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gLabels Label Designer
http://glabels.org
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Feature request printing on DYMO ribbons #35

Open jmcafagna opened 6 years ago

jmcafagna commented 6 years ago

I'm using Dymo LabelWriter 450 Duo and I would love to have to use Glabels to print on ribbons ( tape ) as well. I created a template to use it, but I need to be able to use an auto adjustement feature for width and dx as they need to grow as I add text.

the reference of the ribbon( tape ) I usually use is DYMO D1 45010 it has 7 m long ( 1763.89mm in the template ) it has 12 mm height it can be of different color ( 45018 is yellow plastic and black print or 45021 wich is black plastic with white print ) but I don't know if this is relevant.

Here is the template I use <?xml version="1.0"?> <Glabels-templates xmlns="http://glabels.org/xmlns/3.0/"> <Template brand="DYMO" part="45010" size="Other" width="**1763.89mm**" height="12mm"description="Ruban"> <Label-rectangle id="0" width="20mm" height="12mm" round="0mm" x_waste="0mm" y_waste="0mm"> <Layout nx="1" ny="1" x0="0mm" y0="0mm" dx="**20mm**" dy="12mm"/> </Template>

Regards

GralfR commented 2 years ago

I also like to use gLabels with my Dymo Labelwriter 450 Duo (and any other Dymo or Brother tapewriters). gLabels is much more powerfull than any DYMO-software. The only problem with gLabels is, the missing support for endless tape printing.

It might look from a users perspective that way (like the original DYMO/Brother software does):

  1. select a tape width as template
  2. select tape and text colors, but that's only for the GUI to have a more realistic WYSIWYG
  3. while editing the label, the tape length should have an option to autoadjust the length depending on the position of the last obejct on the label, or the length might be userdefined. Both options are needed.
  4. like gLabel does: all objects could be placed anywhere in the editor - no matter if the objects is within or outside the frames of the selected tape width and length.
  5. printing a tape-label will print the objects on the label and might cut objects at the edge of the tape.
  6. the printer should autocut the tape at the given length by the preset.

This is, how tape printing should work and Brother does with its p-touch Editor. If gLabels would support tape-printing that way (auto-length instead of predefining a tape-length first without beeing able to adjust the length while editing the label) that would open up the world of tape-printers to the linux-world and offer an alternative to the proprietary bulky manufacturer software. By the way: i've talked to DYMO several times, but they don't want to improve their software. They even remove features and focus on the labelprinting, which is for adress labels great but useless for tape printing.

I'd appreciate such a feature very much! Thanks