Monday, October 24, 2016

Getting USB label maker working in Linux

Fedora 21 - Phase 1, installation, first do:
yum install glabels cups-devel gcc
Next grab the drivers, although F21 had Dymo drivers they didn't work, if the below URL doesn't work then google dymo-labelwriterlabelmanager-sdk
http://developers.dymo.com/2012/02/21/announcing-dymo-labelwriterlabelmanager-sdk-1-4-0-for-linux/
tar xfv dymo-cups-drivers-1.4.0.tar.gz
cd dymo-cups-drivers-1.4.0.5, ./configure. make all, make install as root.
Next add the printer, either with System Settings/Printer or
http://localhost:631/admin (login root, and your root pw)

Phase 2, making labels. 
Nice write up for Ubuntu below, on Fedora you can skip the apt-get steps.  
http://www.smartfruit.com/?p=188
(Or google Dymo LabelManager PnP on Linux CUPS smartfruit)
The important point is the how to use glabels to create your label.

Major gotchas were not having cups-devel installed, and wasting time trying print labels with LibreOffice and lpr - don't! Use glabels only!!



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