Appendix B Adding Media (Label Formats) - Brother P-Touch QL-1050 Driver Manual

QL-1050 Linux Printer Driver Manual
Appendix B Adding media (label formats)
To specify a length before printing on continuous length (12 mm, 29 mm, 62 mm, 102mm) labels, use added
media (label format).
Media (label formats) are added from the command line.
Use the tool "brpapertoollpr_ql1050" to add media (label formats). This tool is installed in the following folder
with the driver.
Folder: [usr]-[bin]
To add:
brpapertoollpr_ql1050 [-P <printer_name>] [-n <label_format_name>] [-w <media_width_(mm)>] [-h <media_height_(mm)>]
To delete:
brpapertoollpr_ql1050 [-P <printer_name>] [-d <label_format_name>]
[-P <printer_name>]:
[-n <label_format_name>]:
[-w <paper_width_(mm)>]:
[-h <paper_height_(mm)>]:
[-d <label_format_name>]:
Example:
[1] A new label format for 62-mm continuous length tape for the QL-1050 printer will be added.
The operation must be performed by using Root permissions.
[2] To add a label format:
Specify the label format name as "format6262", the media width as "62 (mm)", and the media length as "62
(mm)".
[2] To delete a label format:
Specify the label format name as "format6262".
Printer name defined by the user
The width and height for the added label format name is added to the PPD file.
(If the label format name already exists, the old parameters will be updated
with the new parameters.)
Specify the media width of the label format. (units: mm)
Specify the media height of the label format. (units: mm)
The label format is deleted from the PPD file.
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