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title: DYMO LabelWriter 320 under Ubuntu Linux
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created: 2011-10-09 22:37:45 +0200
updated: 2012-01-20 09:31:29 +0100
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tags:
  - know-how
  - hardware
  - dymo
  - labelwriter
  - ubuntu
  - linux
---
This label printer doesn't work out of the box under Linux. There are some instructions over at
[ubuntuforums.org](http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=861781), but they're missing something
for the latest Ubuntu *Oneiric Ocelot*. These instructions should work:

1. download the DYMO SDK `dymo-cups-drivers-1.2.0.tar.gz` from [dymo.com](http://sites.dymo.com/DeveloperProgram/Pages/LW_SDK_Linux.aspx)
1. unpack (a directory `dymo-cups-drivers-1.2.0` will be created)
1. make sure you've installed [libcups2-dev](apt://libcups2-dev) and [libcupsimage2-dev](apt://libcupsimage2-dev) (and, of course, [build-essential](apt://build-essential))
1. run `./configure`
1. try a `make all`, you will most probably get various errors like *"size_t has not been declared"* or *"size_t does not name a type"* --- if so, try this:
    * add a line: `#include <stddef.h>` as the first line to the following files:
        * `src/lw/LabelWriterLanguageMonitor.h`
        * `src/lw/LabelWriterDriver.h`
        * `src/common/Halftoning.h`
    * now, again, run `make all`
1. run `sudo make install`
1. now open **System Settings** → **Printer**
1. make sure, your LabelWriter is connected
1. add a new printer, choose your LabelWriter, when asked for a driver, point it to `ppd/lw320.ppd` from the `dymo-cups-drivers-1.2.0` directory
1. start printing, e.g. from [glabels](apt://glabels)