# Bambu Lab 3D printers and SimplyPrint Made by a company from China. We list 13 Bambu Lab printers. 13 of them work with SimplyPrint. Each printer's page says how it connects, and how to set it up. ## Every Bambu Lab printer, the newest first - [Bambu Lab A2L](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a2l): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched June 1, 2026) - [Bambu Lab A2L Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a2l-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched June 1, 2026) - [Bambu Lab X2D Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x2d-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched April 14, 2026) - [Bambu Lab X2D](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x2d): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched April 14, 2026) - [Bambu Lab H2C Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2c-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched November 18, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2C](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2c): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched November 18, 2025) - [Bambu Lab P2S Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched October 14, 2025) - [Bambu Lab P2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched October 14, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2S Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2s-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched August 26, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2s): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched August 26, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2S Laser Full Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2s-laser-full-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched August 26, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D Pro Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d-pro-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched August 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D Pro](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d-pro): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched August 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched March 25, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched March 25, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D Laser](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d-laser): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched March 25, 2025) - [Bambu Lab H2D Laser Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2d-laser-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched March 2025) - [Bambu Lab A1](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched December 14, 2023) - [Bambu Lab A1 Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched December 14, 2023) - [Bambu Lab A1 Chitu Platecycler C1](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-chitu-platecycler-c1): Compatible (launched December 2023) - [Bambu Lab X1E Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1e-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched October 13, 2023) - [Bambu Lab X1E](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1e): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched October 13, 2023) - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched September 20, 2023) - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched September 20, 2023) - [Bambu Lab P1S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched July 13, 2023) - [Bambu Lab P1S Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched July 13, 2023) - [Bambu Lab P1P + AMS](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1p-plus-ams): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched December 2022) - [Bambu Lab P1P](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1p): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched November 25, 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched May 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon FarmLoop Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-farmloop-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon FarmLoop](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-farmloop): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon AutoClear One Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-autoclear-one-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab X1-Carbon AutoClear One](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-x1-carbon-autoclear-one): Verified by SimplyPrint (launched 2022) - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini Swapmod Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-swapmod-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini Swapmod](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-swapmod): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 JobOx](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-jobox): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini FarmLoop](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-farmloop): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 FarmLoop](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-farmloop): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 FarmLoop Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-farmloop-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P1S FarmLoop Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s-farmloop-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P1S FarmLoop](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s-farmloop): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P2S FarmLoop Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s-farmloop-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini Chitu PlateCycler C1M](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-chitu-platecycler-c1m): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P2S FarmLoop](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s-farmloop): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini FarmLoop Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-farmloop-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P1S AutoClear One Combo](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s-autoclear-one-combo): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 3D Printomat Pro](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-3d-printomat-pro): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab P1S AutoClear One](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p1s-autoclear-one): Verified by SimplyPrint - [Bambu Lab A1 Mini 3D Printomat Pro](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-mini-3d-printomat-pro): Verified by SimplyPrint Compare them side by side: https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/compare?brand=bambulab Running a Bambu Lab print farm: https://simplyprint.io/print-farms/bambu-lab ## Bambu Lab's NFC spool tags Closed: the maker's own spools. Bambu Lab's tags are encrypted: only Bambu Lab's own spools are recognised automatically. SimplyPrint reads them through the printer. https://simplyprint.io/features/filament-management/nfc/bambu-lab ## About Bambu Lab Bambu Lab is a Shenzhen company founded in 2020 by former DJI engineers. It makes FDM printers in four families (A, P, X and H), the AMS multi-material units, the Bambu Studio slicer, the Bambu Handy app and the MakerWorld model site, and designs them to be used together. Its printers are used by beginners, hobbyists, schools and print farms. - Firmware and custom firmware: 1/5. The printer firmware is Bambu's own and closed; in 2022 Bambu said it would keep it in-house. Its security white paper describes secure boot that only runs verified firmware on X1, H2, P1 and A1 printers. Bambu publishes the GPL parts it uses (Linux kernel, U-Boot, BusyBox) but not the printer software. Rooting the X1 only became possible through a security flaw the X1Plus project used in 2024; Bambu then published a one-off rootable X1 firmware for owners who give up their warranty, and blocks rooting in later firmware. - Local control and integrations: 2/5. LAN Only mode prints and monitors from Bambu Studio or Bambu Connect without internet or an account; the Handy app, printing from outside the network and print history need Bambu's cloud. Since the 2025 authorization firmware, other software can only read status in normal mode. Full control needs Developer Mode, which cuts the cloud link and which Bambu says it cannot support because the protocols are not official. Bambu documents no local protocol; it offers a file hand-off to Bambu Connect and a Local Server SDK on application. - Third-party filament, slicers and parts: 3/5. Third-party filament works, and Bambu publicly denied in 2025 that it would restrict it. OrcaSlicer and other slicers can be used, but since the 2025 firmware they send and control prints through Bambu Connect or Developer Mode. Hotends are Bambu's own designs, and Bambu says it cannot promise long-term support for accessories that control the printer unless it approved them first. - Repairs and spare parts: 4/5. Bambu's store sells individual spare parts down to motors, belts, encoders and boards, and its wiki has step-by-step replacement guides for each model (for example the P2S hotend and the H2D/H2C AP board). Many parts, hotends included, are Bambu-specific, so spares come from Bambu. - Data and privacy: 3/5. Cloud features need a Bambu account, while LAN Only mode keeps jobs on the local network. Bambu publishes a Trust Center and a 38-page security white paper, says it holds ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and TRUSTe certifications, and runs a paid bug bounty. In August 2023 a cloud outage made some printers start earlier jobs on their own; Bambu apologised. - Community and documentation: 4/5. Very large user community, the MakerWorld model site, a detailed wiki and a blog where Bambu explains its policy changes. Bambu Studio is developed in public on GitHub with an open issue tracker. The printer protocol is not documented, and Developer Mode is unsupported. - September 2026: A US federal jury in Texas found that Bambu Lab's X1, P1 and A1 printers infringe Stratasys patents on prime towers and bed levelling, and awarded Stratasys $27.6 million. No injunction was placed on the printers. Bambu told Tom's Hardware it disagrees with the verdict and intends to seek post-trial review and appeal. Stratasys had filed two suits in 2024; more patents are still to be decided. - May 2026: Bambu Lab pressed the developer of 'OrcaSlicer-bambulab', a fork that restored direct cloud printing from OrcaSlicer, to remove it, according to Manufactur3D. On 7 May Bambu said the fork impersonated the official Bambu Studio client to its cloud, which its user agreement does not allow, and that modifying and sharing its AGPL code remains fine. The developer disputed the claims. - October 2025: Bambu Lab opened a Trust Center with a security white paper and listed ISO/IEC 27001, ISO/IEC 27701 and TRUSTe privacy certifications. A year later it said its bug bounty had worked with over 100 researchers and that it had added a public security update log. - January 20, 2025: After criticism from users and print farms, Bambu Lab announced an optional Developer Mode for X1, P1, A1 and A1 mini that leaves MQTT, FTP and the live stream open for third-party software in LAN mode, without official support. It also said LAN mode via Bambu Connect needs neither internet nor an account, and that third-party filament would not be restricted. - January 16, 2025: Bambu Lab announced firmware with 'authorization control', first for the X1: starting prints, moving axes, changing temperatures and binding the printer now require Bambu-approved software, also in LAN mode. On updated printers, third-party slicers and accessories such as the Panda Touch could no longer control the printer except through Bambu Connect; reading status still worked. Bambu cited security and up to 30 million unauthorised cloud requests a day; older firmware stayed optional. - March 2024: After the X1Plus jailbreak, Bambu Lab published a one-off rootable firmware for the X1 series for owners who give up their warranty support. It said it does not support X1Plus, and that firmware after it would block rooting again. - February 2024: Bambu Lab extended its A1 heatbed-cable callback to a recall of all A1 printers and asked owners to stop using them. It reported electrical faults in under 0.1% of units and offered a full refund plus an $80 voucher, or a redesigned heatbed plus a $120 voucher and six extra months of warranty. The A1 mini was not affected. - January 2024: Community developers rooted the X1 series through a security flaw in its firmware (up to version 1.07) and released the X1Plus custom firmware. Bambu Lab closed the flaw in later firmware. - August 2023: During a Bambu cloud outage on 15 August 2023, some printers started print jobs without user action, because jobs stuck in the cloud were resent when service returned. Bambu apologised, took responsibility and said it would add checks before a print starts. - May 2022: Before its first printers shipped, Bambu Lab said its firmware would stay closed and in-house to remain competitive, and promised to open-source everything if the company ever could not survive. ## Bambu Lab printers for print farms - [Bambu Lab P2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s): The successor to the P1S that Bambu says is the backbone of print farms, verified with SimplyPrint, with FarmLoop available for unattended runs. - [Bambu Lab H2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2s): Dependable on long jobs and the big plate suits batches, but the unit price is high and a single nozzle purges more than the H2D on colour work. - [Bambu Lab A1 Chitu Platecycler C1](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-a1-chitu-platecycler-c1): Fast and reliable for PLA and PETG, and several AutoPrint kits exist; the open frame and the material range limit what a farm can make. Running a print farm with SimplyPrint: https://simplyprint.io/print-farms/bambu-lab The best 3D printers for print farms: https://simplyprint.io/articles/best-3d-printer-for-print-farms ## Bambu Lab printers for education - [Bambu Lab P2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-p2s): The most seamless printer we know for a classroom: it sets itself up, and with the AMS and Bambu Lab's own filament, loading and filament settings take care of themselves. Keep to PLA and PETG with students; SimplyPrint adds queue approval. - [Bambu Lab H2S](https://simplyprint.io/compatibility/bambu-lab-h2s): Enclosed, rated below 50 dB by Bambu, with flame sensors and an emergency stop, and SimplyPrint can hold student prints for approval; it is expensive for a classroom and not aimed at first-time users. SimplyPrint for schools and universities: https://simplyprint.io/education The best 3D printers for schools: https://simplyprint.io/articles/best-3d-printers-for-schools ## Frequently asked questions ### Does Bambu Lab work with SimplyPrint? We list 13 Bambu Lab printers. 13 of them work with SimplyPrint. Each printer's page says how it connects, and how to set it up. ### Does SimplyPrint work with Bambu Lab's NFC spool tags? Bambu Lab's tags are encrypted: only Bambu Lab's own spools are recognised automatically. SimplyPrint reads them through the printer. ### How open is Bambu Lab? Mostly closed: 2.3 of 5 on our openness scale, rated from public sources on firmware, local control, filament and slicers, repairs, privacy and community. ### What is Bambu Lab's newest 3D printer? The Bambu Lab A2L, launched June 1, 2026.