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The following printers are claimed to be supported (✓ means verified by the author or by contributors):
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The following printers are claimed to be supported (✓ means verified by the author or by contributors):
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* QL-500 (✓), QL-550 (✓), QL-560, QL-570 (✓), QL-580N, QL-650TD, QL-700 (✓), QL-710W (✓), QL-720NW (✓), QL-800 (✓), QL-810W, QL-820NWB (✓), QL-1050 (✓), and QL-1060N.
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* QL-500 (✓), QL-550 (✓), QL-560, QL-570 (✓), QL-580N, QL-650TD, QL-700 (✓), QL-710W (✓),
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QL-720NW (✓), QL-800 (✓), QL-810W, QL-820NWB (✓), QL-1050 (✓), and QL-1060N.
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The new QL-800 series can print labels with two colors (black and red) on DK-22251 labels.
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The new QL-800 series can print labels with two colors (black and red) on DK-22251 labels.
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Make sure that the corresponding LED is not lit by holding the button down until it turns off.
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Make sure that the corresponding LED is not lit by holding the button down until it turns off.
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If you're interested in printing labels using a web interface, have a look at my project
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If you're interested in printing labels using a web interface, have a look at my project
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[brother\_ql\_web](https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql_web). It makes use of the brother\_ql
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[brother\_ql\_web](https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql_web).
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package and is also written in Python.
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It makes use of the brother\_ql package and is also written in Python.
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## Why
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## Why
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The special feature of this package is that no printer driver is required for it to work.
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The special feature of this package is that no printer driver is required for it to work.
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This software bypasses the whole printing system including printer drivers and directly
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This software bypasses the whole printing system including printer drivers and directly
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talks to your label printer instead. This means that even though Brother doesn't offer
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talks to your label printer instead.
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a driver for the Raspberry Pi (running Linux on ARM) you can print nicely using this software.
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This means that even though Brother doesn't offer a driver for the Raspberry Pi (running
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Linux on ARM) you can print nicely using this software.
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And even if there are drivers for your operating system, many programs have difficulties to set
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And even if there are drivers for your operating system, many programs have difficulties to set
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the page sizes and margins for the labels correctly. If you want to print with high precision
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the page sizes and margins for the labels correctly.
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(which is important for barcodes for example), you rather want to have control about every
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If you want to print with high precision (which is important for barcodes for example),
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single pixel to be printed. This is where brother\_ql comes into the game.
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you rather want to have control about every single pixel to be printed.
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This is where brother\_ql comes into the game.
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## Installation
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## Installation
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pip install --upgrade https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql/archive/master.zip
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pip install --upgrade https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql/archive/master.zip
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This package was mainly created for use with Python 3. The essential functionality, however, will also work with Python 2: the creation of label files.
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This package was mainly created for use with Python 3.
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The essential functionality, however, will also work with Python 2: the creation of label files.
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## Usage
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## Usage
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d58 618 x 618 58mm round die-cut
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d58 618 x 618 58mm round die-cut
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**Pro Tip™**:
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**Pro Tip™**:
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For the best results, use image files with the matching pixel dimensions. Die-cut labels have to be in the exact pixel dimensions stated above. For endless label rolls, you can provide image files with a pixel width as stated above. If you provide a file with different dimensions when creating an endless label file, it will be scaled to fit the width.
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For the best results, use image files with the matching pixel dimensions.
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Die-cut labels have to be in the exact pixel dimensions stated above.
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For endless label rolls, you can provide image files with a pixel width as stated above.
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If you provide a file with different dimensions when creating an endless label file,
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it will be scaled to fit the width.
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### Legacy command line tools
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### Legacy command line tools
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For a long time, this project provided multiple command line tools, such as `brother_ql_create`, `brother_ql_print`, `brother_ql_analyze`, and more.
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For a long time, this project provided multiple command line tools, such as
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A documentation of their usage can be found in the [LEGACY](https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql/blob/master/LEGACY.md).
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`brother_ql_create`, `brother_ql_print`, `brother_ql_analyze`, and more.
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A documentation of their usage can be found in the
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[LEGACY](https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql/blob/master/LEGACY.md).
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## Author
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## Author
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* Philipp Klaus
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* Philipp Klaus
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<philipp.l.klaus@web.de>
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<philipp.l.klaus@web.de>
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Many more have contributed by raising issues, helping to solve them, improving the code and helping out financially.
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Many more have contributed by raising issues, helping to solve them,
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improving the code and helping out financially.
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## Contributing
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## Contributing
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