I've just spent several hours trying to get a Brother QL-500 label printer working with Linux. I have failed. Fuck all #printers .
It's not even working with the configuration I managed to get working (with support from the driver authors) last time I tried using this damn thing.
#PrintersSuck
Hugo Mills
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2026-07-12 15:51:57 UTC
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