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Auto-matching, not magic
SimplyPrint reads the material, colour, nozzle and tags on each printer, compares them to the requirements on each queue item, and only starts a job where the printer is ready for it. Items without a match stay in the queue until a fitting printer is free.
Pick printers, review matches, hit start
The 1-Click Print button lives at the top of your print queue. Click it and SimplyPrint opens the batch dialog: a summary of total prints, time and material across the batch, a printer selector (defaults to every operational printer in your fleet), sort and grouping controls, and the Print matches list showing exactly which queue item each printer would pick up.
For each printer the matcher either pairs it with the next compatible queue item or shows "No items match with the current requirements" with a Find out why link straight into the Queue Inspector. Hit Launch 1-Click Print and every matched job starts simultaneously.
Powered by smart routing
1-Click Print isn't separate logic - it asks SimplyPrint's matching engine the same question AutoPrint does: "what's the next queue item this printer can actually run?" The engine compares each printer's loaded material, mounted bed type, nozzle config and tags against every queued file's requirements (parsed from slicer metadata on upload). Matches are offered; mismatches stay in the queue.
That's why 1-Click Print never starts a PETG file on a PLA-loaded printer, never tries to print a 0.6 mm nozzle file on a 0.4 mm printer, and never sends a file requiring a textured plate to a printer with a smooth one. The bad start doesn't happen because the system never offers it.
Staggered starts: queue 270 of the same item, walk away
Identical items, identical printers, intentionally non-identical start times
When you 1-Click Print a queue of identical items to a row of identical printers, SimplyPrint staggers the start times so the printers don't all hit the heated-bed peak at the same moment, don't all need the operator at the same minute when they finish, and don't all clear at once. Set the stagger interval, hit 1-Click, walk away. Your power draw smooths out, your operator's evening doesn't collapse into a single five-minute panic, and the next print of each printer is queued up by the time the previous one comes off the bed.
See 1-Click Print in action
Hit one button and SimplyPrint starts a job on every compatible printer in your fleet. Six different files, forty printers, one click.
Total prints 40
Different items 6
First print done 35m
Last print done 4h 30m
Total cost $95.25
Total material 3.22 kg
Space play/pause · R reset
Power draw issues at startup? Staggered Start caps how many printers heat up at once - so you can run more printers per circuit without tripping breakers. Optional, but a lifesaver if your farm shares a wall outlet. Learn about Staggered Start →
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What operators say
Across our 2026 print-farm feedback survey, 1-Click Print and staggered starts came up as the single biggest farm time-saver - more than any other feature.
"1-click printing sending all of our gcode out to 20+ printers all at once saves me the most time."
"1-Click Print is awesome (with staggered starts!) and being able to export CSV files for me, our accounting and procurement teams."
"I can run 50% more jobs in the same or less time. SimplyPrint saves me several hours weekly."
Process a queue group as one customer order
The Process queue groups fully before moving to next group toggle is small in the UI but huge in operation: it lets you treat a queue group as one customer order, one school assignment, one production run. Every printer pulls from group A until group A is empty, then group B starts. Customer orders ship complete. Assignments stay batched. Production runs don't get accidentally interleaved with the next job.
Works with queue groups
Use queue groups to keep batches together - a customer order, a school assignment, a production run. The 1-Click Print modal includes a Select or order groups dropdown so you can run only one group at a time, restrict 1-Click to a subset of groups, or set the order in which groups are processed.
The Process queue groups fully before moving to next group toggle keeps each group's items together: every printer pulls from group A until group A is empty, then group B starts. Customer orders ship complete; assignments stay batched.
Won't start on an occupied bed
The modal's Printer beds must be cleared check holds the line: a printer with a print still on its bed is skipped until the bed is cleared (manually marked, or auto-detected if you've enabled AI bed check). No surprise overprints, no jammed builds.
Approval-aware on School and Enterprise
If your account uses queue approval (School and Enterprise plans), 1-Click Print skips anything still pending approval and only starts items that have been approved. Student submissions or contractor uploads can sit in the queue waiting for a teacher / supervisor's green light - 1-Click won't push them through.
Plan access
1-Click Print is included on Pro and above. The print queue and matching engine it depends on are also Pro+ (queue) and Free+ (matching engine).
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1-Click Print
Start every matched queue item across your fleet in one click. Included on Pro and above.
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Print queue
The underlying queue that 1-Click pulls from. Included on Pro and above.
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Smart routing & tagging
The matching engine that pairs queue items with compatible printers. Included on every plan, even Free.
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View full pricing & feature comparisonFrequently asked questions
What plan do I need?
1-Click Print is included on Pro and above. You also need at least one printer connected and the print queue feature enabled (also Pro+).
Will it start a print that doesn't match my filament?
No. 1-Click only starts a job on a printer when the printer's loaded material, mounted bed type, nozzle and tags satisfy what the queue item asks for. If nothing matches, the modal shows "No items match with the current requirements" for that printer and the item stays in the queue.
Does it clear the bed first?
No - it checks that the bed is already clear. The modal's Printer beds must be cleared toggle skips any printer whose bed is occupied (manually marked, or auto-detected via AI bed check if you've enabled it). Clear the bed, then 1-Click picks the printer up on the next run.
Can I limit which printers 1-Click uses?
Yes. The modal's Select printers picker defaults to every operational printer in your fleet, but you can narrow it to a subset, exclude specific printers, or use printer groups. The auto-discovery setting under Settings → Queue controls whether 1-Click adds newly-available printers mid-batch.
What happens when nothing matches a printer?
That printer is skipped for this batch and the modal shows "No items match with the current requirements" next to its name, with a Find out why link. Click through to the Queue Inspector to see exactly which checks failed - usually it's a material, colour, bed type or printer-model mismatch. Adjust the tag, re-run 1-Click, the printer joins the batch.
Does it work with queue groups?
Yes. The modal has a group picker so you can run only one group, multiple groups, or every group. The Process queue groups fully before moving to next group toggle keeps each group's items together until that group is empty - useful for customer orders, school assignments and production batches that need to ship together.
How is this different from AutoPrint?
Same matching engine, different trigger. 1-Click Print is the one-shot button: you hit it, every match starts now, then you're done. AutoPrint is continuous: every time a printer becomes free, it asks the matcher for the next compatible job and starts it automatically. Use 1-Click when you're at the panel and want to fire off a batch right now; use AutoPrint to keep the fleet running while you're not watching.
Need step-by-step help?
Read our helpdesk guide on auto-matching queue items to printers for the full walkthrough.