Hack a Brother label cartridge
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i wonder if all this good info is relevant for a Brother P-Touch 1180?
What is the fabric tape U refer to? - (i am not familiar with it)
My machine uses plain white tape.
Some tapes are made of fabric. They are used for gift wrapping ribbons or decorative purposes.
These tapes print a normal image, not a mirrored image, because they are not printed on the other side of the clear coat like typical Brother Label tapes.(See photo)
Personal printers such as the P-touch cannot print industrial tapes such as shrink tubing, and the device will display an "incompatible tape" message.
However, if you drill and plug the hole in the shrink tape cartridge and hack it like fabric tape, your printer thinks it is fabric tape and you can print on it.
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Great work!
Created a git to (try) to compile every tape available
https://github.com/GoganGogan/Brother-TZe-Tapes
I've added the few ones I have (had to mod the heat shrink cassette to be correctly detected).
I've kept 0 for open and 1 for closed based on old service manuals of TZ tape labelers, but I think you've the opposite. Can you please confirm so I can add yours?
@everyone
Please send me the ones you have and I'll update it