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What running a print farm actually costs.

Working notes on costing, scheduling, printers and filament — and news from the 3D printing world, with a link to every source.

Guides · 19 October 2026 · 6 minPrice from the floor up: a margin check for every 3D print saleInstead of starting from cost plus a markup, work out the lowest price each sale can accept, then check the price you want against it. A step-by-step method with illustrative numbers.PrintSol team
Guides · 5 minCost one print by hand: a worked example, line by lineTake one real print and cost it line by line: filament, purge, machine time, power, labour and failures. Round illustrative numbers, and where each input comes from.12 October 2026Guides · 5 minBambu LAN mode and Developer Mode: what you actually loseThird-party tools often ask you to put your Bambu printers in LAN Only with Developer Mode. That is a real trade, and for most of what a farm needs, it is not required.6 October 2026Guides · 6 minHow to promise a ship date you can actually keepMost farms quote lead times from gut feel and then find out they are late when the customer emails. A queue simulation across the real fleet gives you two days of warning.29 September 2026Guides · 7 minFilament cost is less than half of what a print costs youThe standard calculation — grams times price per kilo — gets you to about 45% of the real number. Here is the other 55%, line by line, on a real product.18 September 2026

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