address from the printer's network settings. A static IP or DHCP reservation keeps it from changing.

Connecting Through Fuse​

  1. In Fuse, open the Printers page and click Add a printer.
  2. Choose Flashforge, then select your model (Adventurer 5M, 5M Pro, or AD5X).
  3. Fill in the connection details:
    • Printer Name — a friendly name (e.g. "Adventurer 5M Pro")
    • Host / IP Address — the printer's local IP (e.g. 192.168.1.42)
    • Serial Number — from the About screen
    • Check Code — from the LAN Only mode screen
  4. Click Test Connection. Fuse confirms the printer answers and that the serial number and check code are accepted.
  5. Click Add Printer. The printer appears in your Printago fleet within a few seconds.
AD5X material station

The AD5X's four-slot material station is detected automatically. Printago shows what's loaded in each slot so multi-color prints route correctly. See Working with the AD5X below for what else the station can do from Printago.

Adventurer 3 / 4 and Artemis​

These models connect directly over the local network with no code or account.

Before You Start​

  1. Power on the printer and connect it to your network (Wi-Fi or Ethernet), on the same network as the machine running Fuse.
  2. Note the printer's IP address from the printer's network settings. A static IP or DHCP reservation keeps it from changing.

Connecting Through Fuse​

  1. In Fuse, open the Printers page and click Add a printer.
  2. Choose Flashforge, then select your model.
  3. Fill in the connection details:
    • Printer Name — a friendly name (e.g. "Adventurer 4")
    • Host / IP Address — the printer's local IP (e.g. 192.168.1.42)
  4. Click Test Connection. Fuse reads the printer's model and serial number automatically.
  5. Click Add Printer. The printer appears in your Printago fleet within a few seconds.
If the check code is rejected or the printer only answers partially

On Adventurer 5M-series printers, Printago talks to two services: the printer's local API (used for uploads, job control, and clearing the "print finished" screen) and its command console. If LAN Only mode is off, only the console answers. Printago still monitors and controls the printer, but after a finished or cancelled print you will need to tap the printer's screen before the next job can start. Turn on LAN Only mode to let Printago handle that automatically.

One controller at a time

These models accept commands from one connected controller at a time. If another program (such as a slicer's device panel) is holding the connection, close it and test the connection again.

What Works​

  • Start prints from Printago (upload and print), plus pause, resume, and cancel
  • Live nozzle and bed temperatures (and chamber temperature on the 5M Pro), print progress, and machine state
  • Chamber light control on models with a factory light (5M Pro, Adventurer 3 and 4), part-cooling fan control, and the filtration fan on the 5M Pro. On the 5M series the printer only accepts fan changes while a print is running, and keeps the fans off for the first two layers.
  • Built-in camera streaming on the 5M Pro (optional add-on camera on the 5M and AD5X)
  • On the Adventurer 5M series, Printago automatically dismisses the "print completed / cancelled" screen prompt before starting the next queued job, so back-to-back farm printing keeps flowing
  • On the AD5X: material station slot labels, load and unload, home, jog and extrude from the printer page, and automatic clearing of the station's "done" prompt and fault screens before the next job

Working with the AD5X​

Material station. The four slots appear on the printer page as soon as the printer connects, with the material and color the printer reports for each. Assigning a Printago material to a slot writes that material name and color to the printer, so the touchscreen and Printago agree. Load feeds a slot to the extruder (the printer heats the nozzle first, about a minute and a half in total) and Unload retracts it. The printer shows a "done" prompt on its screen after every load; Printago acknowledges it for you, so nothing needs to be tapped. The printer's Use Material Station option is on from the start, so jobs are matched against the station's slots; turn it off in the printer's configuration to print from the external spool only.

Multi-color jobs. A job you send from Printago carries its own tool-to-slot routing from the materials you assigned. If you start a file that is already on the printer, Printago reads the tool list the printer parsed from that file and routes each tool to the slot holding the matching material, so the printer does not stop at its slot-selection screen.

Home, jog and extrude. The AD5X accepts these from Printago while it is idle. After an extrude the printer turns the nozzle heater off by itself; set the temperature again before the next one.

Faults and the touchscreen. If the station cannot complete a feed (usually at the first load or a tool change), the job shows as paused in Printago, with the fault on the printer card and the printer page. The one AD5X owners meet most is E0113, "filament is detected in the extruder": a piece of filament is still above the extruder (left behind by an earlier failed retract) or the sensor lever is stuck, so the printer refuses to push new filament in. Filament sitting in a slot is not enough on its own; the extruder path has to be clear. Remove the piece at the top of the extruder and at the 4-in-1 connector, then press Resume: the station retries the feed and the print carries on. A feed timeout (E0100 to E0103) means the filament never arrived; untangle the spool, check the 4-in-1 connector, then Resume. A filament runout mid-print has no code either: the printer pauses, and Printago shows "Filament ran out: slot N is empty" on the printer card and the printer page. Insert filament into that slot and press Resume; the station re-feeds and the print continues. If the printer reports a coded fault, Printago shows Flashforge's description of it, and it clears the fault screen and the completed / cancelled prompt automatically before it starts the next job. Two situations still need a tap on the printer's screen: a job cancelled before its first layer (while the station is still loading), and a print that was cancelled from the touchscreen while Fuse could not reach the printer's local API.

Camera. The AD5X has no built-in camera. If you fit the optional Flashforge camera, contact support to enable it on your printer.