How to add a printer in PrusaSlicer

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To add a printer in PrusaSlicer you need to go to the “Printer settings” tab, open the “System settings” window of the default printer and then click “Add/Remove printers”.

To add a 3D printer in PrusaSlicer, follow the steps below:

1. Open PrusaSlicer on your computer.

If you don't have PrusaSlicer installed on your computer yet you can check this post “PrusaSlicer: The laminator from Prusa Research”

2. Go to the “Printer Settings” tab

3. Open the “System Settings” window

And then click on “Add/Remove printers“

4. Click on other brands.

If your printer is from another brand, click on “Other Brands”

5. Choose the brand of your 3D printer

Choose the brand of your 3D printer and click “Next”

6. Choose the 3D printer model

I'm going to choose a Creality Ender 3 with a 0.4mm nozzle

After choosing your model, click “next.”

7. Custom Settings

In case your 3D printer is not listed anywhere, this is where you can enter its name and configure it manually.

If you have already chosen your printer from the list then click “next”.

8. Select Filament Profiles.

Here you can configure the filaments you are going to use.

In my case I am going to choose all the generic options.

9. Automatic updates.

Select both options to have the PrusaSlicer program update automatically.

Click “next”.

10. Reload from disk

According to the official PrusaSlicer page, this feature is useful when you want to replace the newer version of a model with the older version, without having to reconfigure things like custom supports for example.

You can read more here.

I'm going to leave it disabled. Click “next.”

11. File association.

Checking these boxes will associate the .3mf and .STL files with PrusaSlicer.

This means that every time you double-click on a file, PrusaSlicer will open automatically.

If you use another slicer, don't select them.

Click “Next”.

12. View Mode

If you are a beginner user, you can leave the “simple mode” selected. This mode will be basic and without many settings to be modified.

If you are a more advanced user, select “Advanced Mode” to have better control of all the settings and parameters.

Click Finish.

13. Check that your 3D printer has been added.

Your printer should appear in the same printer profile window.

14. Check the Platform tab.

On the platform tab you should see the plate with the brand or logo of your 3D printer

If everything went well, your 3D printer will now be added to PrusaSlicer.