🟦 PT-E550W
⏳ untested · 🔌 USB · 🌐 TCP
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At a glance
| 🟦 Family | Brother QL |
| 🩺 Status | ⏳ untested |
| 🔌 Transports | 🔌 USB · 🌐 TCP |
| 🏷️ Media | TZe laminated tape (and HSe heat-shrink tube on PT-E models) |
| 📐 Print head | 128 dots @ 180 dpi |
| 📡 Protocol | pt-raster |
| 📦 Package | @thermal-label/brother-ql-core@0.6.0 |
| 📅 Last verified | — |
Engines
| Role | Resolution | Head | Protocol | Media | Capabilities | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| primary | 180 dpi | 128 dots | pt-raster | tze, hse-2to1, hse-3to1 | auto-cut, auto-detects loaded media, highResDpi | — |
Connectivity
| Transport | Details | Status |
|---|---|---|
| 🔌 USB | VID 0x04f9, PID 0x2060 | — |
| 🌐 TCP | port 9100 | — |
Hardware quirks
Read before integrating
Cutter requires compression to be enabled — encoder enforces this when (autocut: true && compress: false). Source: nbuchwitz/ptouch:PTE550W ("E550W requires compression ON for cutting to work"). Pin configurations from Brother spec cv_pte550wp750wp710bt_eng_raster_102.pdf p.20 §2.3, transcribed into media.json5 via nbuchwitz/ptouch.
Supported media
| Category | Name | Dimensions | SKUs |
|---|---|---|---|
| tape | 3.5mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 3.5 mm | — |
| tape | 6mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 6 mm | — |
| tape | 9mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 9 mm | — |
| tape | 12mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 12 mm | — |
| tape | 18mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 18 mm | — |
| tape | 24mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 24 mm | — |
| tape | 36mm TZe / TZ laminated tape | 36 mm | — |
| tape | 5.8mm HSe heat-shrink tube (2:1) | 5.8 mm | — |
| tape | 8.8mm HSe heat-shrink tube (2:1) | 8.8 mm | — |
| tape | 11.7mm HSe heat-shrink tube (2:1) | 11.7 mm | — |
| tape | 17.7mm HSe heat-shrink tube (2:1) | 17.7 mm | — |
| tape | 23.6mm HSe heat-shrink tube (2:1) | 23.6 mm | — |
| tape | 5.2mm HSe heat-shrink tube (3:1) | 5.2 mm | — |
| tape | 9.0mm HSe heat-shrink tube (3:1) | 9 mm | — |
| tape | 11.2mm HSe heat-shrink tube (3:1) | 11.2 mm | — |
| tape | 21.0mm HSe heat-shrink tube (3:1) | 21 mm | — |
| tape | 31.0mm HSe heat-shrink tube (3:1) | 31 mm | — |
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