Printers

DymoPrinter

Printers are represented by the DymoPrinter Object. However, you can also interact with printers by using functions from the package itself. For example, the following two code snippets will do the same thing:

import dymo_sdk as dsdk
#...

#previously_gotten_dymo_printer.name == "Printer Name"
previously_gotten_dymo_printer.print_label(previously_loaded_label)

#...

import dymo_sdk as dsdk
#...

dsdk.print_label(previously_loaded_label, "Printer Name")

#...

The most basic usage for the printer is, obviously, to print labels, which can be done using print_label. The 550 printers also support being able to check the number of labels remaining. You can check if a printer supports roll status by using either is_roll_status_supported on a printer instance, or by calling dymo_sdk.is_roll_status_supported with the printer’s name. This will return a RollStatus object where you can get the number of labels, the SKU, etc. Note that this value will not automatically update after you call a print job, so we suggest manually storing the number of labels printed. If you would like this value updated, you may call dymo_sdk.refresh_printer or dymo_sdk.DymoPrinter.refresh_connection to refresh the connection to the printer. However, note that this is an asynchronous call and you may need to sleep for a small amount of time to fully refresh the printer.