BarcodeLabelGen vs Brother P-touch Editor
BarcodeLabelGen
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Brother P-touch Editor
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| Figure | BarcodeLabelGen | Brother P-touch Editor |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | — | Free |
| Free plan | — | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Web | Yes | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | Yes |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | — | Yes |
| Android | — | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Self-hosted | Yes | — |
| Plans published | 0 | 1 |
| Spec score · Barcode Labeling Software | 8.0 (#13) | 9.0 (#3) |
| Data sources | Series generation can merge template placeholders with CSV, Excel, or SQLite data. | Labels can reflect contents from Excel and other databases, and the software supports mailing-list and asset-management labeling. |
| Purpose | BarcodeLabelGen is a self-hosted web app for designing label templates and batch-generating PDFs. | P-touch Editor 6 is free software for designing and printing custom labels with text styles, images, and barcodes. |
| Templates | Templates export as portable .blg-template.json files, and partial import can skip objects or override the size. | P-touch Editor 6 includes template search and templates aimed at home, office, business, and industrial labeling. |
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BarcodeLabelGen
BarcodeLabelGen has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.
Brother P-touch Editor
Brother P-touch Editor 6 is free software for designing and printing custom labels. It supports styled text, images and barcodes, including QR code labels, and tables can contain text, numbers, symbols or barcode data. Designs can draw on more than 700 clip-art items, frames, patterns and shape tools. For text, users can choose installed TrueType or OpenType fonts or fonts included with the software. Search helps find templates and previously created labels. Label content can be drawn from Excel and other databases, including for mailing lists and asset-management labeling. Brother lists JPEG, GIF, BMP, PNG and TIF/TIFF image support. Barcode and specialty labels may be printed individually or in batches. Printing requires connecting a compatible P-touch or Brother QL printer to a PC through USB or Bluetooth. Brother describes the software as compatible with Windows and Macintosh and says it works with select P-touch and QL models. The Windows version is listed as 6.0. For macOS 10.15 or higher, Brother directs users to download the app from the App Store.