A Python-based web service to print labels on Brother QL label printers. Based on brother_ql: https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql
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brother_ql_web

This is a web service to print labels on Brother QL label printers.

It offers:

  • an API at /api/print/text/Your_Text?font_size=100&font_family=Minion%20Pro&font_style=Semibold to print a label containing 'Your Text' with the specified font properties.

Here's its command line interface:

usage: brother_ql_web.py [-h] [--port PORT] [--loglevel LOGLEVEL]
                         [--font-folder FONT_FOLDER]
                         [--model {QL-500,QL-550,QL-560,QL-570,QL-580N,QL-650TD,QL-700,QL-710W,QL-720NW,QL-1050,QL-1060N}]
                         printer

positional arguments:
  printer               String descriptor for the printer to use (like
                        tcp://192.168.0.23:9100 or file:///dev/usb/lp0)

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  --port PORT
  --loglevel LOGLEVEL
  --font-folder FONT_FOLDER
                        folder for additional .ttf/.otf fonts
  --model {QL-500,QL-550,QL-560,QL-570,QL-580N,QL-650TD,QL-700,QL-710W,QL-720NW,QL-1050,QL-1060N}
                        The model of your printer (default: QL-500)