README file for

            ptouch-driver

This is ptouch-driver, a printer driver based on CUPS and foomatic, for the Brother P-touch and QL label printer families.

ptouch-driver was originally developed by Arne John Glenstrup. Maintenance has (as of September 2015) been taken over by Phil Pemberton.

A significant code clean-up was done by Andreas Gruenbacher in May 2020.

See the file `INSTALL' for directions on how to install this software.

After installing, you will probably have to reload or restart CUPS.

This package contains the following directories:

. raster filter (rastertoptouch.c) driver foomatic driver XML files opt foomatic options XML files printer foomatic printer XML files

Please note: This software is not in any way related to Brother Industries, Ltd., except that it is intended for use with their products. Any comments to this software should NOT be directed to Brother Industries, Ltd.

If you have any issues with the driver, please open a Github issue.

For code changes, please create a fork

Currently maintained by: Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Philip Pemberton philpem@philpem.me.uk

Previous development work by: Copyright (c) 2020 Andreas Gruenbacher andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com Copyright (c) 2006 Arne John Glenstrup panic@itu.dk

This file is part of ptouch-driver.

ptouch-driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

ptouch-driver is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the GNU General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License along with ptouch-driver; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301 USA