Note: this will only work on linux machines that implement the /dev/usb/lpx interface to usb printing devices. Any fairly recent linux distribution should work.

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You can download below the work done by Ralf Muschall ((:email ralf@lipsia.de:)) based on the current protocol findings and the beginning of a Perl Interface I started to code but never had time to advance much.

(:note Participate | Please send your comments, fixes, improvements, related work so I can place them on this website for all to find. :)

Note: this will only work on linux machines that implement the /dev/usb/lpx interface to usb printing devices. Any fairly recent linux distribution should work.

You can download below the work done by Ralf Muschall ((:email ralf@lipsia.de:)) based on my current protocol findings and the beginning of a Perl Interface I started to code but never had time to complete further.

You can download below the work done by Ralf Muschall (:email ralf@lipsa.de :) based on my current protocol findings and the beginning of a Perl Interface I started to code but never had time to complete further.

His package will allow feeding a raw PBM image to a Perl script for printing directly to the printer.

You can download below the work done by Ralf Muschall (:email ralf@lipsia.de :) based on my current protocol findings and the beginning of a Perl Interface I started to code but never had time to complete further.

Ralf did a hand-coded PostScript file that can be used as a template to feed to gs for producing the necessary image.

Many thanks to Ralf for his very usefull contribution.

Perl Programmatic interface to the QL550 Label Printer

You can download below the work done by Ralph Muschall based on my current protocol findings and the beginning of a Perl Interface I started to code but never had time to complete further.

The package will allow feeding a raw PBM image to a Perl script for printing directly to the printer.

There is a hand-coded PostScript file that can be used as a template to feed to gs for producing the necessary image. (:note Participate | Please send me your comments, fixes, improvements, related work so I can place them on this website for all to find. :) All the necessary information is self-contained.

Many thanks to Ralph for his very usefull contribution.

ql550module.20050519.tar.gz
MD5: c3c43e07e2086af83fba8099e6740685

Note: this will only work on linux machines or unix machines that implement the /dev/usb/lpx interface to usb printing devices.