---
title: "The printer - BuildPrint wiki"
description: "Places the missing blocks around you while you move through the build."
url: https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/printer
---

[BuildPrint](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint) [Wiki](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki)The printer

# The printer

Places the missing blocks around you while you move through the build.

The printer places blocks for you. Many servers count that as cheating. Check the rules of the server before you use it. It is off by default.

Clip: A player floating over a house while the printer builds it. Video: https://voxelsprout.com/media/buildprint/printer.mp4

## Use it

1. Set a key for **Toggle Printer** in Options, Controls, under BuildPrint. Or turn on [**Printer mode**](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/settings#setting-printer-mode-auto-build) in the settings.
2. Stand in or next to the build and turn the printer on.
3. Move through the build. The printer places what is missing around you.

## How it works

* It places blocks the same way [Easy place](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/easy-place) does: direction, state, tools and sign text all work the same.
* It only uses blocks you carry. In creative it uses any block.
* It never reaches further than you can by hand.
* It builds terrain and structure first, then walls, stairs and slabs, and decoration such as torches, plants and redstone last.
* It never fills the block you stand in.
* A block that failed is tried again when something changes: a block is placed, or you move.
* While it is on, chests, furnaces and sign screens do not open on you. Your own inventory and menus do.
* With the [Layer view](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/layer-view) on it prints only the layers on screen.

## Settings

* **Blocks per tick default 4:** How many blocks are placed each tick, from 1 to 16\. Higher is faster and more likely to be noticed by anti-cheat.
* **Print range default 4:** How far from you the printer places, from 1 to 4 blocks. Always within your own reach.
* **Fix wrong state on pass default On:** Also fixes blocks that are placed but set wrong, such as a gate that should be open.
* **Face directional blocks yourself default On:** Barrels, pistons, observers, droppers, dispensers and crafters are only placed while you look the right way.

## Barrels, pistons and observers

These blocks point where you look. Turning your view for several of them in one tick goes wrong on servers, so by default the printer waits until you face the right way. Turn [**Face directional blocks yourself**](https://voxelsprout.com/buildprint/wiki/settings#setting-face-directional-blocks-yourself) off to let the printer turn your view. That is faster, and some will land turned wrong.

## What it does not place

* Waterlogged blocks, unless the experimental water bucket setting is on.
* What is inside chests and other containers.
* Entities such as armor stands and item frames.

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