geekifier/brother-label

Brother label printer interface for QL and PT series printers.

brother-label

Brother label printer interface for QL and PT series printers.

API is currently being re-worked and should not be considered stable.

Fork of https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql and https://github.com/matmair/brother_ql-inventree with many improvements and features planned, including:

• Better support for device-specific label specifications (e.g. QL vs PT)
• Support for new devices (PT-E550W)
• Removed redudant legacy/compatibility code
• ...

Devices

Device	Status
QL-500	Supported
QL-550	Supported
QL-560	Supported
QL-570	Supported
QL-580N	Supported
QL-600	Supported
QL-650TD	Supported
QL-700	Supported
QL-710W	Supported
QL-720NW	Supported
QL-800	Supported
QL-810W	Supported
QL-820NWB	Supported
QL-1050	Supported
QL-1060N	Supported
QL-1100	Supported
QL-1100NWB	Supported
QL-1115NWB	Supported
PT-P750W	Supported
PT-P900W	Supported
PT-P950NW	Supported
PT-E550W	✔️ Verified

• Supported: Device is supported, but no verification has been received.
• Verified: Device is supported, and verified by a user.

Labels

Continuous / Endless

Type	QL	QL-10	QL-11	PT	PT-E
6	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️
9	❌	❌	❌	❌	✔️
12	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
18	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️	✔️
24	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
29	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
36	❌	❌	❌	✔️	✔️
38	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
50	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
54	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
62	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
62red	✔️	✔️	✔️	❌	❌
102	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌
103	❌	❌	✔️	❌	❌
104	❌	✔️	❌	❌	❌

Die-Cut

Type	QL	QL-10	QL-11
17x54	✔️	✔️	✔️
17x87	✔️	✔️	✔️
23x23	✔️	✔️	✔️
29x42	✔️	✔️	✔️
29x90	✔️	✔️	✔️
39x90	✔️	✔️	✔️
39x48	✔️	✔️	✔️
52x29	✔️	✔️	✔️
54x29	✔️	✔️	✔️
60x86	✔️	✔️	✔️
62x29	✔️	✔️	✔️
62x100	✔️	✔️	✔️
102x51	❌	✔️	❌
102x152	❌	✔️	❌
103x164	❌	❌	✔️

Round Die-Cut

Type	QL	QL-10	QL-11
d12	✔️	✔️	✔️
d24	✔️	✔️	✔️
d58	✔️	✔️	✔️

Backends

Backend	Type	Linux	Mac OS	Windows
network	TCP	✔️	✔️	✔️
linux_kernel	USB	✔️	❌	❌
py_usb	USB	✔️	✔️	✔️