dymoprint

Linux Software to print with LabelManager PnP from Dymo

• First version from Sebastian Bronner: https://sbronner.com/dymoprint.html
• Cloned to Github and formerly maintained by @computerlyrik: https://github.com/computerlyrik/dymoprint
• Currently maintained by @maresb

Features

• Works on python 3.7 and up
• Supports text printing
• Supports qr code printing
• Supports barcode printing
• Supports image printing
• Supports combined barcode / qrcode and text printing
• GUI Application based on PyQt6 - expanded combinations

HELP WANTED

Test the latest experimental version and report back if it works for you.

Installation

It is recommended to install dymoprint with pipx so that it runs in an isolated virtual environment:

pipx install dymoprint

In case pipx is not already installed, it can be installed on Ubuntu/Debian with

sudo apt-get install pipx

or on Arch with

sudo pacman -S python-pipx

Experimental features

To install a test branch, by user ghuser for the branch branchname, run

pipx install --force git+https://github.com/ghuser/dymoprint@branchname

To revert back to the release version, run

pipx install --force dymoprint

To install a particular release version, specify dymoprint==x.y.z instead of dymoprint in the above command.

Development

To install for development, fork and clone this repository, and run (ideally within a venv):

pip install --editable .

This project uses pre-commit to run some checks before committing. After installing the pre-commit executable, please run

pre-commit install

Configuration

For ubuntu based distributions

Use udev and modeswitch configurations to work with the LabelManager PNP. modeswitch changes the mode (and USB Id) from mass storage device to printer device.

sudo cp 91-dymo-labelmanager-pnp.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo cp dymo-labelmanager-pnp.conf /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/

and restart services with:

sudo systemctl restart udev.service

Finally, physically disconnect and reconnect the LabelManager PnP.

(more info)

For arch based distributions

(should also work for manjaro, but not tested yet) use udev and modeswitch configurations to work with the LabelManager PNP. modeswitch changes the mode (and USB Id) from mass storage device to printer device.

Install usb_modeswitch at first:

sudo pacman -S usb_modeswitch

if the /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/ folder was not created at installation do:

sudo mkdir /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/

now copy the udev and usb_modswitch configs:

sudo cp 91-dymo-labelmanager-pnp.rules /etc/udev/rules.d/
sudo cp dymo-labelmanager-pnp.conf /etc/usb_modeswitch.d/

and restart services with:

sudo udevadm control --reload

you might need to change the permissions of the hid device (dymoprint will tell if it is the case):

sudo chown your_user:users /dev/hidraw0

Finally, physically disconnect and reconnect the LabelManager PnP.

(more info)

Font management

Fonts are managed via dymoprint.ini. This should be placed in your config folder (normally ~/.config). An example file is provided here.

You may choose any TTF Font you like

You may edit the file to point to your favorite font.

For my Arch-Linux System, fonts are located at e.g.

/usr/share/fonts/TTF/DejaVuSerif.ttf

It is also possible to Download a font from http://font.ubuntu.com/ and use it.

Modes

Print text

dymoprint MyText

Multilines will be generated on whitespace

dymoprint MyLine MySecondLine # Will print two Lines

If you want whitespaces just enclose in " "

dymoprint "prints a single line"

Print QRCodes and Barcodes

dymoprint --help

Print Codes and Text

Just add a text after your qr or barcode text

dymoprint -qr "QR Content" "Cleartext printed"

Picture printing

Any picture with JPEG standard may be printed. Beware it will be downsized to tape.

dymoprint -p mypic.jpg ""

Take care of the trailing "" - you may enter text here which gets printed in front of the image

GUI

Run DymoPrint GUI

dymoprint_gui

Features

• Live preview
• margin settings
• type size selector
• visualization of tape color schema
• the ability to freely arrange the content using the "Node" list
  • Text Node:
    • payload text - can be multi-line
    • font selector
    • font scaling - the percentage of line-height
    • frame border width steering
  • Qr Node:
    • payload text
  • BarCode Node:
    • payload text
    • codding selector
  • Image Node:
    • path to file

Nodes can be freely arranged, simply drag&drop rows on the list. To add or delete the node from the label - right-click on the list and select the action from the context menu. To print - click the print button.

Example

Example 1: multiple text + QR code

Example 2: two images + text with frame, white on red

Example 3: barcode, text, image

Development

Besides the travis-ci one should run the following command on a feature implemention or change to ensure the same outcome on a real device:

dymoprint Tst && \
dymoprint -qr Tst && \
dymoprint -c code128 Tst && \
dymoprint -qr qrencoded "qr_txt" && \
dymoprint -c code128 Test "bc_txt"

ToDo

• (?)support multiple ProductIDs (1001, 1002) -> use usb-modeswitch?
• put everything in classes that would need to be used by a GUI
• for more options use command line parser framework
• allow selection of font with command line options
• allow font size specification with command line option (points, pixels?)
• provide an option to show a preview of what the label will look like
• read and write a .dymoprint file containing user preferences
• print barcodes
• print graphics
• plot frame around label
• vertical print