Using Brother QL-570 label printer

[GigaMovil]

Hi there,

I'm trying to use jZebra with the QL-570 label printer but I don't know how to see what kind of printing "mode" is using this printer. I have managed to even print an image, but it's very unstable, the browser gives me a weird error, which is in Spanish (I'm from Spain) and I think is related to the size of the paper detected by the printer and the size in which the browser is trying to print, but it's not very precise.

What I want to know is how can I see which type of printer is this one? It's ECP/P or PostScript?

Thanks.

[Tres Finocchiaro]

I looked this printer up on brother's page and it mentions nothing about a print language.

Please contact support and see if they have a raw programming language that they support (mention that their competitors such as zebra support this). Ask them historically how they print from unix or dos or a legacy system and if they have a programmers guide they are willing to share.

Also, update this email thread so we can all learn from your struggles. :)

-Tres

On Oct 17, 2012, at 5:48 AM, GigaMovil <gigamovilp...@gmail.com> wrote:

> QL-570

[Gigamovil Profesional]

At the end I'm printing normally from the browser. I contacted Brother Spain, they said they were going to give me a solution, but they haven't answered anything yet... 

I was able to print using this printing using the Base64 example that comes with jZebra, but after printing the image, the printer doesn't cut the paper and keeps pulling out the paper, I have to shut down the printer in order to make it stop.

I had to modify my browser's printing page properties, remove some margins... Make sure is set to print vertically... But it "worked" with Base64 a little bit.

But at the end I just went to the configurations of the printer and selected to cut the paper after the info was sent (there are two options; cut the paper at the end, and cut the paper after receiving the info) I'm translating from Spanish so probably there are other words in that phrase. So after configuring my browser, I'm using the normal javascript printing function and it works fine (I open a separated windows containing the barcode and the print dialog pop ups telling how many images to print.)

2012/10/18 Tres Finocchiaro <tres.fin...@gmail.com>

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[Tres Finocchiaro]

Gigamovil,

Understood.  This may be your only approach if they cannot provide a raw language that is compatible (ESCP, epl, ZPL, etc).

Thanks kindly for the update!

-Tres

[William Hubbard]

I was able to find a command reference document for the QL-570 but I am unable to get the commands to work.

http://welcome.solutions.brother.com/BSC/public/files/dlf/docp000678/cv_qlseries_eng_raster_600.pdf

Does this Help?

I'm using jZebra as an API from another applet to query the printer for the media type. Can someone help with the syntax For this kind of operation?

Thanks

Will

[Tres Finocchiaro]

Will,

That manual suggests the printer is compatible with Epson's ESC/P language.  This is very popular among printers, and images are possible through the appendImage("http://link_to_image.png", "ESCP"); syntax.

I'm not sure how much it differs from the official ESCP specification, but that should lead you in the right direction.

-Tres

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