Bambu Lab PLA print temperature and settings
The settings Bambu Lab publishes for its PLA: 210–245 °C at the nozzle and 35–60 °C on the bed. Start in the middle of the range, then adjust for your printer, speed and cooling.
Bambu Lab's recommended nozzle range is about 13°C hotter than the typical PLA across the 54 PLA lines we track (median 210–220°C).
Print settings
| Nozzle | 210–245 °C | |
|---|---|---|
| Bed | 35–60 °C | |
| Density | 1.21 g/cm³ | |
| Diameters | 1.75 mm | |
Bars run on a fixed scale; the dashed line is the median of the 54 PLA lines we track. Data from SpoolmanDB.
How much filament is on a spool
Length from the published density, for each spool size Bambu Lab sells.
| Spool | 1.75 mm |
|---|---|
| 500 g | ≈ 172 m |
| 1 kg | ≈ 344 m |
Printing PLA
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148 Bambu Lab PLA colors
- Aero Black
- Aero White
- Alpine Green Sparkle
- Arctic Whisper
- Aurora Purple (Blue-Purple)
- Bambu Green
- Beige
- Black
- Blue
- Blue Gray
- Blue Hawaii (Blue-Green)
- Blueberry Bubblegum
- Bright Green
- Bronze
- Brown
- Brown Galaxy
- Classic Gold Sparkle
- Cobalt Blue
- Cobalt Blue Metallic
- Cocoa Brown
- Copper Brown Metallic
- Cotton Candy Cloud
- Crimson Red Sparkle
- Cyan
- Dark Gray
- Dawn Radiance
- Dusk Glare
- Gilded Rose (Pink-Gold)
- Glow Blue
- Glow Green
- Glow Orange
- Glow Pink
- Glow Yellow
- Gold
- Gray
- Green Galaxy
- Hot Pink
- Indigo Purple
- Iridium Gold Metallic
- Iron Gray Metallic
- Jade White
- Light Gray
- Lite Black
- Lite Blue
- Lite Cyan
- Lite Gray
- Lite Red
- Lite White
- Lite Yellow
- Magenta
- Maroon Red
- Matte Apple Green
- Matte Ash Gray
- Matte Bone White
- Matte Caramel
- Matte Charcoal
- Matte Dark Blue
- Matte Dark Brown
- Matte Dark Chocolate
- Matte Dark Green
- Matte Dark Red
- Matte Desert Tan
- Matte Grass Green
- Matte Ice Blue
- Matte Ivory White
- Matte Latte Brown
- Matte Lemon Yellow
- Matte Lilac Purple
- Matte Mandarin Orange
- Matte Marine Blue
- Matte Nardo Gray
- Matte Plum
- Matte Sakura Pink
- Matte Scarlet Red
- Matte Sky Blue
- Matte Terracotta
- Midnight Blaze (Blue-Red)
- Mint Lime
- Mistletoe Green
- Nebulae Galaxy
- Neon City (Blue-Magenta)
- Ocean to Meadow
- Onyx Black Sparkle
- Orange
- Oxide Green Metallic
- Pink
- Pink Citrus
- Pumpkin Orange
- Pure Absolute Black
- Pure Apricot
- Pure Baby Blue
- Pure Milky Pink
- Pure White
- Purple
- Purple Galaxy
- Red
- Red Granite
- Royal Purple Sparkle
- Silk Blue
- Silk Copper
- Silk Gold
- Silk Green
- Silk Pink
- Silk Purple
- Silk Silver
- Silk White
- Silk+ Baby Blue
- Silk+ Blue
- Silk+ Candy Green
- Silk+ Candy Red
- Silk+ Champagne
- Silk+ Gold
- Silk+ Mint
- Silk+ Pink
- Silk+ Purple
- Silk+ Rose Gold
- Silk+ Silver
- Silk+ Titan Gray
- Silk+ White
- Silver
- Slate Gray Sparkle
- Solar Breeze
- South Beach
- Sunflower Yellow
- Support for PLA White
- Support for PLA/PETG Black
- Support for PLA/PETG Nature
- Tough+ Black
- Tough+ Cyan
- Tough+ Gray
- Tough+ Orange
- Tough+ Silver
- Tough+ White
- Tough+ Yellow
- Translucent Blue
- Translucent Cherry Pink
- Translucent Ice Blue
- Translucent Lavender
- Translucent Light Jade
- Translucent Mellow Yellow
- Translucent Orange
- Translucent Purple
- Translucent Red
- Translucent Teal
- Turquoise
- Velvet Eclipse (Black-Red)
- White Marble
- Yellow
Frequently asked questions
What temperature should I print Bambu Lab PLA at?
Bambu Lab lists 210–245°C at the nozzle and 35–60°C for the bed. Start mid-range, then go hotter for faster printing or better layer bonding and cooler if you see stringing.
How many meters are on a 1 kg spool of Bambu Lab PLA?
About 344 m at 1.75 mm, from its published density of 1.21 g/cm³.
How many colors does Bambu Lab PLA come in?
148 in the data we track, including Aero Black, Aero White, Alpine Green Sparkle and Arctic Whisper.