README file for

			    ptouch-driver

This is ptouch-driver, a printer driver based on CUPS and foomatic,
for the Brother P-touch and QL label printer families.

ptouch-driver was originally developed by Arne John Glenstrup.  Maintenance has
(as of September 2015) been taken over by Phil Pemberton.

A significant code clean-up was done by Andreas Gruenbacher in May 2020.

See the file `INSTALL' for directions on how to install this software.

After installing, you will probably have to reload or restart CUPS.

This package contains the following directories:

  .        raster filter (rastertoptouch.c)
  driver   foomatic driver XML files
  opt      foomatic options XML files
  printer  foomatic printer XML files

Please note: This software is not in any way related to Brother
Industries, Ltd., except that it is intended for use with their
products.  Any comments to this software should NOT be directed to
Brother Industries, Ltd.

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If you have any issues with the driver, please open a Github issue.

For code changes, please create a fork 

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Currently maintained by:
Copyright (c) 2015-2022 Philip Pemberton <philpem@philpem.me.uk>

Previous development work by:
Copyright (c) 2020  Andreas Gruenbacher <andreas.gruenbacher@gmail.com>
Copyright (c) 2006  Arne John Glenstrup <panic@itu.dk>

This file is part of ptouch-driver.

ptouch-driver is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or (at
your option) any later version.

ptouch-driver is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but
WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
General Public License for more details.

You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
along with ptouch-driver; if not, write to the Free Software
Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA 02110-1301
USA