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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