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Getting errors when list-backends #34
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Got it only working with Bluetooth before, but I got a lot of problems with unreliable delivery, a lot of "Receiving data" getting stuck. Other problem was I did not know anything about usb and the Googled and found out you can do this on mac to list usb devices but it does not show the address the way pyusb wants it:
Figured out to see if pyusb could just list it and that worked
and then I could do
and it works so much faster than Bluetooth. |
Hello @kevinsimper, thanks for reporting. Your initial issue with running Besides that, what exactly do you mean by no way to get the current version installed? Is the command
Interesting. How did you use the Bluetooth interface? With Brother's drivers? On your phone? Or with this software package brother_ql (if that's possible at all)? I'm glad you could make it print in the end. Thanks for reporting. |
Thanks for making that new command, that makes it much easier! 😄 Will try it soon!
There is missing a command like
I actually did it without drivers installed on Mac
After I found the pyusb address I use the |
Interesting. Didn't work with the bluetooth connection before and I wouldn't have thought it simply appears as a serial port. I guess, the WiFi / Ethernet / USB connectivity is still the better choice, though.
Alright. I added
What drivers are you refering to here? |
Now there's also a new command showing even more information:
It was introduced in 78b5667 and its output is going to be helpful for any future bug reports. |
You can find the drivers here! By no means am I a driver expert so I did nothing other than install it. http://support.brother.com/g/b/downloadlist.aspx?c=us&lang=en&prod=lpql820nwbeus&os=10046
Thank you, awesome! |
Ah, I see, Brother's official drivers for Mac OS. Those shouldn't have any influence on the printing speed when you use this package brother_ql, though as I'm entirely bypassing the usual operating system's printing system. |
@pklaus Okay interesting, thanks for clearing that up! 😄 |
I get this error, I have installed
brew install libusb
andpip install pyusb
Using OSX and python 3.6
Installed the lastest dev version, noticed there is no way to get the current version installed of brother_ql
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