# ptprnt

A command-line label printer driver for Brother P-touch printers on Linux. Prints text labels directly from your terminal.

## Quick Start

**Install dependencies:**

Arch Linux:
```bash
pacman -S libusb spdlog pango cairo meson
```

Debian/Ubuntu:
```bash
apt-get install libusb-1.0-0-dev libspdlog-dev libfmt-dev libpango1.0-dev libcairo2-dev meson
```

**Build and run:**
Clone this repository first and enter the directory. Then build:
```bash
meson setup builddir
ninja -C builddir
builddir/ptprnt --help
```

## Supported Printers
(I need more printers for verification 😉)

- Brother P-touch P700 series

## Developer info

This is a modern C++20 rewrite of [ptouch-print](https://git.familie-radermacher.ch/linux/ptouch-print.git). Credits to Dominic Rademacher for reverse engineering the USB protocol.

**Running tests:**
```bash
ninja -C builddir test
```

**Coverage reports:**
```bash
meson setup builddir -Db_coverage=true
ninja -C builddir
ninja -C builddir test
ninja -C builddir coverage-text
```

## License

GPLv3, see [LICENSE](./LICENSE)

## Author
Moritz Martinius <moritz@admiralackbar.de>