I wanted to use my Brother QL-550 printer with Linux. I am running Fedora 26. I found that I could print pn the DK-11201 media (29mm x 90mm) using the glabels-3 utility (install it with dnf), however, I could not get the 38mm x 90mm media working using the CUPS driver which you will find at \/etc\/cups\/ppd\/QL-550.ppd.<\/p>\n
To fix the problem, I edited the line in the QL-550.ppd file which was originally :-<\/p>\n
*DefaultPageSize: 29×90<\/p>\n
and I changed it to :-<\/p>\n
*DefaultPageSize: 38×90<\/p>\n
Now it works fine with the DK-11208 media of 38mm x 90mm
\nYou can also do this by going into cups (localhost:631) and setting the
\nmedia type to 38mm X 90mm. If media type does not match the
\nmedia (tape size) in the QL-550, it won’t print, and the light will flash green.<\/p>\n
I found that it also works nicely as a network printer when connected to my Fritz Box router’s USB port.<\/p>\n
This is an interesting page regarding the QL-550 :-<\/p>\n
https:\/\/blog.philippklaus.de\/2015\/09\/brother-p-touch-ql-500-bw<\/p>\n
After setting up the printer, you need to go into the printer configuration page and select the label size (gnome-control-centre->printers->Brother-QL550->Printing Options->Media size<\/p>\n
—— Update ——-<\/p>\n
After playing around trying to get glabels-3 working with 62mm tape, I finally succeeded. To do so, do the following.<\/p>\n
1) Download the driver from the Brother web site and install as root :-
\nrpm -ihv –nodeps ql550cupswrapper-1.0.1-0.i386.rpm<\/p>\n
2) Open cups (https:\/\/localhost:631 and navigate to printer setup. Go to “Administration” for the QL-550 and set default options to 62mm tape.<\/p>\n
3) Open glabels-3 and create a custom page size.<\/p>\n
Select “Page Size”=other, width=100mm, height=62mm
\nShape is rectangular. Use defaults for everything else.<\/p>\n
Now you can print on tape.<\/p>\n
It seems that to switch sizes, you must go into printer administration under localhost:631 and change the paper size in the administration page. The printer does not report the paper size that is loaded to the CUPS driver.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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