Jessie Rowbum 1d ago

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

Show threadAmar Balikai15h ago
@jess we had this exact problem. Needed a solution that worked with CUPS on a raspberry pi. We swapped the Dymo for a Brother QL 600 and it works perfectly. The drivers are available on the Brother website too.
Show threadwill-h
@abalikai @jess there's also some python for printing on Brother QL which I've used previously
They're good for temporary labels, the plastic film ones are slightly more durable. Third party consumables are cheap
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Show threadJessie Rowbum 7h ago
@flangey Excellent, ta.
Show threadAmar Balikai5h ago
@flangey @jess I could use python instead of CUPS?
Show threadwill-h3h ago
@abalikai @jess yup, this one i think: https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql