From c1bedf0534ceb9f46a32c3896865953573c0ad7b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: ske087 <scheianuionut@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2025 16:46:15 +0300
Subject: [PATCH] updated for the start

---
 .gitignore       |  1 +
 app.py           | 62 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 how_to.txt       | 11 +++++++++
 requirements.txt |  3 +++
 4 files changed, 77 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 .gitignore
 create mode 100644 app.py
 create mode 100644 how_to.txt
 create mode 100644 requirements.txt

diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..3422519
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+label/
diff --git a/app.py b/app.py
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..08500a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/app.py
@@ -0,0 +1,62 @@
+import tkinter as tk
+from tkinter import simpledialog, messagebox
+from PIL import Image, ImageTk
+import barcode
+from barcode.writer import ImageWriter
+import cups
+import os
+
+def get_printers():
+    conn = cups.Connection()
+    return list(conn.getPrinters().keys())
+
+def print_label(printer_name, text):
+    # Generate barcode image
+    CODE128 = barcode.get_barcode_class('code128')
+    code = CODE128(text, writer=ImageWriter())
+    filename = code.save('label_barcode')
+    
+    # Create label image with text and barcode
+    barcode_img = Image.open(filename + '.png')
+    label_img = Image.new('RGB', (barcode_img.width, barcode_img.height + 40), 'white')
+    label_img.paste(barcode_img, (0, 0))
+    
+    # Add text below barcode
+    from PIL import ImageDraw, ImageFont
+    draw = ImageDraw.Draw(label_img)
+    font = ImageFont.load_default()
+    w, h = draw.textsize(text, font=font)
+    draw.text(((barcode_img.width - w) // 2, barcode_img.height + 10), text, fill='black', font=font)
+    
+    label_img.save('final_label.png')
+    
+    # Print using CUPS
+    conn = cups.Connection()
+    conn.printFile(printer_name, 'final_label.png', "Label Print", {})
+    os.remove(filename + '.png')
+    os.remove('final_label.png')
+
+def main():
+    root = tk.Tk()
+    root.withdraw()
+    
+    printers = get_printers()
+    if not printers:
+        messagebox.showerror("Error", "No printers found.")
+        return
+    
+    printer = simpledialog.askstring("Printer", f"Available printers:\n{printers}\nEnter printer name:")
+    if printer not in printers:
+        messagebox.showerror("Error", "Invalid printer selected.")
+        return
+    
+    text = simpledialog.askstring("Label Text", "Enter text for the label:")
+    if not text:
+        messagebox.showerror("Error", "No text entered.")
+        return
+    
+    print_label(printer, text)
+    messagebox.showinfo("Done", "Label sent to printer.")
+
+if __name__ == "__main__":
+    main()
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diff --git a/how_to.txt b/how_to.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..120d0ea
--- /dev/null
+++ b/how_to.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,11 @@
+install 
+
+sudo apt-get install libcups2-dev
+
+
+create venv or install with --breack-system-pakage
+
+
+python -m venv label 
+
+pip install -r requirements.txt
diff --git a/requirements.txt b/requirements.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..2cd26f8
--- /dev/null
+++ b/requirements.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+python-barcode 
+pillow 
+pycups
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