How do I automate printing of tier 1 items

[Collateral damage]

I don't have tier 1 items available in small printer. Did they remove it? For what purpose?

[Marck]

The small printer can print only a selection of all the tier 1 items that are printable with the backpack printer. Usually, a printer can only print items of the next higher tier (small printer prints medium items, medium printer prints large items, and large printer prints extra large items). The small printer is the only exception, and allows to print some of the small items, too.

Not being able to automate the production of some items, for example the jet pack, hoverboard, and the small printer itself, is by design. The developers did not remove these items from the small printer, they chose to not add them. I do not know the reasoning for these decisions, your guess is as good as mine.

[Collateral damage]

I can't find a single tier 1 item that can be printed with small printer. It was possible before but not since they reworked printer UI it seems.

[Marck]

Use left and right buttons/keys to cycle through all items that you have blueprints for (exactly as it was before the UI change). The up and down directions are for jumping from one item category to the next. Also, check out this topic: Printers missing schematics

[Collateral damage]

Originally posted by Marck:

Use left and right buttons/keys to cycle through all items that you have blueprints for (exactly as it was before the UI change). The up and down directions are for jumping from one item category to the next. Also, check out this topic: Printers missing schematics

This is not relevant to the question either

[Marck]

Originally posted by Sewtkin:

This is not relevant to the question either

Well, then what is your actual question?

Did they remove it? For what purpose?

No, they (the developers) did not remove any tier 1 items from the small printer.

How do I automate printing of tier 1 items

In the Research Catalog, you use Bytes to "buy" the schematic for the item which you want to print. In the user interface of a small printer, you select said item for printing. You also depress the button with the circular symbol; this will make the printer repeatedly print the selected item, as long as the printer is provided with the required resource and power.

To provide power, connect a sufficient power source. To provide the resource, you can place a silo or a resource canister filled with the required resource on the same platform as the printer. When using a resource canister for this, make sure to set it to output mode.

Or, you use an Auto Arm on a platform for putting the required resource onto the printer that is placed in the Auto Arm's output area. Of course, the Auto Arm must be provided with a source of the resource in its input area, and also with power. The Auto Arm must be switched on.

After this setup, do not forget to press the green button in the printer's user interface to start the printing process. It will continue as long as resources and power are available, or until you switch off the printer.

[Collateral damage]

Originally posted by Marck:

Did they remove it? For what purpose?

No, they (the developers) did not remove any tier 1 items from the small printer.

I think you need to check the game for yourself instead of bothering me

[Marck]

Originally posted by Sewtkin:

I can't find a single tier 1 item that can be printed with small printer. It was possible before but not since they reworked printer UI it seems.

Originally posted by Sewtkin:

I think you need to check the game for yourself instead of bothering me

Even in a new game in adventure mode, right from the start, there are two tier 1 items, namely the Small Canister and the Worklight, available for printing in the Small Printer. But whatever, if you can't find them, you either are incapable of using the printer UI or it is a bug in your personal copy of the game. In both cases, I obviously can't help you.