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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.
You need Python 3 for this software to work.
#### Installation
Get the code:
git clone https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql_web.git
or download [the ZIP file](https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql_web/archive/master.zip) and unpack it.
Install the requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
#### Usage
To start the server, run `./brother_ql_web.py`. 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)