brother_ql/README.md

brother_ql

A Python package to control Brother QL label printers.

Installation

pip install https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql/archive/master.zip

Usage

Create

You can create a new command file to be sent to the printer with the brother_ql_create tool:

brother_ql_create --model QL-500 ./720x300_monochrome.png > 720x300_monochrome.bin

If you want to find out about its options, just call the tool with --help:

brother_ql_create --help

Analyse

To analyse a binary file containing Brother QL Raster commands and create an image of what would be printed:

brother_ql_analyse 720x300_monochrome.bin --loglevel DEBUG 2>&1 | less

This tool also has the --help option.