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Setting up SimplyPrint: SimplyPrint Client method

Follow the steps for the SimplyPrint Client setup.

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  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Install the client
  • 3 Connect your printer
SimplyPrint Client

Connect your printers to SimplyPrint

Bring your printer(s) into SimplyPrint with one small app on a device on your network - across brands, with nothing installed on the printers.

How the client works

The SimplyPrint bridge

No software is installed on your printer - the SimplyPrint Client does the work for it:

  • Our SimplyPrint Client runs on a separate device on your network
  • This device acts as a "bridge" connecting your printer(s) to SimplyPrint
  • It's a wireless setup - no extra cables needed!
Important: The device running the client must remain turned on at all times to maintain the connection to your printers.
What you'll need
  • A device that will remain powered on

    Any computer or device such as a Raspberry Pi that can run the SimplyPrint client

  • Network connection

    The device must be on the same network as your printer(s)

  • Your printer(s)

    Make sure it's powered on and connected to your network

Ready to proceed?

Now that you understand how the client works, let's set up your printer with SimplyPrint.

Next, you'll install the SimplyPrint Client on a device, then connect your printer.

Bambu Lab Creality Anycubic Elegoo Snapmaker Flashforge Ultimaker Duet
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Thousands complete this setup every week. Follow each step carefully - most issues come from skipping ahead.

Why some setups are tricky: Some manufacturers lock down their printers, requiring workarounds like custom firmware. If hardware is listed as required, there's no shortcut.

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That's it! You're all set

You're now ready to connect your printer and start using SimplyPrint.

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Common Questions

The SimplyPrint Client is a small app, made by us, that you run on a device on your network. It talks to your printers locally and bridges them to SimplyPrint, so you do not have to install anything on the printers themselves. One client can connect many printers across different brands at once.
Bambu Lab, Creality, Anycubic, Elegoo, Snapmaker, Flashforge, Dremel, Ultimaker, and Duet. You pick your brand during setup and follow the connection steps for it.
It depends on the printer. Some brands (such as Creality and Anycubic) can also connect directly on the printer with OctoPrint or Klipper, and you will see both options. The client is the simplest path and works the same across brands. For closed printers like Bambu Lab, the client is the only way in.
No. Mobile devices cannot run the background processes the client needs. Use an actual computer (Raspberry Pi, Mac, Windows, or Linux). Once the client is running, you can of course use phones and tablets to control your printers through the SimplyPrint web and mobile apps.
Yes. The client must be running whenever you want to start prints, monitor remotely, or use SimplyPrint features. If the device is off or asleep, SimplyPrint cannot reach your printer.

Tip: A Raspberry Pi uses very little electricity (about $5-10 per year) and is built to run 24/7.
Yes. A single client can connect many printers on the same network, including a mix of brands.
No. Prints run locally on the printer once files are sent. If the client or your internet connection goes down, an ongoing print keeps going.
No. Your printers only need to be on the same local network as the client. The device running the client does need internet access to reach the SimplyPrint servers.

What works with this connection method

Which SimplyPrint features work when a printer connects this way. Some depend on the printer model; each printer's compatibility page has its own table.

Feature Bambu Lab (LAN-only mode, recommended) Bambu Lab (Cloud mode) Creality Anycubic Elegoo Snapmaker Flashforge Dremel Ultimaker Duet
Monitoring
Live status and progress Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Webcam Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1
AI failure detection Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1 Yes 1
Time left Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Layer progress Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes No 2 Yes Yes
Temperatures Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Printing
Starting a print Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Pause, resume and cancel Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Skip objects Yes Depends 3 Yes Depends 4 Yes Yes No Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Yes
Files
Print sliced 3MF files Yes Yes Depends 4 Depends 4 Depends 4 Depends 4 Yes Depends 4 Depends 4 Depends 4
Print UFP files No No No No No No No No Yes No
Printer control
Change temperatures Yes Depends 3 Yes Depends 4 Yes Yes Yes Not offered by the printer 5 Depends 4 Yes
Moving with the controls Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Yes
Homing Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Yes
Extrude and retract Yes Depends 3 Yes No Yes Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Change print speed Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Fan speed Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Baby stepping Not offered by the printer 5 Not offered by the printer 5 No No Not offered by the printer 5 Yes No Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Send G-code Yes Depends 3 Yes No Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Calibration
Change filament Yes Depends 3 Yes No Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Depends 4 Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Bed leveling Not offered by the printer 5 Not offered by the printer 5 Yes No Not offered by the printer 5 No No Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Z-Offset Calibration Not offered by the printer 5 Not offered by the printer 5 No No Not offered by the printer 5 No No Not offered by the printer 5 No Yes
Multi-material
Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6 Depends 4,6 Yes 6 Depends 4,6 No No No
Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6 Yes 6 Depends 4,6 Yes 6 Depends 4,6 No No No
Automation
AutoPrint Pro Yes Depends 3 Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
Download the file before the print starts Yes Not offered by the printer 5 Yes Yes Yes No Yes No Yes Yes

Bambu Lab (LAN-only mode, recommended)

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Yes
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract Yes
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping Not offered by the printer 5
  • Send G-code Yes

Calibration

  • Change filament Yes
  • Bed leveling Not offered by the printer 5
  • Z-Offset Calibration Not offered by the printer 5

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Bambu Lab (Cloud mode)

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Depends 3
  • Pause, resume and cancel Depends 3
  • Skip objects Depends 3

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Yes
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Depends 3
  • Moving with the controls Depends 3
  • Homing Depends 3
  • Extrude and retract Depends 3
  • Change print speed Depends 3
  • Fan speed Depends 3
  • Baby stepping Not offered by the printer 5
  • Send G-code Depends 3

Calibration

  • Change filament Depends 3
  • Bed leveling Not offered by the printer 5
  • Z-Offset Calibration Not offered by the printer 5

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Depends 3
  • Download the file before the print starts Not offered by the printer 5

Creality

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract Yes
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping No
  • Send G-code Yes

Calibration

  • Change filament Yes
  • Bed leveling Yes
  • Z-Offset Calibration No

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Anycubic

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Depends 4

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Depends 4
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract No
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping No
  • Send G-code No

Calibration

  • Change filament No
  • Bed leveling No
  • Z-Offset Calibration No

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Elegoo

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract Yes
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping Not offered by the printer 5
  • Send G-code Not offered by the printer 5

Calibration

  • Change filament Not offered by the printer 5
  • Bed leveling Not offered by the printer 5
  • Z-Offset Calibration Not offered by the printer 5

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Depends 4,6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Depends 4,6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Snapmaker

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract Yes
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping Yes
  • Send G-code Yes

Calibration

  • Change filament Yes
  • Bed leveling No
  • Z-Offset Calibration No

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Yes 6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Yes 6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts No

Flashforge

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects No

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Yes
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Depends 4
  • Homing Depends 4
  • Extrude and retract Depends 4
  • Change print speed Depends 4
  • Fan speed Depends 4
  • Baby stepping No
  • Send G-code Depends 4

Calibration

  • Change filament Depends 4
  • Bed leveling No
  • Z-Offset Calibration No

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots Depends 4,6
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit Depends 4,6

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Dremel

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress No 2
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Not offered by the printer 5

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Not offered by the printer 5
  • Moving with the controls Not offered by the printer 5
  • Homing Not offered by the printer 5
  • Extrude and retract Not offered by the printer 5
  • Change print speed Not offered by the printer 5
  • Fan speed Not offered by the printer 5
  • Baby stepping Not offered by the printer 5
  • Send G-code Not offered by the printer 5

Calibration

  • Change filament Not offered by the printer 5
  • Bed leveling Not offered by the printer 5
  • Z-Offset Calibration Not offered by the printer 5

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots No
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit No

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts No

Ultimaker

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files Yes

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Depends 4
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract No
  • Change print speed No
  • Fan speed No
  • Baby stepping No
  • Send G-code No

Calibration

  • Change filament No
  • Bed leveling No
  • Z-Offset Calibration No

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots No
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit No

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Duet

Monitoring

  • Live status and progress Yes
  • Webcam Yes 1
  • AI failure detection Yes 1
  • Time left Yes
  • Layer progress Yes
  • Temperatures Yes

Printing

  • Starting a print Yes
  • Pause, resume and cancel Yes
  • Skip objects Yes

Files

  • Print sliced 3MF files Depends 4
  • Print UFP files No

Printer control

  • Change temperatures Yes
  • Moving with the controls Yes
  • Homing Yes
  • Extrude and retract Yes
  • Change print speed Yes
  • Fan speed Yes
  • Baby stepping Yes
  • Send G-code Yes

Calibration

  • Change filament Yes
  • Bed leveling Yes
  • Z-Offset Calibration Yes

Multi-material

  • Map filament to multi-material slots No
  • Sync loaded filament from the multi-material unit No

Automation

  • AutoPrint Pro Yes
  • Download the file before the print starts Yes

Works Depends Not supported Not offered by the printer

  1. Needs a camera
  2. SimplyPrint doesn't support this through this connection yet.
  3. Bambu Lab firmware from 2025 on only allows monitoring in cloud mode: use LAN-only mode to start prints and control the printer. Older firmware still allows both.
  4. Depends on the printer model
  5. The printer doesn't offer this to other software.
  6. Needs a multi-material unit