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--- item:brother-ql-500 [2024-04-15 13:55 UTC] – Make the link to the label-templates repository nicer. june
+++ item:brother-ql-500 [2024-04-15 14:07 UTC] – Document issue with and workaround for item-labels and reference it nicely. june
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      * So for the DK-11208 roll with 38x90mm labels, you need to have a document, which is 38x90mm and for the DK-22205 62mm continuous roll, you should be able to use documents of arbitrary length, as long as they are 62mm wide.
      * For the DK-11208 (38x90mm) roll and the DK-22205 (62mm continuous) roll, there are document templates available in the [[https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/CCCHH/label-templates|label-templates repository]].
+     * **For the item-labels / DK-11208 / 38x90mm labels:** Also see [[#note_regarding_item-labels_dk-11208_38x90mm_labels]].
   - Send the document to the printer server via SSH to get it printed: ''cat document.pdf | ssh print@ptouch-print-server.z9.ccchh.net <MediaType> <PageSize>''
     * Examples:
       * For the DK-11208 (38x90mm) roll: ''cat document.pdf | ssh print@ptouch-print-server.z9.ccchh.net labels 38x90mm''
       * For the DK-22205 (62mm continuous) roll: ''cat document.pdf | ssh print@ptouch-print-server.z9.ccchh.net tape Custom.62xHEIGHT'' (where ''HEIGHT'' is the length of the document)
-  - **For the item-labels/38x90mm labels:** Because the printer (driver?) handles the item labels incorrectly, after you printed an item label, you need to press the feed button once, so that the printer moves the document up again and you can cut the label off cleanly without cutting into the next one. For the same reason the item-label document template includes margins to correct for that weird behavior.
+  - **Note Regarding item-labels / DK-11208 / 38x90mm labels:** At this point make sure you follow step two of the extra steps noted [[#note_regarding_item-labels_dk-11208_38x90mm_labels|here]].
   - Cut off the label using the built-in cutter.
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 If the led blinks rapidly, press the feed button once to make it stop (reset?).
+==== Note Regarding item-labels / DK-11208 / 38x90mm labels ====
+The printer (driver?) handles these labels incorrectly resulting in it printing too late and starting too close to the left edge of the roll. \\
+Working around this issue is a two step process:
+  - The document sent to the printer server needs to account for this. The item-label template from the [[https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/CCCHH/label-templates|label-templates repository]] does. Also see [[https://git.hamburg.ccc.de/CCCHH/label-templates/src/commit/5cdecb7d8d3ec7acd2544488b2e3789fe7e414c2/label-item.typ#L13|the extended explanation of the workaround]].
+  - After the label got printed (and assuming the document sent to the printer had the correct margins set up,) one needs to press the feed button on the printer once, so that the printer moves the document up again and one can cut the label off cleanly without cutting into the next one.
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