Auto-combine and auto-start: full beds by themselves
Prints of one filament that fit one bed become a plate, are sliced as one job and start on a free printer with that filament loaded, without pressing Go.
Switch Auto-combine on in the Print Queue header. Every minute, prints of the same filament and the same print settings that wait for a printer are laid out together on one bed when they fit, most urgent first. A print pinned to a printer only rides with prints for that printer.
3MF prints
Single-colour 3MF files join a plate as their model, placed as their project placed them. A multi-colour 3MF can be the plate’s project with single-colour prints around it; two multi-colour 3MFs never share a plate, and the plate card says why.
Starting by themselves
With Auto-print on (Print Queue header), a sliced plate starts on an idle printer of its model with its filament loaded, the same as a single print. The Go button on a plate card is for starting one by hand, for example on a printer of your choice. Click the plate’s title to open its prints.
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