Detection and use of printer configuration information

A system comprising:

• a print server coupled through a data network to a plurality of three-dimensional printers, the print server configured to receive a request to fabricate an object from a three-dimensional model, determine a target printer from the plurality of three-dimensional printers to fabricate the object, query the target printer for configuration information of the target printer including configuration information relevant to creation by a slicing engine of a printable model for fabrication of the object on the target printer, receive a dictionary of configuration information containing one or more properties of the target printer that affect fabrication capabilities of the target printer, create a fabrication profile for fabrication of the object on the target printer based on the one or more properties, the fabrication profile specifying one or more parameters of the printable model consistent with the fabrication capabilities of the target printer, and process the three-dimensional model with a slicing process according to the fabrication profile to generate a machine-ready representation of the processed three-dimensional model consistent with the fabrication capabilities of the target printer and executable by the target printer to fabricate the object based on the one or more properties;
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• a database coupled in a communicating relationship with the print server and configured to store at least one of the dictionary of configuration information, the fabrication profile, and the machine-ready representation.