Bug 2359216 - dymo-cups-drivers version is outdated
Summary: dymo-cups-drivers version is outdated
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: dymo-cups-drivers
Version: 41
Hardware: x86_64
OS: Linux
unspecified
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Andrew Bauer
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2025-04-12 10:51 UTC by s.pam
Modified: 2025-11-01 02:17 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2025-10-31 00:51:58 UTC
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Description s.pam 2025-04-12 10:51:45 UTC
The current 1.4.0 version supports LW4xx devices which are discontinued.
Newer devices LW5xx are using an updated protocol, which is supported
in version 1.4.3.

Consider updating to version 1.4.3 or newer to support LW5xx devices.

For newer drivers, see:
https://www.dymo.com/support?cfid=online-support-sdk
https://github.com/dymosoftware/Drivers/tree/main/LW5xx%20Linux%201.4.3

Thanks!

Reproducible: Always

Steps to Reproduce:
1. Attempting to use a LW550 label printer fails, because not supported.

Comment 1 Andrew Bauer 2025-05-27 13:26:33 UTC
I am looking into this, but if it were only as simple as building a new version. The upstream project is fraught with problems.

I have draft builds staged here:
https://copr.fedorainfracloud.org/coprs/kni/dymo-cups-drivers/

This "should" work for LW5xx models, but I don't have a newer model printer to test with.

The biggest show stopper at the moment is the 2.0.0 driver only supports the LW5xx series models. There is no support for the LW4xx models. To compound that problem, what upstream calls their LW4xx tarball, is actually LW5xx tarball.
https://github.com/dymosoftware/Drivers/issues/2

The date on this issue is 2022, which tells us upstream is not interested in fixing the problem.

I am aware of this fork of the project:
https://github.com/matthiasbock/dymo-cups-drivers


Sure, there are enough bits of code out there, sufficient to cobble together a single package that supports both old and newer model printers, but I am not willing to become an upstream maintainer of what would essentially end up being a new fork of the project.

Perhaps a good way to go about this would be to spawn an entirely new package for lw5xx drivers.

Comment 2 Andrew Bauer 2025-05-29 12:05:48 UTC
newpackage request has been submitted:
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2369164

Comment 3 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 14:21:32 UTC
FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc43) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 43.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 14:22:11 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d8757eb6bf (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.el10_2) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 10.2.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d8757eb6bf

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 14:25:03 UTC
FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc41) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 41.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12

Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 14:25:47 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-b759a81ab4 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.el10_1) has been submitted as an update to Fedora EPEL 10.1.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-b759a81ab4

Comment 7 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 14:26:16 UTC
FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc42) has been submitted as an update to Fedora 42.
https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e

Comment 8 Fedora Update System 2025-10-23 22:27:17 UTC
FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70 has been pushed to the Fedora 43 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70 \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 9 Fedora Update System 2025-10-24 00:24:41 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d8757eb6bf has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d8757eb6bf

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 10 Fedora Update System 2025-10-24 00:32:11 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-b759a81ab4 has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.1 testing repository.

You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-EPEL-2025-b759a81ab4

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 11 Fedora Update System 2025-10-24 01:26:27 UTC
FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12 has been pushed to the Fedora 41 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12 \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 12 Fedora Update System 2025-10-24 01:48:20 UTC
FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e has been pushed to the Fedora 42 testing repository.
Soon you'll be able to install the update with the following command:
`sudo dnf install --enablerepo=updates-testing --refresh --advisory=FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e \*`
You can provide feedback for this update here: https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e

See also https://fedoraproject.org/wiki/QA:Updates_Testing for more information on how to test updates.

Comment 13 Fedora Update System 2025-10-31 00:51:58 UTC
FEDORA-2025-331cd7fa70 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc43) has been pushed to the Fedora 43 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 14 Fedora Update System 2025-11-01 01:12:40 UTC
FEDORA-2025-2b22661e12 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc41) has been pushed to the Fedora 41 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 15 Fedora Update System 2025-11-01 01:32:07 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-d8757eb6bf (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.el10_2) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.2 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 16 Fedora Update System 2025-11-01 01:49:36 UTC
FEDORA-2025-5a91fec18e (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.fc42) has been pushed to the Fedora 42 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 17 Fedora Update System 2025-11-01 02:17:31 UTC
FEDORA-EPEL-2025-b759a81ab4 (dymo-cups-drivers-lw5xx-2.0.0.0-1.el10_1) has been pushed to the Fedora EPEL 10.1 stable repository.
If problem still persists, please make note of it in this bug report.


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