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Process of setting up to print labels directly over USB from a linux computer. | Process of setting up to print labels directly over USB from a linux computer. | ||
Source: https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git/ | |||
Tips: https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/brother-ptouch-label-printer-on-linux | Tips: https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/brother-ptouch-label-printer-on-linux | ||
Bar code Generator: https://github.com/zint/zint/tree/master | |||
=== example === | |||
<code>~/ptouch-print/build/ptouch-print --text 'hellorld!'</code> | |||
=== pre-requisites == | === pre-requisites === | ||
<pre> | <pre> | ||
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For zint bar code make: | |||
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sudo apt install qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5svg5-dev | |||
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...error finding shared library fix | |||
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sudo ldconfig | |||
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=== package build === | === package build === | ||
Latest revision as of 13:23, 15 December 2024
brother line of label printers generally know as "P-touch".
Process of setting up to print labels directly over USB from a linux computer.
Source: https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git/
Tips: https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/brother-ptouch-label-printer-on-linux
Bar code Generator: https://github.com/zint/zint/tree/master
example
~/ptouch-print/build/ptouch-print --text 'hellorld!'
pre-requisites
sudo apt update sudo apt install cmake sudo apt install build-essential sudo apt install gettext sudo apt install libgd-dev sudo apt install pkg-config sudo apt install libusb-1.0-0-dev
For zint bar code make:
sudo apt install qttools5-dev qttools5-dev-tools libqt5svg5-dev
...error finding shared library fix
sudo ldconfig
package build
git clone https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git cd ptouch-print/ ./build.sh