reHDDPrinter/README.md

reHDDPrinter

• Generate label and print them via brother QL-570.
• Receive data from reHDD via IPC message queue.

Example Label

Install

pip install qrcode brother-ql

cd /root/
git clone https://git.mosad.xyz/localhorst/reHDDPrinter.git
cd reHDDPrinter
chmod +x reHDDPrinter.py
cp reHDDPrinter.service /lib/systemd/system/reHDDPrinter.service
systemctl daemon-reload
systemctl enable --now /lib/systemd/system/reHDDPrinter.service

Test printer manually

  export BROTHER_QL_PRINTER=file:///dev/usb/lp0
  export BROTHER_QL_MODEL=QL-570

brother_ql print -l 62 Untitled.png

Printer/Paper Info

• Brother QL-570
• Paper With: 62mm or 696px

Hint: Some Brother printers have enabled standby mode. This will disconnect the printer. See Issue #12 to disable standby.

see https://github.com/pklaus/brother_ql for details for printer access

Test IPC msg queue

Dummy Sender

cd dummy_sender
clear && g++ -Wall main.cpp -o dummy_sender
clear && ./dummy_sender

Dummy Receiver

clear && python ./dummy_receiver.py

Clear IPC mgs queue

clear && bash ./cleanup_queues.py