creation/dymo-webprint repository overview

⁠Dymo webprint

A web service running in docker used for printing with Dymo LabelManager PnP. Based on Flask and labelle⁠.

Print using POST request:

curl --header "Content-Type: application/json" \
  --request POST \
  --data '{"text1": "First row", "text2": "Second row", "qr": "https://tiny-url.com"}' \
  http://localhost:5001/print

Supported parameters. One of either text1, qr or img_url is mandatory, rest is optional.

{
    "text1": "First row",
    "text2": "Second row",
    "text3": "Third row",
    "text4": "Forth row",
    "img_url": "https://github.githubassets.com/images/modules/logos_page/GitHub-Mark.png",
    "qr": "https://tiny-url.com"
}

⁠Installation

⁠Ubuntu/Debian

1. On the host machine, download repository and update modeswitch settings to switch LabelManager PnP from beeing recognized as USB storage device, to be recognized as a printer.

# Clone GitHub repo
git clone https://github.com/cr3ation/dymo-webprint.git

# Move to folder
cd dymo-webprint

# Modeswitch settings to switch LabelManager PnP from beeing recognized as USB storage device, to be recognized as a printer.
echo 'ACTION=="add", SUBSYSTEMS=="usb", ATTRS{idVendor}=="0922", ATTRS{idProduct}=="1001", MODE="0666"' | sudo tee /etc/udev/rules.d/91-labelle-1001.rules

1. Restart services with:

sudo systemctl restart udev.service

1. Finally, physically disconnect and reconnect the LabelManager PnP (more info)⁠.
2. Build and run image

docker compose up

⁠Docker

It's recommended to use docker compose up (see installation section above). If you manually want to build and run the container, below are the required steps.

⁠Prerequisities

In order to build and run you'll need docker installed.

• Install docker⁠

⁠Build and run

1. Build image:

docker build -t dymo-webprint:latest .

1. Run container:

sudo docker run -d --privileged -v /dev/bus/usb:/dev/bus/usb -p 5001:5001 dymo-webprint:latest

⁠Useful File Locations (inside container)

• /app/app.py - Main webservice
• labelle - Tool for managing printing

⁠Contributing

Please read CONTRIBUTING.md⁠ for details on code of conduct, and the process for submitting pull requests. Special thanks to the labelle⁠ team.

⁠Authors

• Henrik Engström - Initial work - cr3ation⁠ See also the list of contributors⁠ who participated in this project.

⁠License

This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md⁠ file for details.