Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo Misplaced Labels

[ddoherty03]

I posted this on the issues for glabels, the non-qt version, but thought it might be more usefully posted here, since the images come from glabels-qt:

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@hameau, thanks for pointing me to glabels-qt. I have installed it via the Ubuntu PPA, and it looks really nice. I am still having a problem with the placement of the text on the label, though.

Just for the record, here is what I get printing to a Dymo LabelWriter 400 Turbo on Ubuntu using the cups driver.

Here is a label in the Designer View from glabels-qt, which looks perfect:

And here is what it looks like when printed:

And here is the Cups Test Page:

[wucke13]

I have a similar problem on my LabelWriter 450 using S0722530 Multipurpose Labels. These come with two 13x25mm stickers side by side. I got the orientation and everything correct, but I can not for the love of god make the template fit to the stickers. As reference this is my setup:

• width of page: 36mm,
• height of page: 31mm
• nx=1
• ny=2
• width: 25mm
• height: 13mm
• corner radius: 2.5mm

For the alignment to be flush, I would need

• x0 = 13mm (but 11mm is the maximum allowed due to 36mm-25mm)
• y0 = -2mm (but 0mm is the minimum).

I toyed arround a bit with the configuration. The following template file has near perfect alignment, but of course the top and left side (everything with negative coordinates I guess) are cropped away/blank on print.

<!DOCTYPE Glabels-templates>
<Glabels-templates>
<Template brand="Dymo" description="Multipurpose labels hacked" part="S0722530" size="Other" width="31mm" height="36mm">
<Label-rectangle id="0" width="13mm" height="25mm" round="2.5mm" x_waste="0pt" y_waste="0pt">
<Markup-margin size="0pt"/>
<Layout nx="2" ny="1" x0="-2mm" y0="-2mm" dx="13mm" dy="25mm"/>
</Label-rectangle>
</Template>
</Glabels-templates>

[ddoherty03]

My needs for labels is mainly file folders, and I usually need them one at a time, not a whole sheet. I ruined an $800 HP Page-wide printer last year when a label (for Priority Mail, not file folders) got the glue stuck in the rollers and ruined the printer. I will not use a laser printer for one-off labels.

Since Dymo printers seem to have bad CUPS drivers and won't work with gLabels, has anyone found a similar label printer (Brother, Seiko, etc.) that does have working drivers. This shouldn't be too hard. Just need a company that gives a damn.

Looking for suggestions.