# Printago > Printago is a cloud-based print farm management platform for Bambu Lab and other 3D printers. It handles printer management, slicing, the print queue, materials, SKUs with variants, e-commerce order ingestion, and a REST API for automation. This file follows the [llms.txt](https://llmstxt.org) convention so AI agents can discover the Printago documentation in one fetch. For a heading-level map of every page, see [docs_map.md](/docs_map.md). ## Getting Started - [Quick Start Guide](https://docs.printago.io/docs): Get up and running with Printago in minutes. This guide walks you through connecting printers, setting up materials, and your first automated print job. ## Overview - [What is Printago?](https://docs.printago.io/docs/overview/what-is-printago): Printago (prin-TAH-go, /prɪntˈtɑːgoʊ/) is a cloud-based print farm management solution for 3D printer hobbyists and print farms of all sizes. - [Key Concepts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/overview/key-concepts): Understanding these fundamental concepts will help you make the most of Printago's features and capabilities. - [Dashboard](https://docs.printago.io/docs/overview/dashboard): The Printago Dashboard is your central hub for monitoring and managing all connected 3D printers. It provides real-time status updates, job progress tracking, and quick access to printer controls. - [Reports](https://docs.printago.io/docs/overview/reports): Reports is your farm's analytics hub. It answers the questions you would otherwise pull from spreadsheets: how many prints ran this month, how often they succeeded, what failures cost you in filament… ## Connecting Printers - [LAN Client (Fuse)](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/printago-fuse): Printago Fuse is a lightweight client that runs on your local network, bridging Printago to printers that aren't reachable via cloud connections. - [Anycubic Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/anycubic): Printago connects to Anycubic Kobra printers over your local network through the Printago Fuse LAN client. There is no cloud account, bridge, plugin, Raspberry Pi, or firmware modification required. - [Bambu Lab Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/bambu-lab-integration): Printago connects to Bambu Lab printers in two ways: through Bambu's cloud infrastructure, or locally over your network with the Printago Fuse client. - [Creality Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/creality): Printago connects to Creality's Klipper-based printers, including the flagship K2 series, over your local network through Moonraker. - [Elegoo Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/elegoo): Printago connects to Elegoo FDM printers over your local network through the Printago Fuse LAN client, with no cloud account, Raspberry Pi, or extra hardware required. - [Klipper Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/klipper-integration): Printago connects to Klipper-powered printers over your local network through Moonraker, the API server that ships with almost every Klipper install. - [OctoPrint Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/octoprint): Printago connects to printers running behind OctoPrint over your local network, using OctoPrint's REST API. - [Prusa Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/prusa-link): Printago connects to Prusa printers over your local network through PrusaLink, the HTTP API built into modern Prusa firmware. - [Snapmaker Integration](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/snapmaker): Printago connects to Snapmaker's Klipper-based printers, including the U1, over your local network through Moonraker. - [Virtual Printers](https://docs.printago.io/docs/connecting-printers/virtual-printers): Virtual printers let you test your Printago workflow without needing physical hardware. They simulate real Bambu Lab printers, complete with temperature changes, print progress, and error states. ## Parts & Files - [Part Management](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/part-management): A part in Printago is an uploaded 3D model file—STL, STEP, 3MF, OpenSCAD, or GCODE—along with its associated printing configuration such as material requirements, slicer process profiles, and build… - [Part Thumbnails](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/part-thumbnails): Every part gets a picture: one thumbnail for the part itself, plus a separate thumbnail per build plate for a multi-plate 3MF project. - [STL and STEP Parts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/stl-step-parts): STL and STEP files are static 3D models. Both file types represent single-material parts that can have custom slicer process profiles applied, and once uploaded they behave the same way throughout… - [3MF Project Files](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/3mf-project-files): 3MF (3D Manufacturing Format) parts are complete projects that preserve all your slicer settings, modifiers, and design decisions. Printago fully supports 3MF files from Bambu Studio and Orca Slicer. - [Text Placeholders](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/text-placeholders): A text placeholder is a 3D text object in a Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer project whose name begins with PrintagoParam. - [Gcode.3mf Files](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/gcode-3mf-files): gcode.3mf files are pre-sliced files from Bambu Studio or Orca Slicer that contain ready-to-print G-code wrapped in a 3MF container. - [About OpenSCAD](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/openscad/openscad-intro): OpenSCAD support in Printago lets you create dynamic, customizable 3D models that respond to customer input without touching code. Let's explore how it works! - [OpenSCAD Parts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/openscad/openscad-parts): This guide explains how to upload and use OpenSCAD parts in the Printago system. - [ColorSCAD](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/openscad/colorscad): ColorSCAD is a premium add-on for Printago that enables multi-colored 3D models in OpenSCAD. ColorSCAD extracts material/filament assignments from color() statements in your SCAD file. - [OpenSCAD Libraries](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/openscad/libraries): Printago provides access to numerous OpenSCAD libraries to enhance your parametric design capabilities. These libraries are pre-installed and available for use in your OpenSCAD designs. - [CadQuery & build123d Parts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/cadquery/cadquery-intro): CadQuery and build123d support in Printago lets you create parametric 3D models using Python. - [CadQuery & build123d Libraries](https://docs.printago.io/docs/parts/cadquery/libraries): Printago pre-installs a curated set of Python libraries alongside CadQuery and build123d. ## Printing - [Printing Parts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printing-parts): 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. - [Print Queue](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/print-queue): The print queue is Printago's central job management system, powered by an intelligent matching engine called Gutenb3d. - [Materials](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/materials): Materials in Printago represent the filaments loaded in your printers and are the primary factor in how jobs get routed to the right machine. - [Slicer Profiles](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/slicer-profiles): Slicer profiles are the collections of print settings—layer height, infill, speed, temperature, and hundreds of other parameters—that control how your 3D models are converted into G-code. - [How Slicing Works](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/how-slicing-works): Every print job that leaves Printago is sliced against exactly three kinds of settings: one machine profile (the printer), one or more filament profiles (one per material the part uses), and one… - [Cloud Slicer](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/cloud-slicer): The cloud slicer is Printago's on-demand G-code generation system. Instead of pre-slicing your models for every possible printer and material combination, Printago slices each job just in time—only… - [Importing Profiles Manually](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/import-profiles): In addition to syncing profiles via the Bambu Lab Integration, you can manually import slicer profiles directly from Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer. This is useful when you want to: - [Printer Management](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printer-management/printer-management): Printer management is how you configure your physical printers so they can participate in Printago's automatic job matching and production system. - [Printer Control Panel](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printer-management/printer-control-panel): The printer control panel provides direct access to your printer's hardware controls and calibration tools. You can access it in several ways: - [Printer Tags](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printer-management/printer-tags): Printer tags are a powerful way to create dynamic groups of printers in your farm. They enable flexible printer management and smart job routing without complex configuration. - [Camera Streaming](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printer-management/camera-streaming): Printago shows two kinds of camera imagery for printers connected through Fuse: low-frequency preview snapshots that keep your dashboard tiles fresh, and on-demand live WebRTC streams that play… - [AI Failure Detection](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/printer-management/ai-failure-detection): Printago can watch your prints for spaghetti and similar failures using an AI detector that you run on your own network. - [Print History & Telemetry](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/print-history): Print history is the permanent record of what your printers actually did. Every time a printer runs one of your jobs, Printago records the temperatures it held, the layers it completed, the events… - [GCODE Macros](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/gcode-macros): GCODE Macros let you save the operator GCODE you use every day (bed-clearing and part-ejection sequences, purge routines, maintenance moves) and run it on your printers with one click instead of… - [Material Usage Tracking](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/material-usage): Printago records how much filament every print actually consumed: per color, per slot, per attempt. - [Filament Stock](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/filament-stock): Filament Stock is how much filament you have, filament by filament. Most shops buy by the box and never label a roll, so stock is kept as a weight per color rather than as a list of spools: receive… - [Staggered Start](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/staggered-start): Staggered Start caps how many printers begin warming up at the same time. When a group of printers shares a power circuit, a rack, or a PDU, sending five cold machines to full bed and nozzle… - [FabMatic Continuous Printing](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/fabmatic-continuous-printing): FabMatic is Printago's continuous printing system that enables back-to-back production runs without manual intervention between prints. - [Plate Merging](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/plate-merging): Plate merging combines several compatible queued jobs onto a single build plate, so one printer prints them together in one run. - [Maintenance Tracker](https://docs.printago.io/docs/printing/maintenance-tracker): Maintenance Tracker is Printago's add-on for tracking recurring maintenance tasks across an entire 3D printer fleet. ## Commerce - [SKU Management](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/sku-management): A SKU (Stock Keeping Unit) in Printago is synonymous with an assembly—a complete, shippable product composed of one or more parts with specific quantities, material configurations, and customization… - [SKU Variants](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/sku-variants): SKU Variants are one of Printago's most powerful features, enabling complex product variations and customization without SKU proliferation in your e-commerce stores. - [Matching Orders to Variants](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/sku-variant-matching): Before Printago can print an order line, it needs two things: the SKU, and a value for each of that SKU's variants. The SKU comes from the SKU code on the order. - [Variant Examples](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/sku-variant-examples): Complete SKU variant setups for common products, grouped by what the variant controls. Each example shows the setup and what happens when an order comes in. - [Sequences (Serial Numbers)](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/sequences): Sequences stamp a unique, consecutive serial number into every unit you print. Attach a sequence to a text parameter on a SKU's linked part, and each queued print consumes the next number and embeds… - [Printing SKUs](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/printing-skus): This page covers how to print SKUs from your library. To learn more about how to create and manage SKUs, check out SKU Management. - [Orders](https://docs.printago.io/docs/commerce/orders): An order in Printago represents a customer request containing one or more SKUs with quantities, customer details, and a target fulfillment date. ## Mobile App - [Printago Mobile App](https://docs.printago.io/docs/mobile-app/overview): Monitor and control your Printago print farm from an iPhone, iPad, or Android device, with live cameras, print progress, and printer controls on the go. - [Using the Mobile App](https://docs.printago.io/docs/mobile-app/using-the-app): A walkthrough of the Printago phone app, covering the dashboard, printer details, print controls, temperatures, filament assignment, and scanning QR tags. - [Using the App on a Tablet](https://docs.printago.io/docs/mobile-app/tablet): How the Printago app adapts to tablets, with a navigation rail, multi-column camera grid, and a two-pane master-detail printer view. ## Integrations - [Etsy](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/etsy): The Etsy integration connects your Etsy shop to Printago for automated order processing and print-on-demand fulfillment. - [Shopify](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/shopify): The Shopify integration connects your Shopify storefront directly to Printago's production system so that incoming customer orders automatically generate print jobs. - [eBay](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/ebay): Connect your eBay seller account to Printago to automatically import paid orders, route them to your printers, and (with auto-print enabled) start jobs the moment a buyer pays. - [WooCommerce](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/woocommerce): The WooCommerce integration connects your WordPress store to Printago so paid orders turn into print jobs without retyping anything. When a customer checks out, your store tells Printago right away. - [TikTok Shop](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/tiktok-shop): The TikTok Shop integration connects your TikTok Shop seller account to Printago so orders turn into print jobs without retyping anything. - [ShipStation](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/shipstation): The ShipStation integration imports the orders your ShipStation account already collects. - [OneDrive](https://docs.printago.io/docs/integrations/onedrive): The OneDrive addon watches a folder in your OneDrive and keeps it in sync with your Printago Parts library. ## Addons - [Addons](https://docs.printago.io/docs/addons/overview): Addons extend Printago with powerful features and integrations. Open Add-Ons > Marketplace from the sidebar to browse everything available to your store. - [Classwork](https://docs.printago.io/docs/addons/classwork): Classwork turns your Printago store into a teaching space. Write lessons with formatted text, attach worksheets and images, add reference links, and assign each lesson to the students who should see… - [Cost Catalog](https://docs.printago.io/docs/addons/cost-catalog): The Cost Catalog addon tracks costs for materials, labor, and overhead, and calculates SKU costs and profit margins with comprehensive cost breakdowns. - [QR Workflows](https://docs.printago.io/docs/addons/qr-workflows): Print QR tags for your printers, their filament slots, your filament colors and your spools, and scan them in the Printago app to confirm a printer ready, send a job, assign filament to a slot,… ## Education - [Setting Up Printago for Education](https://docs.printago.io/docs/education/getting-started): How schools set up Printago for teaching. Every lab is a Printago account run by its teachers, labs join your school so its IT Admin can help manage them, and students join the labs they take part in… ## Tools & Workflows - [Hot Drop File Upload](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/hot-drop-file-upload): Hot Drop is Printago's drag-and-drop upload zone for quickly getting files into your system and optionally into the print queue in a single action. - [Folder Watching](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/folder-watching): Folder Watching turns a local folder on the machine running Printago Fuse into a live mirror of a folder in your Printago Parts library. - [Bulk Actions](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/bulk-actions): Bulk Actions provide powerful controls for managing multiple items simultaneously across Printago. Manage multiple printers, print jobs, parts, or SKUs simultaneously. - [Part and SKU Folders](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/folders): Printago provides folders to help organize your Parts and SKUs. Each section (Parts and SKUs) has its own separate set of folders for better organization. - [Global Search](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/global-search): Instantly find and navigate to any content in your Printago workspace with keyboard-driven global search. - [Keyboard Shortcuts](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/keyboard-shortcuts): Printago includes keyboard shortcuts throughout the application to help you work more efficiently. Rather than listing every shortcut here, we've documented them in context where they're most useful. - [Notifications](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/notifications): Printago can send real-time notifications about your print farm to a variety of channels. - [Installing Printago](https://docs.printago.io/docs/tools/pwa-install): Printago can be installed as a Progressive Web App (PWA) on your device, giving you a native app-like experience. This guide explains how to install Printago on different platforms. ## Organization - [User Management](https://docs.printago.io/docs/organization/user-management): Printago uses a role-based access control (RBAC) system combined with individual permissions to give you fine-grained control over what each team member can do inside your organization. - [Roles & Permissions List](https://docs.printago.io/docs/organization/permissions): Printago ships with six built-in roles. Role definitions may be updated over time as new features are released — users assigned to a role automatically receive any new permissions added to it. - [Audit Log](https://docs.printago.io/docs/organization/audit-log): The Audit Log provides a chronological record of all significant actions taken within your organization — who did what, when, from where, and what changed. - [Deleting Your Account](https://docs.printago.io/docs/organization/delete-account): Deleting your account removes your organization and everything in it, and cannot be undone. The deletion runs 24 hours after you confirm, and any owner can cancel it until then. ## API - [API Keys](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/keys): API keys let external applications authenticate with the Printago API on behalf of your organization. - [Authentication & Quotas](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/authentication-and-quotas): Every API request must include your API key: - [Examples](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/examples): The API Keys page in the Printago app includes ready-to-use code examples in cURL, JavaScript, and Python. Drop your API key into one and it runs. Navigate to Settings > API Keys to see them. - [Developers Site](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/developers-site): The Printago Developers Site provides: - [Printago CLI](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/cli): The Printago CLI is a command-line client for the Printago API. It wraps every REST endpoint (printers, print jobs, orders, parts, materials, SKUs, profiles, builds, and more) behind a single… - [AI Agents & Skills](https://docs.printago.io/docs/api/ai-agents): You can operate your entire print farm through an AI agent. Printago is built so an agent (Claude, ChatGPT, a custom tool-use loop, or similar) can list printers, queue jobs, manage orders, and… ## Settings - [Account Settings](https://docs.printago.io/docs/settings/account-settings): Manage your account settings and preferences from Settings > Account in Printago. The Account page is the hub for how you sign in, how your organization appears, and the defaults Printago uses for… - [General Settings](https://docs.printago.io/docs/settings/general-settings): General Settings is where you set workspace-wide defaults: what Printago shows you, how thumbnails are drawn, what it records during a print, and how the queue behaves. - [Custom Fields](https://docs.printago.io/docs/settings/custom-fields): Custom fields let you record your own facts on the things Printago already tracks: "hardened nozzle" on a printer, "customer" on an order, "shelf location" on a part, "batch" on a job. - [Subscription Management](https://docs.printago.io/docs/settings/subscription-management): Manage your Printago subscription and billing. ## Troubleshooting - [Troubleshooting](https://docs.printago.io/docs/troubleshooting/common-issues): This page consolidates common issues and solutions from across Printago. For feature-specific troubleshooting, see the relevant documentation pages. ## Support - [Support & Help](https://docs.printago.io/docs/support): Need help with Printago? We've got you covered! Our team is ready to assist you with any questions or challenges you encounter. ## Optional - [Docs map](https://docs.printago.io/docs_map.md): Hierarchical index of every page with all its section headings — ideal as a second fetch after this file. - [OpenAPI specification](https://docs.printago.io/printago-api-swagger.json): Machine-readable OpenAPI 3.1 spec for the Printago REST API. - [Developers site](https://developers.printago.io): Interactive API reference, guides, and tutorials. - [Sitemap](https://docs.printago.io/sitemap.xml): Every page on the docs site.