Feature Request: Use of IP Address in BambuStudio for printer

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After two months of struggling to get the BambuStudio on MAC/Ventura to see a printer configured for “Local Lan”, I really wish BL would allow end users the ability to just plug in the IP address in BambuStudio vs dealing having to deal with troubleshooting mdns when there are problems. Lets face it, there must have been a reason they decided to display the printers IP/MAC addresses right under the access key.

I can ping the device, connect via FTP and am able to query MQTT on the device. As best as I can tell this is an issue with mdns which having the IP address would simply avoid.

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The X1E supports this, and there’s really no inherent reason that the X1C can’t. As soon as I can post a new topic thread, I’ll write up something more detailed about this.

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I also cannot print since I cannot tell Bambu Lab the IP address of the printer. Come on - makes no sense.

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Any news, can you maybe post some updates?

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+1 for this feature request. My company has 2 P1S printers and an X1E printer. In keeping with company policy, we run our printers on LAN-only mode. Our IT department has configured the wireless and wired connections in the building to be in different subnets, so unless we’re on the wireless network we can’t see the P1S printers. It’s a bit of a pain to have to disconnect our ethernet cords just to use the printers. I can ping the printers’ IP addresses just fine from either network. I can imagine that other companies don’t even allow discovery on their local networks.

Anyway, it seems like an obvious compatibility choice to me to allow for manually entering the details of your 3D printer. I would suggest adding an ‘add printer manually’ option, which will pop up a ‘printer details’ box that has the IP address and passcode and any other relevant details in it. Add a ‘test connection’ button to make sure the software can connect with the printer before closing the dialog.

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Hey guys, I don’t know if it’s too late, but I have developed a solution for this problem.
With the help of many solutions from other forums, I have written a program which offers a kind of workaround.
I am relatively new to 3D printing myself, but I have encountered this problem before.

The program I was referring to is available on GitHub:
Rdiger-36/StudioBridge

it’s not quite finished yet, but I’m still working on it

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