Dymo printer improvements?

Michael Sweet mike at easysw.com
Fri Dec 29 12:25:08 PST 2006


Bob M wrote:
> Gentlemen;
> 
> I am seeking someone to collaborate on improving the support on the Dymo/CoStar line of labelwriter printers.  Both cups and Dymo offer a ppd file that does provide output (in basic text only) but it has ZERO formatting capability which is what this type of printer is all about.
> Example: when ever I try to introduct ANY control sequences in the data stream, the printer prints only blank lines.  Remove them - it prints text.

You'll need to use the "-o raw" option (or "-o
document-format=application/vnd.cups-raw") to tell CUPS not to
treat your label data as plain text.

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Michael Sweet, Easy Software Products           mike at easysw dot com
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