Open-source bed clearing for Prusa

Loop: hands-free printing on the Prusa MK3S+

Loop is a free, community-built mod that clears the bed on a Prusa MK3(S/+). Pair it with SimplyPrint AutoPrint and your printer keeps pulling jobs from the queue on its own.

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Free maker mod, fully automated by AutoPrint

Loop is a free open-source project by Pierre Trappe. SimplyPrint is not affiliated and does not sell it, but AutoPrint supports it: connect your Prusa MK3S+, enable AutoPrint, pick the Loop method, and it clears each finished print and starts the next queued job with no gcode splicing by hand.

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What is Loop?

Open-source auto bed clearing

Loop is an open-source, community-built modification for the Prusa MK3(S/+) that clears the bed automatically so the printer keeps going. It is a free maker project on GitHub by Pierre Trappe, not a product sold by SimplyPrint.

Once a print finishes, Loop removes the part from the bed and frees the surface for the next job. With SimplyPrint AutoPrint driving it, you do not splice gcode files together by hand and you do not need to babysit the printer between prints - the queue and the mod do the work.

How to set up Loop in SimplyPrint

Once your Prusa MK3S+ has the Loop mod fitted, getting it running in AutoPrint takes three steps.

1. Connect your Prusa

Add your Prusa MK3(S/+) to SimplyPrint like any other printer, then enable AutoPrint on it.

2. Pick the Loop method

Choose Loop as the bed-clearing method for that printer. SimplyPrint handles the clearing routine between prints for you.

3. Queue jobs and walk away

Send jobs to the print queue. AutoPrint starts a job, lets Loop clear the bed when it finishes, then starts the next queued job hands-off.

The Loop mod, and the AutoPrint setup

The open-source Loop hardware on a Prusa MK3, and the steps to wire it into SimplyPrint AutoPrint.

The Loop mod

The open-source Loop bed-clearing mod fitted to a Prusa MK3.

Pick the method

Choose Loop as the bed-clearing method for your Prusa in AutoPrint.

Clearing gcode

SimplyPrint generates the clearing gcode for the Loop mod.

Enable AutoPrint

Turn AutoPrint on and the printer clears the bed and continues on its own.

Works with these printers

Loop is built for the Prusa MK3(S/+). It is an open-source mod designed around that specific machine, so it works with the Prusa MK3, MK3S and MK3S+. If you run a fleet of MK3S+ printers, AutoPrint can drive Loop on every one of them from a single queue.

Get the Loop mod

Loop is a free, open-source maker project. You can grab the build files, parts list and instructions from the project on GitHub.

For the full product details - what it is, what you need and how to build it - see the integration page. This page is about running it inside SimplyPrint AutoPrint.

View the Loop project on GitHub

Plan access: what plan do I need?

AutoPrint is included on Pro as 1 license (up to 5 total). Print Farm, Enterprise and Education include unlimited AutoPrint licenses. The Loop mod itself is free and open-source - you only need an AutoPrint license to drive it.

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One license drives one printer running Loop.
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Up to 5 total · $3/mo per extra license

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Frequently asked questions

Loop is built specifically for the Prusa MK3(S/+) - the Prusa MK3, MK3S and MK3S+. It is an open-source mod designed around that machine.
No. Loop is a free, open-source maker project by Pierre Trappe, available on GitHub. SimplyPrint does not sell it and is not affiliated with it - we just support it as an AutoPrint clearing method. You only need an AutoPrint license to run it.
With manual clearing, you wait for each print to finish, remove the part and start the next job by hand. With Loop driven by AutoPrint, the bed is cleared automatically and the next queued job starts on its own - no splicing gcode files together by hand and no waiting at the printer.
Yes. AutoPrint pulls jobs straight from your SimplyPrint print queue. After Loop clears a finished print, AutoPrint starts the next queued job, so a full queue runs through without you touching the printer.
As many as your queue holds. Because Loop clears the bed after each job and AutoPrint immediately starts the next one, the printer keeps cycling through the queue until it is empty. Run it within sight and within your own safety judgement, as you would any unattended print.

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