3D printer management

3D printer management software for small farms

SpoolBoard is the planning layer for people running several printers or a small print farm: one print queue, honest per-job costing, maintenance timers and shared stock across every machine. It works with any printer brand, and pairs with OctoPrint or Obico for live monitoring.

What 3D printer management software does

If you run more than one machine, the hard part is not printing, it is keeping the queue, stock and costs straight. 3D printing management software organises that work so nothing collides.

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One queue, every printer

Jobs sit in a single priority queue with a per-printer calendar. See what is next, reassign work between machines, and keep every printer busy.

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Honest cost per job

Full COGS on every print: filament, electricity, machine wear and your markup, exported to CSV for the books. No back-of-envelope pricing.

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Maintenance you will not forget

Run-hour and calendar timers per machine, with due flags so a nozzle change or belt check never slips when you manage multiple printers.

Manage the whole queue

A print queue is only useful if it matches the stock and machines you actually have. SpoolBoard keeps the two in step.

Priority auto-scheduler

Order jobs by priority and let the scheduler slot them onto printers. Urgent work rises to the top without you re-shuffling a spreadsheet.

Roll-over reservation

Each job reserves filament with a roll-over ladder, so two prints never claim the same grams. If one roll runs short the next spool takes over.

What can I print now

A single view answers the daily question: which queued jobs have the stock and a free machine right now, so you start the next print with confidence.

Per-printer calendar & manual scheduling

Prefer to place jobs by hand? Drag work onto a per-printer calendar and block out time for a specific machine when you need to.

One honest cost per job

Costing sits on the same ledger as your filament, so a price is never a guess. Every job is costed the same way across the fleet.

Full COGS, per print

Filament grams at real unit cost, electricity by print time, machine wear per run-hour, plus the markup you set. That is your true cost, not an estimate.

Per-pool books & CSV export

Keep separate books per pool for different clients or product lines, then export the ledger to CSV for invoicing and your accounts.

Maintenance across every printer

More machines means more upkeep. SpoolBoard tracks it per printer so nothing runs on a worn nozzle or a dry rail.

Run-hour and calendar timers

Set tasks to fire after a number of print hours or on a fixed date. Each machine carries its own schedule, from lube to belt tension.

Due flags you can act on

Overdue and upcoming tasks are flagged clearly, so a fleet stays serviced. Read more on the 3D printer maintenance page.

Shared stock for the team

When more than one person runs the printers, stock and costs have to be shared cleanly. Pools and roles handle that.

Shared pools

Filament lives in pools your whole team can see, so reservation and costing work across everyone's jobs, not just one person's spools.

Roles that fit the shop

Control who can move stock, edit costs or manage the queue. See how it works for a workshop on the for teams page.

Where SpoolBoard fits

SpoolBoard is the planning, stock and costing layer, not 3D printer monitoring software. It sits alongside the tools you already run.

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Pairs with live monitoring

For cameras and live status, keep using OctoPrint or Obico. SpoolBoard manages the queue, filament and per-job cost that those tools do not.

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Any printer, any slicer

Brand-agnostic by design. Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality, Voron or a mixed 3D print farm, all managed in one place.

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Built on real stock

Every plan and price rides on grams-accurate filament tracking, so the queue reflects stock you truly have.

Manage your printers the calm way

One print queue, honest per-job costing, maintenance timers and shared stock across the fleet. Explore the full feature list or start today.

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Frequently asked questions

Common questions about 3D printer management software, print queues and running a small farm.

What is 3D printer management software?

It is software that organises the work around your printers: the print queue, job priority, per-job costing, maintenance schedules and shared filament stock. SpoolBoard handles this planning layer so several printers stay coordinated, rather than tracking prints on paper or in a spreadsheet.

Can SpoolBoard run a print farm?

Yes, for a small 3D print farm. It manages the queue, reserves filament to jobs so two prints never claim the same grams, costs every job across the fleet, and tracks maintenance per machine. For live camera monitoring you pair it with OctoPrint or Obico.

Does it monitor printers with a camera?

No. SpoolBoard is the planning, stock and costing layer, not 3D printer monitoring software. For live status and cameras you pair it with OctoPrint or Obico, and use SpoolBoard to manage the queue, filament and per-job cost.

Does it work with Bambu Lab and Prusa?

Yes. SpoolBoard is brand-agnostic, so it works with Bambu Lab, Prusa, Creality, Voron and any other printer. You manage the queue, stock and costing in SpoolBoard regardless of what hardware or slicer you run.

Is there a print queue?

Yes. Jobs sit in a priority queue with a what-can-I-print-now view, a per-printer calendar and manual scheduling. A roll-over ladder reserves filament to each job so the queue reflects stock you actually have.

How much does 3D printer management software cost?

SpoolBoard starts from £3.99 a month for a single maker, and the Company plan is from £25 a month for unlimited printers and a shared team. See the pricing page for the current plans.