Brother QL-1050 User Manual 2

QL-1050 Linux Printer Driver Manual Brother Industries, Ltd. P&S Company

QL-1050

Linux Printer Driver

Manual

Mar 12, 2007

Version 1.1

Brother Industries, Ltd., Printing & Solutions Company, ES Development Dept.

QL-1050 Linux Printer Driver Manual Brother Industries, Ltd. P&S Company

Table of Contents

1. Overview ......................................................................................................................................1

1.1. Introduction..................................................................................................................................1

1.2. System requirements...................................................................................................................1

1.3. Verified operating environments..................................................................................................2

2. Installation (RPM and Debian) .....................................................................................................3

2.1. Installation procedure ..................................................................................................................3

2.2. Precautions when specifying Linux distribution settings .............................................................8

2.3. Uninstallation procedure..............................................................................................................8

3. Creating labels using an application ............................................................................................9

3.1. Using an application (OpenOffice.org) ........................................................................................9

3.2. Printing from an application (OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc)...................................................9

Appendix A Printer properties........................................................................................................................10

Appendix B Adding media (label formats) .....................................................................................................12

Appendix C Templates for OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc..........................................................................13

C.1. Templates for OpenOffice.org Writer and Calc .........................................................................13

C.2. Page size...................................................................................................................................14

Appendix D File configuration for Linux driver for QL-1050 ..........................................................................18

D.1. Installer file configuration...........................................................................................................18

D.2. Driver file configuration..............................................................................................................18

Appendix E Network settings where Linux was used....................................................................................20

Appendix F Others ........................................................................................................................................25

F.1. Retrieving print error information...............................................................................................25

F.2. MFC-compatible Linux drivers...................................................................................................25

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1. Overview

1.1. Introduction

This manual provides information on the Linux driver for the QL-1050 label printers.

The Linux driver for the QL-1050 label printers consists of two types of drivers.

[1] LPR driver

The print features can be used with a Linux system that uses the LPD print service.

[2] CUPS wrapper driver

The CUPS wrapper driver operates the LPR driver as a CUPS driver.

The LPR driver must be installed before the CUPS wrapper driver is installed.

For compatibility with the different measurement units, a CUPS wrapper driver that displays values in

millimeters and a CUPS wrapper driver that displays values in inches are available.

This software provides the installer package that automatically copies the appropriate driver file (from those

mentioned above) to your Linux distribution.

Notes

－ Only the English versions of the drivers are currently available.

－ The content of this manual does not guarantee the operation of our product in your Linux operating

environment.

－ We guarantee no part of the contents of this manual. The installation and use is the sole responsibility

of the user.

1.2. System requirements

Driver QL-1050

Port

Computer IBM-compatible PC (CPU architecture: x86)

Linux distribution RPM or DEB (Refer to section 1.3 for details.)

USB port (USB 1.1 or later)

Serial port (RS-232C)

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1.3. Verified operating environments The operation of QL-1050 in the various Linux distributions has been verified as shown below.

Linux distribution

RPM

Fedora Core 3

Fedora Core 4

Fedora Core 5

Mandriva Linux 2006

Red Hat Linux 9

SuSE Linux 10.0

MIRACLE Linux V4.0

Turbolinux 10 FUJI

Vine Linux 3.2

Fedora Core 6

openSUSE 10.2

Debian Debian GNU/Linux 3.1r1(sarge)

Notes － However, the information provided here does not imply a guarantee that the same results will be

achieved in your operating environment. In addition, we do not guarantee the information provided here.

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2. Installation (RPM and Debian)

2.1. Installation procedure

As an example, the installation procedure for the QL-1050 driver is described below.

[1] Prepare the LPR driver or CUPS wrapper driver in the appropriate directory.

[2] Log on as the root user. Otherwise, use the “su” command to obtain Root permissions.

[3] Install the LPR driver.

・ For Debian users:

dpkg -i --force-all ql1050lpr-1.0.0-1.i386.deb

・ For Fedora Core (RPM) users:

rpm -ihv --nodeps ql1050lpr-1.0.0-1.i386.rpm

(If a Brother LPR driver is already installed, an error will occur. To overwrite it, specify the “--force" option.)

[4] Install the CUPS wrapper driver.

・ For Debian users:

When values are displayed in millimeters

dpkg -i --force-all ql1050cupswrapper-1.0.0-1.debian.i386.deb

When values are displayed in inches

dpkg -i --force-all ql1050cupswrapperinch-1.0.0-1.debian.i386.deb

・ For Fedora Core (RPM) users:

When values are displayed in millimeters

rpm -ihv --nodeps ql1050cupswrapper-1.0.0-1.redhat.i386.rpm

When values are displayed in inches

rpm -ihv --nodeps ql1050cupswrapperinch-1.0.0-1.redhat.i386.rpm

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[5] Start the Web browser, and then display the CUPS Web administrator page (http://localhost:631).

(If a proxy server is being used, make sure that the proxy server is not used as the local server.)

Click Manage Printers, and then check that the name of the installed printer appears. If it does not

[6]

appear, click

Add Printer, and then complete the installation according to the instructions that appear.

[7] Type in the user name and password, and then click the [OK] button.

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[8] In the Name box, type in the name of the model being used, type in the appropriate information in the

“Location” and “Description” boxes, and then click the

[9] From the following two options, select the device being used, and then click the

Brother USB Printer(Ptouch QL-1050): Select this option when a USB interface is used.

Brother Serial Port: Select this option when a serial interface is used.

Continue button.

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[10] Select “Brother”, and then click the

[11] Select the name of the model being used (Brother QL-1050 CUPS v1.1(en)), and then click the

button.

Continue button.

Continue

[12] This completes the installation.

Printers, and then check that the printer was added.

Click

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[13] Click

Configure Printer to specify the various other settings.

[14] Click

Print Test Page to confirm the successful installation if a test page is printed.

Notes

－ For detailed information concerning CUPS, click “Help” in the CUPS Web administrator page.

－ Common UNIX Printing System, CUPS and the CUPS logo are registered trademarks of Easy Software

Products. If CUPS was provided by the Linux or Apple distribution, direct all questions concerning CUPS to the vendor. We do not provide CUPS support.

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