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Printing Parts

Key Concepts​

Printing in Printago is the process of sending parts from your library to the print queue, where they are matched with compatible printers and produced automatically. Rather than manually exporting G-code and transferring files to each printer, you configure your print—setting quantities, materials, and printer assignment—and Printago handles slicing, routing, and job management behind the scenes. You can print a single part, bulk-print multiple parts at once, or print entire SKUs. Printago supports three assignment strategies: letting the system pick the next available compatible printer, targeting a specific machine, or routing to a group of printers by tag. This workflow is designed so that scaling from one printer to a hundred requires no change in how you initiate prints.

To learn more about how to add and manage parts, check out Parts Management.

Starting a Print​

Single Part Printing​

  1. Navigate to Products -> Parts
  2. Find your part and click the Send to Queue button
  3. Configure your print settings:
    • Set quantity
    • Configure OpenSCAD parameters (if applicable)
    • Select material (the part's default material may be overridden)
    • Priority: Use the toggle button to the left of "Send to Queue" to mark jobs as low priority (optional)
  4. Choose printer Assignment Method

Queue Priority Options​

  • Normal Priority (default): Jobs process immediately when printers are available
  • Low Priority: Jobs only process when no normal priority jobs are waiting

After queuing, job priority can be adjusted from the Print Queue Management interface.

STL Parts​

STL part printing

STL parts are ready to print with quantity and material selection.

3MF Files​

When printing 3MF files:

  • Select which build plates to print from the available options
  • Toggle between "editing each" and "editing all" modes
  • In "editing all" mode, changing one build plate's quantity adjusts all build plates proportionally
3MF part printing

OpenSCAD Parts (.scad)​

OpenSCAD part printing

OpenSCAD parts display parameter inputs for customization before printing.

Bulk Printing​

You can select multiple parts and print them together:

  1. Select multiple parts using checkboxes
  2. Choose Print from the Bulk Actions menu
bulk printing selection
  1. A dialog opens with each selected part in an accordion format
  2. Configure each part individually:
    • Set quantities
    • Adjust parameters
    • Select materials
bulk printing dialog

Printer Assignment​

When starting a print, you can target specific printers or let Printago handle printer selection automatically. Every print job enters the Print Queue, and starts when matching printers become available.

  1. Search for Individual Printers
  2. Automatic Assignment
  3. Individual Printer List
part printing dialog

Assignment Methods​

Next Available​

Lets Printago automatically match jobs to compatible printers based on:

  • Material requirements
  • Color matching
  • Current printer status

Specific Printer​

Target an individual printer from your fleet. The job waits in queue until that printer:

  • Has required materials loaded
  • Is marked Clear & Ready
  • Has no active prints

Tagged Printers​

Filter available printers using tags to dynamically group printers. For example:

State Diagram​

The following diagram shows the part printing flow.

Next Steps​

After printing parts, they are added to the print queue where they are matched with available printers. For more information about how parts are matched with printers and queue management, see Print Queue Management.