Getting Started with Printerhive
Printerhive helps you run multiple 3D printers from one web interface. It connects your printers through a local client, keeps them on your network, and gives you one place to manage files, queues, filament, orders, and production work.
What Printerhive is for
Printerhive is useful when you need more than a single-printer dashboard:
- Print farm control: monitor many printers, start jobs, manage queues, and track history.
- File and plate management: upload files once, browse folders, inspect plates, and reuse files across printers.
- Filament and AMS tracking: manage spools, AMS trays, QR labels, and filament warnings before a print starts.
- Production workflow: organize work into orders, products, projects, variants, and print queues.
- E-commerce integrations: connect shop orders and move order items into production.
- Cost and quote tools: calculate print costs and collect quote inquiries from your website.
Quick start path
If you are setting up Printerhive for the first time, follow these pages in order:
- Create your account
- Check supported printers
- Prepare a client device
- Install the Printerhive client
- Connect your first printer
- Upload files and send your first print
If you bought a pre-installed Raspberry Pi from us, start with Pre-installed Raspberry Pi Setup instead.
Main workflows
Once the first printer is connected, these are the most important sections:
- Print queues and jobs - current prints, queued work, history, custom queues, and printer matching.
- Files, plates, and OrcaSlicer - file library, folders, plates, direct upload, and slicer workflow.
- Filament storage and AMS - spools, stock, QR labels, AMS trays, and filament mismatch warnings.
- Orders, products, and projects - production organization for customer jobs and repeatable items.
- E-commerce integrations - Shopify, WooCommerce, Upgates, CSV exports, and order imports.
System requirements
- Browser: current Chrome, Firefox, Safari, Edge, or another modern browser.
- Client device: Raspberry Pi or another device capable of running the Printerhive client.
- Network: printers and the client device must be on the same local network.
- Internet: required for syncing with the Printerhive cloud service.
See Hardware Requirements for client device recommendations.