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Prusa Connect 'Print Cost' and Username display features

Hey! Just bit the bullet and jumped to Prusa Connect (from Octoprint) and have been loving it on my MK3S+ so far. 

I, among many others have found the teams and print queue features useful for sharing the 3d print with others, especially those less familiar with 3d printing.

I'm thinking of making my own printer into a shared printer for those on my college dorm floor. With the a/m features, I think this would be much easier than before. 

I would like to suggest a sort of 'Print cost' feature  which could be implemented and shown in the print history feed, so that those using the printer can help compensate for the cost of filament/electricity of it, and make such a communal printer be more sustainable in the long run. This would allow the requestor to more easily know how much to pay the person as the number is right in front of them. The cost could be calculated based on the filament cost/1kg and electricity cost/h that the owner sets within Prusa Connect, for that particular team.

Additionally, I think the user/nickname + profile picture of the account that requested the print can be shown in the history/dashboard screen, not only for shared printers with compensation (like above), but also places where it isn't need, such as at home with relatives or in a classroom with young students. It would tie the person who requested the print to a name and could facilitate the accounting/distribution of prints more easily. 

I believe such features are useful in Family, Classroom and Office environments. 

I've recreated the above 2 using F12 and a bit of photostop:
Demostration

^Apologies, graphic design is not my passion

TL;DR: Suggestion for print cost and display names for individual prints in the Print history of Prusa Connect

Posted : 02/03/2025 2:52 pm
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