How to Print Wirelessly from Anycubic Slicer

To print wirelessly from Anycubic Slicer Next, connect your printer to Wi-Fi from its own screen, add the printer in the slicer's device panel, then slice and send the job over the network. This replaces walking a USB stick back and forth, and it works on networked Anycubic machines like the Kobra S1. Anycubic Slicer Next is an OrcaSlicer fork, so the device workflow mirrors OrcaSlicer's.

Connect the printer to Wi-Fi

On the printer's touchscreen, open the network or Wi-Fi settings and join your network. Once connected, note the IP address the printer is assigned (it is shown on the same network screen). You will use that if the slicer does not discover the printer automatically.

For a print farm, give the printer a reserved or static IP in your router so the address does not change. A printer that picks up a new IP next week is the most common reason a previously working wireless setup suddenly stops.

Add the printer in Anycubic Slicer

Open the device or printer panel in Anycubic Slicer. It scans the network for compatible printers; pick yours from the list. If it does not appear, add it manually by entering the IP address you noted above. Once added, the slicer can talk to the printer directly.

Slice and send

Slice your model as usual, then click Print or Send in the device panel. The job transfers over the network and the printer starts. The device panel then shows live status and progress, so you can keep an eye on the print without standing at the machine.

If the print does not start, that is almost always a network issue rather than a slicing one. Our guide on Anycubic Slicer not finding the printer walks through the fixes.

Wireless printing across a farm

Sending one job over Wi-Fi from your desktop is convenient. Doing it for dozens of printers, each added individually and each needing its own slice, is the part that does not scale, and a printer dropping off Wi-Fi mid-queue is a real risk. Printago connects your Anycubic machines to one cloud queue, slices on the same OrcaSlicer engine Anycubic Slicer is built on, and routes each job to whatever printer is free. See cloud slicer and the Anycubic Slicer overview.