Mastodawn

Hey Fedi, bit of printer advice please....

I'm looking for replacement label printers - we used to use Dymo 450 but they were EOL'd a while back and the new software's a bin-fire. Any subsequent Dymos have DRM'd consumables so we can't use non-Dymo labels, cos Dymo are bastards.

Ideally we want something with a wired LAN interface, or that I can hook into CUPS on a Pi to network-print given a PDF. Must be able to take 1" and 1.5" label rolls.

Anyone, please?

#fedihelp #askfedi #printers

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Neil Brown 1d ago

@jess

This might help:

https://neilzone.co.uk/2023/11/a-web-ui-for-label-creation-and-printing-on-a-brother-ql-710w-on-linux/

I have used a roll of pre-sized labels rather than a continuous roll of label paper, but the slicer works, so I suspect that this is "just" a config thing.

A web UI for label creation and printing on a Brother QL-710W on Linux

I posted recently about getting my Brother QL-710W working correctly on an Intel NUC running Debian 12.

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matthewcroughan 1d ago

You should check out https://niim.blue and maybe get a cheapo NiimBot printer from eBay like I did. I've been having endless fun

This is a bit like a blog post in an issue, I guess
https://github.com/MultiMote/niimblue/issues/125

NiimBlue

NIIMBOT custom web client/app. Design and print labels with NIIMBOT printers directly from your PC or mobile web browser!

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Jessie Rowbum

@matthewcroughan @neil That *is* quite cool though... :)