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  Label printer Debian compatible Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2020-12-31 23:20 +0100
    Re: Label printer Debian compatible Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2020-12-31 23:50 +0100
      Re: Label printer Debian compatible Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-01-01 12:30 +0100
        Re: Label printer Debian compatible Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> - 2021-01-01 13:20 +0100
    Re: Label printer Debian compatible "Russell L. Harris" <russell@rlharris.org> - 2021-01-01 04:40 +0100
      Re: Label printer Debian compatible Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-01-01 23:00 +0100
    Re: Label printer Debian compatible Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-04 20:00 +0100
      Re: Label printer Debian compatible Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-01-04 20:30 +0100
        Re: Label printer Debian compatible deloptes <deloptes@gmail.com> - 2021-01-04 21:00 +0100
        Re: Label printer Debian compatible Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> - 2021-01-04 21:20 +0100
      Re: Label printer Debian compatible rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-01-05 00:10 +0100
        Re: Label printer Debian compatible Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> - 2021-01-05 01:40 +0100
          Re: Label printer Debian compatible rhkramer@gmail.com - 2021-01-05 01:50 +0100

#230176 — Label printer Debian compatible

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Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing
labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box?

I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would love
to be able to print single labels from my adress db with a suitable
specialty printer and a suitable Linux driver.

Thanks, and Happy New Year to all!

-Tom

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#230178

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On 1/1/21 6:12 am, Tom Browder wrote:
> Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing 
> labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box?
>
> I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would 
> love to be able to print single labels from my adress db with a 
> suitable specialty printer and a suitable Linux driver.
>
> Thanks, and Happy New Year to all!
>
> -Tom
>

I have a label printer running under cups on my Debian linux system. I 
wrote the driver myself and added the CUPS definitions so it could be 
shared to other systems across the LAN. In particular it can be accessed 
by windows machines.

The CUPS system allows two modes. Either using the host driver, where 
the printer is effectively a postscript device that uses the driver to 
do the final render, or it operates in pass-through mode where a remote 
driver - say on a windows machine - generates the device commands and 
image data and these are transparently sent to the printer un-modified 
by CUPS.

I wrote the driver because my particular printer has a different command 
set to most. In the real world, many label printers use the Zebra 
command set and CUPS has that built in, so it's simply a matter of 
configuration.

My printer is in the GPrinter family which shares its command set with a 
number of other brands


-- 
Jeremy

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On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 16:40 Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org> wrote:
On 1/1/21 6:12 am, Tom Browder wrote:

> Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing
> labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box?
>
> ...

> I I have a label printer running under cups on my Debian linux system. I
>
>
Jeremy, that sounds great. A few questions:

+ exact model of printer
+ would you share the cups and driver info?

Thanks.

-Tom

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#230189

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On 1/1/21 7:20 pm, Tom Browder wrote:
>
>
> On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 16:40 Jeremy Ardley <jeremy@ardley.org 
> <mailto:jeremy@ardley.org>> wrote:
> On 1/1/21 6:12 am, Tom Browder wrote:
>
>>     Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for
>>     mailing labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a
>>     Linux box?
>
> ...
>
>>     I I have a label printer running under cups on my Debian linux
>>     system. I
>
>
> Jeremy, that sounds great. A few questions:
>
> + exact model of printer
> + would you share the cups and driver info?
>
> Thanks.
>
> -Tom

No probs. I'll look at publishing code and cups config on github(?)

My exact model is GPrinter 1324D but it's part of a family of printers 
with the same characteristics and command set. There are other 
manufacturers who have the same command set. From my research there are 
only 2 or 3 major command sets for label printers.

There is a windows driver for the GPrinter that can be used to print to 
a CUPS printer share.

-- 
Jeremy

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#230183

On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 04:12:25PM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
>Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing labels
>from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box? 
>
>I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would love to
>be able to print single labels from my adress db with a suitable specialty
>printer and a suitable Linux driver.

OKI Microline 320 Turbo via USB

CUPS ("raw" = no driver)

tractor-feed labels

RLH

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On Fri, Jan 1, 2021 at 11:58 Russell L. Harris <russell@rlharris.org> wrote:

> On Fri, Jan 01, 2021 at 05:26:15AM -0600, Tom Browder wrote:
> >On Thu, Dec 31, 2020 at 21:12 Russell L. Harris <russell@rlharris.org>
> wrote:
> >
> >    OKI Microline 320 Turbo via USB
> >    CUPS ("raw" = no driver)
> >    tractor-feed labels
> >
> >
> >Forgive my ignorance, but how would I get data to the printer in the form
> I
> >want?  Am I going to have to use some low-level format or proprietary
> codes for
> >the device?
>
> Tom,
>
> My scheme is crude, but it works for the 9-pin printer with 3-1/2 x
> 1-7/16 labels (Avery # 4060).
>
> I keep a directory in which each file is a 9-line (unformatted)
> address label, as per this template:
>
> 1 - alignment: this line should print
> 2
> 3 - print line #1
> 4 - print line #2
> 5 - print line #3
> 6 - print line #4
> 7 - print line #5
> 8
> 9 - blank line with Carriage Return at end
>
> and this sample (rlh-pobox):
>
>
>
> Russell L. Harris
> Post Office Box 89
> Smithville, Texas 78957
>
>
>
> To print three copies of the label, I use the command:
>
> lpr -P oki -# 3 rlh-pobox
>
> Printing 3 labels positions one above the tear-off point.
>
> Sometimes when printing several label files, the printer starts on the
> wrong line (not the first line of the label), necessitating alignment.
> Perhaps I miscounted lines on some of the labels.
>
> I use the local panel on the printer to select the font and pitch.
>
> I can provide CUPS setup, but with some difficulty due to a stroke I
> suffered two months ago which severely inhibits my ability to type.
>
> RLH


Thanks, Russell.

-Tom

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#230338

Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:

> Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box? 
>
> I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would love to be able to print single labels from my adress db with a suitable specialty printer and a suitable Linux driver.
>
> Thanks, and Happy New Year to all!

I have had good success with a Dymo LabelWriter 450.

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#230339

On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:57 PM Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
> I have had good success with a Dymo LabelWriter 450.

USB connection?

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#230342

Tom Browder wrote:

> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:57 PM Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>> I have had good success with a Dymo LabelWriter 450.
> 
> USB connection?

yes

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#230344

Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:

> On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 12:57 PM Joe Pfeiffer <pfeiffer@cs.nmsu.edu> wrote:
>> I have had good success with a Dymo LabelWriter 450.
>
> USB connection?

Yes.

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#230345

On Monday, January 04, 2021 01:37:19 PM Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
> > Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing
> > labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box?
> > 
> > I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would
> > love to be able to print single labels from my adress db with a suitable
> > specialty printer and a suitable Linux driver.

What I do is use sheets with multiple labels per sheets, but then only put 
text on a template (in officewriter) for the labels I need.  Then when I need 
more, I erase that text, add text for the labels not yet printed, and run the 
sheet though my printer again.

That works fine on an inkjet printer, it probably would not work on a laser 
printer because heating the sheet of labels each time might damage / 
deteriorate the labels.

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#230346

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On Mon, Jan 4, 2021 at 17:05 <rhkramer@gmail.com> wrote:

> On Monday, January 04, 2021 01:37:19 PM Joe Pfeiffer wrote:
> > Tom Browder <tom.browder@gmail.com> writes:
> > > Has anyone had any success driving a mailing label printer for mailing
> > > labels from either a LAN or direct connection with a Linux box?
> > >
> > > I can print sheets of mailing labels from my main printer, but I would
> > > love to be able to print single labels from my adress db with a
> suitable
> > > specialty printer and a suitable Linux driver.
>
> What I do is use sheets with multiple labels per sheets, but then only put
> text on a template (in officewriter) for the labels I need.  Then when I
> need
> more, I erase that text, add text for the labels not yet printed, and run
> the
> sheet though my printer again.


I do the same, except I create a new pdf with only the necessary cells
printed. But it's a laser printer so it does gray the paper a bit. But
great point on the inkjet. That may be the best option: an inexpensive b&w
inkjet.

Thanks!

-Tom

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#230347

On Monday, January 04, 2021 07:29:29 PM Tom Browder wrote:
> I do the same, except I create a new pdf with only the necessary cells
> printed. But it's a laser printer so it does gray the paper a bit. But
> great point on the inkjet. That may be the best option: an inexpensive b&w
> inkjet.

Considering Walmart was selling a Canon inkjet for $19,95 on black Friday, 
yeah it is an inexpensive option.  (I think Walmart's regular price for that 
inkjet is $40.)

> Thanks!

You're welcome!

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