Printing Production Tracking Labels (Ubuntu Printer Terminal)

Install Ubuntu 24.04.3( AsJan 2026)
To install Ubuntu desktop a bootable USB stick will needed. This can be created with https://rufus.ie or similar. 

Select option of not having to log in on start-up

System settings

• Switch power save screen blank

• Switch off automatic locking

Install chromium

• Open the terminal and run:
  • sudo apt-get install chromium-browser

• Change the site settings to allow multiple downloads without user notification

  • chrome://settings/content/automaticDownloads

• Login into customer site from terminal using Integrate, when asked to save, choose "never". This stops browser asking user if they want to update their password each time they scan their card.

• Add the following command to startup applications (press Windows key and start typing "Start application" to find it)

  chromium-browser --disable-translate --disable-infobars --disable-save-password-bubble --start-fullscreen --kiosk --kiosk-printing http://<company_domain_here>/Terminal/Production/LabelPrinter

Install apparmor-utils

Open the terminal
sudo apt-get install apparmor-utils

Install printer drivers

• Download drivers for whichever printer is being used

• As of Jan 2026, TSWW use https://www.brother.co.uk/support/ptp950nw/downloads 
  
  We have this one in the office:  https://www.brother.co.uk/support/ql820nwb/downloads 

• Run these commands:
  • sudo apt update
  • sudo apt install psutils
  • sudo aa-complain cupsd
  • sudo mkdir /usr/share/cups/model
  • sudo dpkg --add-architecture i386
  • sudo apt install libc6:i386 libstdc++6:i386

• For PT-9500PC:
  
  • Turn on your P-touch/QL-Printer and connect the USB or the network cable. Close the installation wizard if it pops up.
  • In the terminal, cd into the directory where the drivers are
  • Run the commands to install the drivers:
    
    • sudo dpkg -i --force-all (cupswrapper-drivername)
    • sudo dpkg -i --force-all (lpr-drivername)
  • On some distributions, you may see the following error message, please ignore it
    “Ipadmin: Bad device-uri "brusb_(model name):/deviusb™!"
  • (for USB Connection) Configure your printer on the cups web interface
    •  Open a web browser and go to "http:/localhost:631/printers”.
    • Click "Modify Printer” and set following parameters.
      

      - Your P-touch/QL-Printer's name	for Device:
      - Brother	for MakeManufacturer Selection
      - P-touch/QL-Printer's name	for ModelIDriver Selection

• • Set the media size and try a test print.
    • Open a web browser and go to "localhost:631/printers."
    • Select your machine name.
    • Click "Set Printer Options” and set the media size.
      .. If you are using 62mm tape, select 62mm.
      *™P-touch/QL-Printer will return errors with smaller or bigger media width configuration.
    •  Click "Print Test Page”
      *Media length for continuous tape is about 100mm.
      *Use the paper tool command to add a custom media size longershorter than 100mm

Setup auto printing

• Install incron folder monitoring software:

  sudo apt-get install incron
  sudo nano /etc/incron.allow
  

• Write "root" in the editor and save (CTRL + S, CTRL + X)

1. cd Documents/
2. touch automatic_print.sh to create it
3. nano automatic_print.sh to open it
   

   #!/bin/bash
   
   BASENAME=$2
   EXT=${BASENAME##*.}
   if [[ "$EXT" != "crdownload" ]]; then
       # lp -o media=17x18 "$1$2"
       lp "$1$2"
       rm "$1$2"
   fi
   

    

Turn it into an executable file by running this

sudo chmod a+x /home/<default_user_name>/Documents/automatic_print.sh