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Protopasta PLA at a glance
Protopasta PLA is PLA filament by Protopasta, a brand from USA. Print it with the nozzle at 190-230 °C and the bed at 50-70 °C. It is abrasive: use a hardened steel nozzle. It comes in 93 colours, on 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg spools.
- Material
- PLA
- Nozzle
- 190-230 °C
- Bed
- 50-70 °C
- Diameter
- 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm
- Spool sizes
- 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg
- Colours
- 93
- Hardened nozzle
- Needed
Protopasta PLA colours
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- Amber Alchemy HT
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- Amethyst Aria Multicolor HT
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- Amie's Blood of My Enemies HT
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- Aqua Ice Translucent HT
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- Atikam Teal HT
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- Atomic Age Gray Glitter HT
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- Autumn Orange
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- Autumn Orange Thermochromic HT
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- Beach Bum Beige HT
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- Black Opaque HT
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- Black Recycled
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- Blue Ice Translucent HT
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- Blue Opaque HT
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- Bluish Opaque Purple HT
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- Bobbi's Purple Iris HT
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- Bottle Brown Translucent HT
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- Brass-filled Metal Composite HT
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- Bronze-filled Metal Composite HT
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- Candle Light White HT with Gold Glitter
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- Candy Rainbow Multicolor HT
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- Caution Opaque Yellow HT
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- Chlorophylled Thermochromic HT
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- Citrus Sunrise Orange Multicolor HT
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- Cobalt Blue Translucent HT
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- Copper-filled Metal Composite HT
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- Derek's Good Old Gray HT
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- Derek's Olive Drab HT
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- Dragon Scale Purple HT
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- Dragonfruit Smoothie HT
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- Dusty Smoke HT
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- Ecto Ooze Green HT
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- Empire Strikes Black HT
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- Erratic Indigo Multicolor HT
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- Fading Rainbow Multicolor HT
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- Fiber HT - Mahogany Wood
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- Filafetti Confetti Frosting HT
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- Fleck 'n Fire Red Glitter HT
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- Fleck 'n Forest Green Glitter HT
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- Fluorescent Yellow HT
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- Forest Fantasy Green Multicolor HT
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- Galactic Duel Thermochromic HT
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- Glitter's Mane Teal HT
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- Gloop! Purple HT
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- Gold Dust HT
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- Holiday Pine HT 2023 Special Edition
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- Iridescent Ice Clear Translucent HT
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- Iron-filled Metal Composite
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- Juliette's Raspberry Jam HT
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- Just Peachy Thermochromic HT
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- Kermie Green Multicolor HT
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- Lab Coat White HT
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- Lootsef Green HT
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- Mango Medley Multicolor HT
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- Marine Dream Blue Multicolor HT
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- Midnight Multicolor HT
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- Moonstruck White Satin HT
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- Nerfed Translucent Orange HT
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- Nice 'n Navy Blue HT
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- Night Before Blue HT with Silver Glitter
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- Obsidian HT
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- Orange Papaya Smoothie HT
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- Out of Darts Orange HT
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- Partly Cloudy Blue Multicolor HT
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- Partly Sunny Yellow Multicolor HT
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- Pineapple Banana Smoothie HT
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- Pretty in Pink Pearl HT
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- Purple Ice Translucent HT
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- Red Hot Cinnamon HT
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- Red Opaque HT
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- Scarlet Symphony Multicolor HT
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- Seafoam Green Multicolor HT
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- Silver Smoke Grey Translucent HT
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- Soda Green Translucent HT
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- Sophy's Aqua Phresh HT
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- Sour Apple Thermochromic HT
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- Sparkling Spruce HT
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- Stardust Silver Glitter HT
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- Steel-filled Metal Composite
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- Stef's Rose Gold HT
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- Stratocumulus Multicolor HT
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- Summertime Green HT
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- Texas Tea Black with Gold Glitter
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- The Original Nebula Multicolor HT
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- Tidal Turquoise Multicolor HT
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- Totally Translucent Yellow HT
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- Tropical Palm Green HT
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- Unicorn Tears White Glitter HT
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- Watermelon Crush Red HT
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- What Karat? Smooth Gold HT
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- White Marble HT
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- White Opaque HT
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- Winter Blue Glitter Flake HT
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- Wonder Black Rainbow Glitter HT
Where to buy Protopasta PLA
We don't know a shop that sells it yet. Amazon may have it.
Search Amazon for the Protopasta PLA. The link opens your own country's Amazon where there is one.
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Printers that print Protopasta PLA well
No printer in our catalog is rated for PLA + Carbon-fiber & glass-filled from its specs alone; only a maker's own list of materials says so. Check your printer maker's list, and for a fibre-filled filament, that the printer has a hardened nozzle.
Protopasta PLA in an AMS, CFS or ACE Pro, and its NFC tag
In a multi-material unit
Fibre-filled and abrasive: it wears parts that aren't hardened. Check that your multi-material unit's maker allows abrasive filament before loading it there.
The Open Filament Database doesn't record the spool's size or whether it is cardboard yet: check that it fits your unit.
NFC and RFID tags
Protopasta puts no tag on its spools that we know of. SimplyPrint writes one for the system you use, so the spool works like the system maker's own:
Creality CFS: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Creality printers read it like their own.
Anycubic ACE: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Anycubic printers read it like their own.
OpenPrintTag: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so Prusa printers read it like their own.
ELEGOO Canvas: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so ELEGOO printers read it like their own.
OpenSpool: SimplyPrint writes an open OpenSpool tag, which any OpenSpool reader can read.
QidiTech: SimplyPrint writes a tag for this spool, so QIDI printers read it like their own.
OpenTag: SimplyPrint writes an open OpenTag tag, which any OpenTag reader can read.
TigerTag: SimplyPrint writes an open TigerTag tag, which any TigerTag reader can read.
Bambu Lab and Snapmaker U1 tags are signed by the printer maker, so we can't write them, but we can write the others. On those printers, SimplyPrint keeps track of the spool instead.
Protopasta PLA slicer profiles
No slicer has a profile of its own for it that we know of. Start from your slicer's generic PLA profile and set the temperatures above.
What SimplyPrint users do with Protopasta PLA
From the spools and prints of SimplyPrint accounts, counted together, as of 22 Oct 2026. No account can be told apart.
- Have it in stock
- Used by multiple SimplyPrint users
- Hobbyists
- Used by multiple SimplyPrint users
Protopasta PLA specifications
Temperatures, material and spools, as Protopasta gives them in the Open Filament Database.
Printing
| Nozzle temperature | 190-230 °C |
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| Bed temperature | 50-70 °C |
| Hardened nozzle | Needed: it is abrasive |
Material
| Material | PLA |
|---|---|
| Properties | Some colours: Translucent, Glitter, High temperature, Gradient, Changes colour with temperature, Recycled, Abrasive, Metal filled, Wood filled, UV reactive, Transparent |
| Density | 1.24 g/cm³ |
| Brand from | USA |
Spools
| Diameter | 1.75 mm and 2.85 mm |
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| Spool sizes | 500 g, 1 kg, 2 kg and 3 kg |
| Colours | 93 |
| Refills without a spool | Unknown |
Is this data wrong? Edit it in the Open Filament Database: the fix reaches this page with the next import. The filament's file on GitHub
Compare Protopasta PLA with similar filaments
The same kind of filament from other brands, with a similar finish and temperatures, that you can buy.
Frequently asked questions
What temperature do I print Protopasta PLA at?
Protopasta gives a nozzle temperature of 190-230 °C and a bed temperature of 50-70 °C. Start in the middle of the range and adjust for your printer.
Does Protopasta PLA have an NFC or RFID tag?
Not from Protopasta, as far as we know. SimplyPrint can write a tag for it for the Creality CFS, Anycubic ACE, OpenPrintTag, ELEGOO Canvas, OpenSpool, QidiTech, OpenTag and TigerTag, so the spool works like the system maker's own.
Is there a slicer profile for Protopasta PLA?
Not one of its own that we know of. Use your slicer's generic PLA profile with the temperatures above.
Do I need a hardened nozzle for Protopasta PLA?
Yes. It is fibre-filled and wears a brass nozzle quickly; use hardened steel or another wear-resistant nozzle.
Filament data: the Open Filament Database, an open, community-kept catalog that SimplyPrint helps run. Usage figures, printer ratings and NFC support are SimplyPrint's own.