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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:
- a Web GUI allowing you to print your labels at /labeldesigner,
- 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 and unpack it.
Install the requirements:
pip install -r requirements.txt
In addition, fontconfig
should be installed on your system. This package is pre-installed on many Linux distributions and you can use Homebrew to install it on your Mac.
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]
[--default-label-size DEFAULT_LABEL_SIZE]
[--default-orientation {standard,rotated}]
[--model {QL-500,QL-550,QL-560,QL-570,QL-580N,QL-650TD,QL-700,QL-710W,QL-720NW,QL-1050,QL-1060N}]
printer
This is a web service to print labels on Brother QL label printers.
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
--default-label-size DEFAULT_LABEL_SIZE
Label size inserted in your printer. Defaults to 62.
--default-orientation {standard,rotated}
Label orientation, defaults to "standard". To turn
your text by 90°, state "rotated".
--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)