Re: Label printers: need advice for a good printer for use with a dabase
On Sun, Aug 17, 2025 at 05:59:36AM -0500, Tom Browder wrote:
> I have asked about a Linux-capable label printer years ago, and never was able
> to find a suitable one.
I use a Brother P-touch Cube Plus PT-P710BT at work that works well with
original consumables as well as cheapie compatible generic stuff (the
original tapes are nicer though, work every time while maybe 1 in 10
generic printer tapes is simply not usable).
It has a weird commandline driver, that takes .png graphic files (and
probably also can output text, never tried).
https://github.com/HenrikBengtsson/brother-ptouch-label-printer-on-linux
This is a bit strange, but works well in practice, can also be scripted.
These tapes are good for labelling equipment, probably no use for
mailing labels.
I print mailing labels by buying A4 sheets, with glabels (don't know if
this is still maintained), on a inkjet printer. Inkjet is important,
because if you peel of single labels and re-insert the sheet with some
glue where a label is missing into a laser printer, the printer might be
ruined (making dirty prints with streaks afterwards)
https://help.gnome.org/users/glabels/stable/
/ralph
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