System for processing 3D print jobs

A method of processing print jobs, the method comprising:

• receiving a print job request by a first software module from a user application running on a remote computing device, the print job request comprising a print job name and a location indicator indicating a storage location of a 3D print file to be printed, wherein the storage location is accessible by user application but not by the first software module;
• sending a print job ID by the first software module back to the user application;
• receiving the print job ID by the first software module from a second software module;
• sending a print job response by the first software module back to the software module, the print job response comprising the print job ID, the print job name and the location indicator of the print file;
• receiving a print request by a second software module from the user application, the print request comprising the print job ID and a printer ID;
• sending the print job ID by the second software module to the first software module;
• receiving a print job response by the second software module back from the first software module, the print job response comprising the print job ID, the print job name and the location indicator of the print file;
• pushing a printer message by the second software module to a printer message queue, wherein the printer message comprises the location indicator of the print file;
• retrieving the printer message by a web-socket gateway from the printer message queue;
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• forwarding a dedicated printer message by the web-socket gateway to a 3D printer, the dedicated printer message comprising the location indicator of the print file.