Print simple numbers on label printer (Brother, Dymo, etc) from C# (.NET)

Question

As part of a project I'm working on, I need to automate a label printer. It will be one of those inexpensive USB printers from Brother or Dymo (open to other suggestions). All it needs to do is print two numbers on one label.

The challenge is that I'm hoping to keep it ultra-simple in C#. It seems like the solution from Brother is antiquated, and the Dymo SDK is a little more complicated than what I would like. Both solutions require the end user to install the full blown application.

Do I have to suck it up and use the low-level COM solution provided by Dymo? Or has someone found a simpler way to print uncomplicated labels?

Answer 1

Install the labelmaker as a printer on the computer.

Then, use mail-merge from Excel to Word.

Create a spreadsheet with rows representing labels and columns representing pieces of information on that label.

Use mail-merge in MS Word using the spreadsheet as the data.