Labelle

Open-source label printing software

• First version from Sebastian Bronner: https://sbronner.com/dymoprint.html
• Cloned to Github and maintained by @computerlyrik and later @maresb: https://github.com/computerlyrik/dymoprint
• Migrated to labelle-org and maintained by @tomers, @maresb, and @tomek-szczesny: https://github.com/labelle-org/labelle

Features

• Text printing
• QR code printing
• Barcode printing
• Image printing
• Combinations of the above
• GUI Application based on PyQt6
• Windows support by setting the driver to WinUSB using Zadig

Supported devices

• DYMO LabelManager PC
• DYMO LabelPoint 350
• DYMO LabelManager 280
• DYMO LabelManager 420P
• DYMO LabelManager Wireless PnP

Labelle is not affiliated with DYMO. Please see the disclaimer below.

For more information about experimental device support, see #4.

If you have a device or tape size that we do not yet support, the first step is to try and get it to print. In some cases this is as simple as adding the device id. Once you can print, you can help us determine the print head size and margins for your tape sizes by following these instructions.

Installation

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

pipx install labelle

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

In case the USB development libraries are not already installed, you may see an error like

DeviceManagerError: Failed scanning devices: No backend available

To fix this, on Ubuntu/Debian, install with

sudo apt-get  --no-install-recommends install libusb-1.0-0

By default, users don't have permission to access generic USB devices, so you will need to add a rule. The first time you run labelle, it will give instructions about how to do this:

$ labelle "Hello world"
...
You do not have sufficient access to the device. You probably want to add the a udev rule in /etc/udev/rules.d with the following command:

  echo 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0922", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001", MODE="0666"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/91-labelle-1001.rules
...

Testing experimental features

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

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

To revert back to the release version, run

pipx install --force labelle

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

Development and code style

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

Font management

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

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.

For font discovery, Labelle contains code excerpts from matplotlib. See here for more information and LICENSE for the license.

Labelle includes the Carlito font, licensed under the SIL Open Font License.

Modes

Print text

labelle MyText

Multilines will be generated on whitespace

labelle MyLine MySecondLine # Will print two Lines

If you want whitespaces just enclose in " "

labelle "prints a single line"

Print QRCodes and Barcodes

labelle --help

Print Codes and Text

Just add a text after your qr or barcode text

labelle -qr "QR Content" "Cleartext printed"

Picture printing

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

labelle -p mypic.jpg ""

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

More control with batch mode

When run with --batch, labelle gives you more control over the output. As the UI does, this mode allows multiple blocks of each type. --batch reads from stdin. Each line must begin with a command, a colon, and then details. The commands are:

• LABELLE-LABEL-SPEC-VERSION:1 must be the first line.
• TEXT: Starts a new text block. Any previous text lines will be printed first.
• NEWLINE: Adds an additional line to the current block of text or QR. Used to create multiline blocks.
• QR: Creates a QR code block

For instance, this input:

LABELLE-LABEL-SPEC-VERSION:1
TEXT:FD12
NEWLINE:2013
QR:1234
TEXT:BIG
TEXT:LINE1
NEWLINE:LINE2
QR:12345

Creates a label with:

• A 2-line text block (first line FD12, second line 2013)
• Then, a QR code for 1234
• Then, a line-line text block with the text BIG
• Then, another 2-line text block
• Finally, a QR code

Which looks like this:

GUI

Run Labelle GUI

labelle-gui

GUI App 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 with text, text, image

About the name

The name "Labelle" is a multilingual pun by @claui.

Language	Word/Interpretation	Meaning	Pronunciation (IPA)	Simplified Phonetic Spelling
English	Label	A printed sticker	/ˈleɪbəl/	LAY-buhl
French	La belle	The beautiful	/la bɛl/	lah BEL
German	Libelle (sounds like)	Dragonfly	/liˈbɛlə/	lee-BELL-uh

Disclaimers

• This software is provided as-is, without any warranty. Please see LICENSE for details.
• Labelle is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with DYMO, or any of its subsidiaries or its affiliates. The official DYMO website can be found at www.dymo.com. The name DYMO®, as well as related names, marks, emblems, and images, are registered trademarks of their respective owners. Currently, Labelle software is designed to support certain devices manufactured by DYMO; however, no endorsement or partnership is implied.