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4x6 thermal label printers on linux
(lemmy.world)
Does anyone have 4x6 thermal label printers working on Linux?
I have tried several thermal printers, zebra and off brands, none of them work on Linux, also tried arch, mint, manjaro, Ubuntu, and a few others.
Printers all detect and install, but never prints. I messed with CUPS settings, didnt help. I also tried LPrint. Didnt work. Nothing comes out any of the label printers. Not even the sample test labels.
Been using Linux for about 2 years full time. I only have windows to print shipping labels. I HATE using windows 10 and refuse to use 11. Now with no updates it’s the last thing I need to replace.
I've been using a printer called 4barcode for a while. It has an apt package with ppd cups drivers in it, and it works well.
I don't know the exact model, and I think the brand of the printer might not even be 4barcode and it's just a different "brand" but really they're all the same?
That having been said, the one I have once failed to work with a brand of labels on a roll I bought in a pinch, but the fanfold ones I've been using from Amazon work well.