Added QL-600

README.md

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@ In more details, the following is possible with this package:
 The following printers are claimed to be supported (✓ means verified by the author or by contributors):
 
 * QL-500 (✓), QL-550 (✓), QL-560 (✓), QL-570 (✓), QL-580N, QL-650TD, QL-700 (✓), QL-710W (✓),
-  QL-720NW (✓), QL-800 (✓), QL-810W (✓), QL-820NWB (✓), QL-1050 (✓), and QL-1060N (✓).
+  QL-720NW (✓), QL-800 (✓), QL-810W (✓), QL-820NWB (✓), QL-1050 (✓), QL-1060N (✓), and QL-600
 
 The new QL-800 series can print labels with two colors (black and red) on DK-22251 labels.
 
@@ -64,12 +64,12 @@ On those systems, extending the path variable via `export PATH="${PATH}:~/.local
 The main user interface of this package is the command line tool `brother_ql`.
 
     Usage: brother_ql [OPTIONS] COMMAND [ARGS]...
-    
+
       Command line interface for the brother_ql Python package.
-    
+
     Options:
       -b, --backend [pyusb|network|linux_kernel]
-      -m, --model [QL-500|QL-550|QL-560|QL-570|QL-580N|QL-650TD|QL-700|QL-710W|QL-720NW|QL-800|QL-810W|QL-820NWB|QL-1050|QL-1060N]
+      -m, --model [QL-500|QL-550|QL-560|QL-570|QL-580N|QL-600|QL-650TD|QL-700|QL-710W|QL-720NW|QL-800|QL-810W|QL-820NWB|QL-1050|QL-1060N]
       -p, --printer PRINTER_IDENTIFIER
                                       The identifier for the printer. This could
                                       be a string like tcp://192.168.1.21:9100 for
@@ -79,13 +79,14 @@ The main user interface of this package is the command line tool `brother_ql`.
       --debug
       --version                       Show the version and exit.
       --help                          Show this message and exit.
-    
+
     Commands:
       analyze   interpret a binary file containing raster...
       discover  find connected label printers
       info      list available labels, models etc.
       print     Print a label
       send      send an instruction file to the printer
+      save      generates an instruction file and saves it
 
 There are some global options available such as --model and --printer.
 They can also be provided by environment variables (`BROTHER_QL_MODEL` and `BROTHER_QL_PRINTER`).
@@ -94,9 +95,9 @@ The global options are followed by a command such as `info` or `print`.
 The most important command is the `print` command and here is its CLI signature:
 
     Usage: brother_ql print [OPTIONS] IMAGE [IMAGE] ...
-    
+
       Print a label of the provided IMAGE.
-    
+
     Options:
       -l, --label [12|29|38|50|54|62|102|17x54|17x87|23x23|29x42|29x90|39x90|39x48|52x29|62x29|62x100|102x51|102x152|d12|d24|d58]
                                       The label (size, type - die-cut or endless).
@@ -203,7 +204,7 @@ removed in a future release.
 This software package was written by Philipp Klaus based on Brother's documentation
 of its raster language and based on additinal reverse engineering efforts.
 
-* Philipp Klaus  
+* Philipp Klaus
   <[email protected]>
 
 Many more have contributed by raising issues, helping to solve them,

brother_ql/cli.py

@@ -146,6 +146,33 @@ def print_cmd(ctx, *args, **kwargs):
     instructions = convert(qlr=qlr, **kwargs)
     send(instructions=instructions, printer_identifier=printer, backend_identifier=backend, blocking=True)
 
+@cli.command('save', short_help='Generates a file and saves it')
+@click.argument('output', type=click.File('wb'), metavar='FILE [FILE]')
+@click.argument('images', nargs=-1, type=click.File('rb'), metavar='IMAGE [IMAGE] ...')
+@click.option('-l', '--label', type=click.Choice(label_sizes), envvar='BROTHER_QL_LABEL', help='The label (size, type - die-cut or endless). Run `brother_ql info labels` for a full list including ideal pixel dimensions.')
+@click.option('-r', '--rotate', type=click.Choice(('auto', '0', '90', '180', '270')), default='auto', help='Rotate the image (counterclock-wise) by this amount of degrees.')
+@click.option('-t', '--threshold', type=float, default=70.0, help='The threshold value (in percent) to discriminate between black and white pixels.')
+@click.option('-d', '--dither', is_flag=True, help='Enable dithering when converting the image to b/w. If set, --threshold is meaningless.')
+@click.option('-c', '--compress', is_flag=True, help='Enable compression (if available with the model). Label creation can take slightly longer but the resulting instruction size is normally considerably smaller.')
+@click.option('--red', is_flag=True, help='Create a label to be printed on black/red/white tape (only with QL-8xx series on DK-22251 labels). You must use this option when printing on black/red tape, even when not printing red.')
+@click.option('--600dpi', 'dpi_600', is_flag=True, help='Print with 600x300 dpi available on some models. Provide your image as 600x600 dpi; perpendicular to the feeding the image will be resized to 300dpi.')
+@click.option('--lq', is_flag=True, help='Print with low quality (faster). Default is high quality.')
+@click.option('--no-cut', is_flag=True, help="Don't cut the tape after printing the label.")
+@click.pass_context
+def save_cmd(ctx, *args, **kwargs):
+    """ Print a label of the provided IMAGE. """
+    model = ctx.meta.get('MODEL')
+    from brother_ql.conversion import convert
+    from brother_ql.backends.helpers import send
+    from brother_ql.raster import BrotherQLRaster
+    qlr = BrotherQLRaster(model)
+    qlr.exception_on_warning = True
+    kwargs['cut'] = not kwargs['no_cut']
+    del kwargs['no_cut']
+    instructions = convert(qlr=qlr, **kwargs)
+    with open('output.bin', mode='wb') as f:
+        f.write(instructions)
+
 @cli.command(name='analyze', help='interpret a binary file containing raster instructions for the Brother QL-Series printers')
 @click.argument('instructions', type=click.File('rb'))
 @click.option('-f', '--filename-format', help="Filename format string. Default is: label{counter:04d}.png.")

brother_ql/models.py

@@ -57,6 +57,7 @@ def name(self):
   Model('QL-1060N', (295, 35433), number_bytes_per_row=162, additional_offset_r=44),
   Model('PT-P750W',  (31, 14172), number_bytes_per_row=16),
   Model('PT-P900W',  (57, 28346), number_bytes_per_row=70),
+  Model('QL-600',   (150, 11811), compression=False, mode_setting=True),
 ]
 
 class ModelsManager(ElementsManager):

setup.py

@@ -15,7 +15,7 @@
     LDESC = ''
 
 setup(name='brother_ql',
-      version = '0.9.dev0',
+      version = '0.9.dev1',
       description = 'Python package to talk to Brother QL label printers',
       long_description = LDESC,
       author = 'Philipp Klaus',
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@
           #'brother_ql_analyse':  ["matplotlib",],
           #'brother_ql_create' :  ["matplotlib",],
       },
-      keywords = 'Brother QL-500 QL-550 QL-560 QL-570 QL-700 QL-710W QL-720NW QL-800 QL-810W QL-820NWB QL-1050 QL-1060N',
+      keywords = 'Brother QL-500 QL-550 QL-560 QL-570 QL-600 QL-700 QL-710W QL-720NW QL-800 QL-810W QL-820NWB QL-1050 QL-1060N',
       classifiers = [
           'Development Status :: 4 - Beta',
           'Operating System :: OS Independent',