Thank you very much. I ordered QL-570. For some reason I thought that 570 is more up-to-date printer but I could have been mistaken. QL-550 is more expensive than 570 so it means it has more features. But, hopefully, for printing address labels 570 will do fine too.
>Connected by USB. I don't see why set printer() wouldn't work. I selected the printer in vfp so create label would have the correct printer showing in the properties window. I am not sure if you should save to printer setting or not.
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>>Thank you for the little test. Is QL550 connected to the PC via a USB port? I am just trying to see if I could set the VFP to print to this printer using command:
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>>set printer to name ( cLabelPrinter )
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>>>I have a Brother QL550 and was curious myself so I just created a vfp label to test in about 5 minutes. Seemed to work well but I did do anything fancy. I did the following.
>>>Selected the 550 and the vfp printer to use.
>>>Created the label using Create Label foo
>>>Right click on label and select properties
>>>Clicked on page setup
>>>Selected the size landscape orientation.
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>>>I printed a label from a temp cursor I created for testing.
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>>>>You are right. I also found it on Amazon for $60 (whereas at Staples today it was priced $99.) I have never bought things on buy.com but I will check it out. But, for now, for me it is important to know that I will be able to use this printer from my VFP application. And I understand that you only used their proprietary software (I think it is called P-touch).
>>>>Thank you.
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>>>>>It's too expensive in Staples. It sells from time to time on buy.com and other places for under $40 with free shipping.
>>>>>I use it at home to occasionally print labels using software that comes with it.
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