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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by RobotToaster on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:41AM (#37943560)
One type of brother label printer (the ones that take "tze" cartridges) are thermal transfer printers, which last very well. They transfer pigment from a separate ribbon, rather than chemically change the label.
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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by a1o on Thursday October 19, 2023 @10:58AM (#37943796)
Do these require a specific software to be able to print or can they take anything and just print? Like, is it a regular driver, could I connect to this brother printer from my iPhone?
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Re:"We have a thermal printer hooked up to the internet, you... by notatoad on Thursday October 19, 2023 @01:23PM (#37945740)
the one i've got (brother p-touch) seems to require a proprietary software suite, but i haven't really put any effort into figuring out whether there's an alternative way to print to it.

it definitely does not "just work", it's not detected as a printer in windows.

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