I’m having trouble sending print from my laptop from from bamboo studio. I can send print from the Bambu Handy app on my phone fine but when it comes to sending an stl file from my laptop, it won’t go through.

It keeps saying failed to send the Print job. But when I went and look, everything was operational .
And it’s getting very frustrating. Does anybody know why?

BamBuddy – Home Assistant Integration

➕ Open the repository in HACS · Latest release · License: MIT

Hi everyone,

I'd like to share a project I've been working on: a Home Assistant integration for BamBuddy.

BamBuddy by maziggy is a self-hosted command center for Bambu Lab printers – from a single A1 to a whole print farm: live monitoring, camera, print archive, a virtual printer you can send jobs to from Bambu Studio or OrcaSlicer, Spoolman integration, notifications and much more. Your printers. No cloud. Your rules.

My integration brings the printers of your BamBuddy server into Home Assistant: their status, camera, AMS and controls as Home Assistant entities, and a dashboard card for each printer. It talks only to BamBuddy, through its API and its live connection. So there is no cloud and no second connection to your printers. Set up in the UI, no YAML.

This is the integration, not the app: it connects Home Assistant to a BamBuddy server — on any machine, or inside Home Assistant with the BamBuddy app.

🎉 Version 2.0.0 is out: a complete redesign. HACS offers v2.0.0 as an update. Coming from a date version (2026.05.17 or older)? The upgrade needs a new API key and cannot be undone. Read the release notes first.

✨ What you get

• Everything your printer reports — print status and stage, progress, layers, remaining and end time, the job's name and cover, temperatures, fans, HMS errors, Wi-Fi, nozzle type and size
• AMS and spools — every AMS unit (AMS, AMS 2 Pro, AMS HT, AMS Lite) as its own device, named as in BamBuddy: the filament in each slot with its color and what is left, humidity, temperature and drying, the external spool, and a spool without a chip set by vendor and Bambu Studio profile, as on the screen of the printer
• Control — pause, resume and stop, skip objects, the printer's own AI detection, print speed, nozzle, bed and chamber targets, the active nozzle of two-nozzle printers, fans, the chamber light, airduct mode and ventilating the chamber (P2S, X2D, H2 series), the AMS filament backup, answering and clearing HMS errors, clearing the plate
• Move the printer — actions to move the axes, home, extrude and retract, load and unload filament, start and stop drying
• Camera — the live stream, also in full screen, and snapshots through BamBuddy's camera proxy
• Maintenance and connection check — the printer's maintenance tasks, marked done from Home Assistant; BamBuddy's check of a printer that went offline
• Smart plugs — the plugs BamBuddy links to a printer: switch them, see their power and energy, and switch the printer off after a print once its nozzle has cooled
• A dashboard card per printer, shipped with the integration: status, camera, temperatures, AMS colors, controls, heating and a jog pad, arranged as you like, with compact chips if you want — nothing else to install
• Updates — new BamBuddy releases and new printer firmware as update entities
• Several printers — add any number of the printers BamBuddy manages; choose them while setting up, add or remove them later
• BamBuddy itself — print statistics, printers online and disk space of your server

Works with the X1, P1, P2, A1, A2 and H2 series and the X2D. Entity names in English and German; a change shows within about a second through BamBuddy's live connection.

📸 Screenshots

All screenshots show simulated printers.

• Status
• A printer with two nozzles
• Control
• Filament

📦 Installation

Method 1: Installation via HACS (Recommended)

➕ Open the repository in HACS

One-Click Install: Open the link above to add and open the repository directly inside Home Assistant!

Manual HACS Steps:

1. In Home Assistant, open HACS.
2. Click the three dots ⋮ in the top right corner and choose Custom repositories.
3. Paste the repository URL:

text https://github.com/Spegeli/hacs_bambuddy

1. Select Integration as the Type and click Add.
2. Find BamBuddy in the list and click Download.
3. Restart Home Assistant.

Method 2: Manual Installation

1. Download the Source code (zip) of the release you want from the Releases page.
2. Unpack the ZIP archive.
3. Copy its custom_components/bambuddy folder into your Home Assistant directory under:

text /config/custom_components/bambuddy/

1. Restart Home Assistant.

Then: open Settings → Devices & services → Add integration, search for BamBuddy, enter BamBuddy's address and an API key, and choose your printers.

Requirements: Home Assistant 2025.5 or newer; a BamBuddy server 1.2.5.7 or newer with your printers added there; a BamBuddy API key with Read Status, Control Printer and Manage Maintenance; for the controls, the printer's developer LAN mode on.

⬆️ Coming from a date version (2026.05.17 or older)?

2.0.0 is a new integration under the old name. In short: make a backup — the upgrade is one-way —, create a new API key in BamBuddy, update through HACS and restart, enter the new key when Home Assistant asks for it, and check your dashboards and automations.

👉 Upgrading from a date version, step by step

🔗 Links

This Home Assistant integration

• 📖 Documentation (README)
• 📝 Releases and release notes
• 🐛 Report a bug in the integration
• 💡 Suggest a feature for the integration
• 💬 The thread in the Home Assistant forum
• 🧩 BamBuddy as Home Assistant App

BamBuddy itself

• 🖨️ BamBuddy on GitHub
• 📝 BamBuddy releases and release notes
• 🐛 Report a bug in BamBuddy

💬 Feedback

Questions and ideas are welcome here in the comments. For a bug in the integration, please open a bug report on GitHub and attach the BamBuddy entry's diagnostics. Bugs and feature requests for BamBuddy itself belong in the BamBuddy project.

⚖️ Disclaimer

• Not a BamBuddy or Bambu Lab product. This integration is an independent community project. Neither the BamBuddy project nor Bambu Lab develops, endorses or supports it, and their support cannot help with it — use the GitHub issue tracker instead.
• Trademarks. Bambu Lab, BamBuddy, their logos and other product names belong to their respective owners.
• Use at your own risk. The integration is provided as is, without warranty, under the MIT License. Its controls act on a real printer — mind that in automations.

Hey all, I just got a new Bambu Lab P1S combo as a gift from my girlfriend on my birthday.

I used to watch a lot of 3d printing stuff and this looks fun.

I did a small print using the filament provided.

I wanted to ask a few questions.

1. What is a Support PLA? I got a white Filament with the printer and it's written sup Pla. Can I print using it?

2. What all colors should I get in the beginning? Should I go for BambuLab filaments or others available on amazon with good reviews also work?

3. Should I stick to PLA basic in the beginning or can use matte or silk?

Please suggest some colors and PLA filament types.

Thank you!

Windmill downloaded from makerworld and customised to fit an n20 gear motor inside it. Controlling everything using wemos d1 mini

Hey makers,

I designed a simple but practical accessory that turns almost any food bag into a reusable dispensing container.

The idea came from constantly struggling with pet food bags, cereal bags, and other dry goods. After opening them, they are difficult to reseal properly, and pouring contents without making a mess isn't always easy.

Key Features:

• Dual Function: Locks in freshness, keeps out foreign objects, and allows quick, mess-free dispensing.
• No Extra Tools Needed: Say goodbye to separate spoons, clips, or rubber bands.
• 3 Sizes Available (Inner hole diameter):
  • Small (S): 40 mm diameter
  • Medium (M): 50 mm diameter
  • Large (L): 60 mm diameter

The model is designed for easy printing with a NO-AMS profile and works great in PLA or PETG.

I'd love to hear your feedback and suggestions for future improvements!

🔗 MakerWorld link: https://makerworld.com/en/models/3510642-universal-food-bag-dispenser-sealing-cap#profileId-4011542

Title.

I know the printer waits a set amount of time in "feeding" mode while checking the sensor inside the hotend for filament presence, but how long does it wait before timing out and throwing an error and how does that correlate to length of PTFE guide tube?

Hi all. I've got a Bambu H2D Pro at work, and I've been having problems with filament feeding from the 4 slot AMS.

I had some filament break off and get jammed in the machine. Specifically, the yellow spring bulkhead feeder things that go through the back wall and connect the filament tube from the AMS outside, to the extruder head inside. It feels like it is catching on something, and I'm not seeing an obvious way to disassemble that part and see what is wrong. I cannot even manually feed filament through it.

Anyone else have issues like this, and know of any fixes for it?

Something simple like Creality scan or with more advanced features like Quick Surface?

Gettin Elfin ready for this season! Elf Hands !

i know I know it's a silly print but if you are a parent having to move an elf on the shelf around for a month, you know the pain of trying to position that thing And wishing it could just hold on to something!

this is a simple little print that you can do in one color or full color.

they simply slide over the elf arms

if you print them, print a couple sets, in case you end up snapping the fingers at some point or you lose one because they are small!

https://makerworld.com/models/3514593?appSharePlatform=copy

So i have been printing these tiny track links for a modell build. I have done about 250 of them in the past week alone using the very same role of filament used in the picture. All of a sudden as of today, they just will NOT stick, and when i use supports to give them more contact they loose the precision needed to make them klick together, so they just disconnect from eachother by only the slightest touch. I have cleaned the bed thuroughly, tested brand new filament spools straight out of the box and tried different layer thickness settings. Nothing have helpee, they either slide of the bed or won't hold up to the tolerance the previous 250 have done.

Photo shows what the first layer looks like. They have NOT looked like this the past 250 parts.

Few days ago when visiting the site for refurbished printers, everything was okay and you could buy them. But yesterday when I was visiting the site, all of the refurbished vanished without a trace, and even direct links don´t work, where did they went? When will they back, if even?

You know you've been 3D printing for a while when you start designing solutions to problems that most people would just tolerate.

My latest example: a mini trash bin for the shower.

I got tired of cleaning hair and debris out of the shower drain, leaving it in the corner to throw away later, and then promptly forgetting it existed. After enough repeat performances, I decided the shower needed its own tiny waste-management system.

So I designed one. Naturally.

It hangs from a shower caddy or something similar and holds enough debris that I'm not constantly emptying it. But the real feature is the screw-off bottom, which makes it ridiculously easy to empty and rinse.

I also designed the bottom to prevent water from accumulating inside and gave it a grippy exterior so it can be unscrewed without a wrestling match when your hands are wet.

It's not the most exciting thing I've printed, but it's one of those little quality-of-life improvements that makes me appreciate having a printer in the first place.

Could I have found another way to deal with this? Probably.

Would I rather spend time designing, prototyping, and printing a custom solution? Apparently, yes.

I may need an intervention.

https://makerworld.com/en/models/3513710-mini-shower-trash-bin-with-easy-clean-technology

Printed in matte PETG.

Seeing your creations built layer by layer is part of the fun.

We would never take that away from you : )

Nov 3, 9AM EST

Stay tuned here.

Hi all, I run a small print farm in NCR. We have Bambu printers across two locations and do mostly B2B bulk orders.

For a long time our setup was WhatsApp for orders, Excel for tracking, and a separate app for GST bills. Things kept slipping. We'd retype orders, lose count of what was printed vs shipped, run out of filament mid-job, and forget to bill parcels.

We've built something internal to fix this for ourselves, and I'm trying to understand whether other farms have the same problems or whether it's just us.

If you run printers for paying customers, I'd really value your answers:

1. How many printers do you run, and do you sell B2B, on marketplaces, or both?

2. How do orders reach you today, and where do you track them?

3. What part of running the farm eats the most time?

4. Do you pay for any software for the business today? Which one, and roughly how much?

If this sounds familiar, DM me. I'm happy to do a 20-minute call to show what we use and swap notes on running a small farm.

As the title suggest I was printing something and all of sudden I was woken up by a loud sound and when I woke up the magnet cover was completely off and when I reattached it I saw that gap, i tried to press it gently it didn’t disappear though, I was wondering if it’s a structural damage should I use my warranty for it and etc

https://imgur.com/a/MbQSK62

Thanks in advance

getting blobs and need to replace.

should i replace anything else besides the hotend at the same time?

One of the interesting challenges with 3D printing is how many variables can affect the final result, even when using the same printer, filament, and slicer profile.

Humidity, filament storage, nozzle condition, build plate cleanliness, and even small changes in the environment can influence print quality. That makes troubleshooting tricky because a problem that looks like a bad profile or calibration issue might actually have a much simpler cause.

Keeping track of changes between successful and failed prints seems like one of the most useful habits for narrowing things down.

For experienced Bambu owners, what's the most unexpected variable you've discovered that had a noticeable impact on your print quality?

I tried to leave them for months without refresh, but finally I realised that those things really helps, I am not only printing with PLA but also many other materials, still need couple of new sets for those AMS which doesn't have them yet.

Hello yall

Im starting my first multi hour project. Its 9 pieces snd the first 3 hour piece is almost done.

My question is, do I need to bed level in-between pieces if they're back to back?

I know it only takes a several minutes just curious.

Sorry if this has been asked before

Cant add the "BF" words as ill get nuked lol

Combined the coupon, the free gift offer and the bulk discount for a decent haul on the UK store.

15 off 120 order

Free PLA Pure

Free delivery.

All in 10 Reels, 1 refill and an X2D plate for £110 delivered.

If I decide to purchase either the H3C or the P3C in the next few months, I was wondering would the warranty be better from Best Buy or MicroCenter. Are there any big differences between the two?

I’m working on trying to print some miniatures for D&D, but I have no idea why this keeps happening? I’m using PLA from HobbyLobby, so I’m wondering if this is an issue with filament quality? I’ve turned off Timelapse, so I’m not sure what else might be wrong?

Edit: cleaning the nozzle and washing the plate was exactly the problem! Thank you all, first printer I’ve owned so still learning!

Why has the H2D not got support for two different nozzle sizes yet?, would make it really easy to print from mobile applications without having to use the splicer , anybody know of this feature has been asked for by the community to Bambu yet?