One simple screen for a room full of shared printers

The SimplyPrint Hub

Before: one shared login on the printer-room computer, and no idea who started the failed print. After: a clean screen with just your printers, where everyone signs in as themselves.

The Hub is a simpler, stripped-down version of SimplyPrint built for shared spaces. It lives at its own web address, shows only your printers - no sidebar, no settings, none of the panel's management clutter - and lets the people around them start prints under their own login. Same printers, same queue, same slicer, same permissions; just far less to click through.

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Made for the computer next to your printers

Makerspaces, school labs and print farms all run on shared printers. The Hub is the screen you put on the shared computer so anyone can walk up, find a printer and get a print going in seconds - while every action stays tied to a real person.

Two ways to sign in

Pick the login mode that fits your space, under organization settings. It changes how people sign in and how long they stay signed in.

Permanent login

Sign in once and stay signed in - the Hub shares the same login as the rest of SimplyPrint. Best for a trusted screen, and kept private until someone logs in.

Temporary login

Anyone with the link can watch the printers; the Hub asks people to sign in before any action, then signs them back out after a couple of minutes - so the next person always prints as themselves, never under someone else's name.

Lock the Hub to your room

Keep the printer room as open or as private as you like. Restrict the Hub to approved computers - click a button on each computer you trust and only those devices get in. Limit access to your building's network with IP restrictions. Or keep printers fully private with permanent login, where people must sign in before they can see anything at all.

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Your printers, your rules

You decide which printers show up with a per-printer Show on Hub toggle, run the screen in dark mode for a wall display, and send brand-new members straight to the Hub after they sign up. And because it's the same SimplyPrint underneath, the Hub respects the exact same permissions as the panel - if a user can't start prints in your organization, they can't start them on the Hub either.

Plans that include the Hub

The Hub arrives on the Print Farm plan, alongside the rest of SimplyPrint's multi-user tools, and is included on the School and Enterprise plans too.

Feature / Limit Free Basic Pro Print Farm Enterprise School Cloud Slicer Filament Manager
The Hub
Your kiosk-style printer-room page at simplyprint.io/hub/{your-id}.
Multiple users
Invite teammates, students or members to your account, each with their own login.
Single sign-on
Sign people in with your organization's existing SAML or OIDC identity provider.
Quotas, limits and balance
Periodic quotas, per-job limits and prepaid balance for shared printers.

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Frequently asked questions

It's a simpler, stripped-down view of SimplyPrint that lives at its own web address and shows only your printers - no sidebar, no settings, none of the panel's management clutter. It's designed to live on the shared computer in a printer room, makerspace or classroom, so people can start prints under their own login without poking around in your account.
It's simplyprint.io/hub/{your-organization-id}. You set the organization ID under General settings, so you can make it something memorable like simplyprint.io/hub/your-school-name. The same ID also powers sign-up and login links you can hand out: simplyprint.io/register/{your-id} and simplyprint.io/login/{your-id}.
Permanent login keeps a person signed in (it shares the same login as the rest of SimplyPrint) and keeps the Hub private until they log in - best for a trusted screen. Temporary login lets anyone with the link watch the printers, but asks for a sign-in before any action and signs the person back out after a couple of minutes of inactivity - perfect for a screen lots of different people share.
Yes. Use permanent login so people have to sign in before they can see anything, and/or restrict the Hub to approved computers or specific IP addresses. Temporary login makes the printer room visible to anyone with the link, so reach for these controls if you'd rather keep it private.
Yes - they sign in with their own account (or register through your organization's sign-up link, or use single sign-on if you have it). The Hub then applies the exact same permissions they have everywhere else, so signing in never grants any extra access.
The Hub is available on the Print Farm, School and Enterprise plans. See the pricing page for the full comparison.

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