This particular product of this Brother printer series that supports individual paper sizes and the body of the printer also has three different buttons. The buttons of the portable printer work for central control (on or off switches), feed button and the cut button. The display component of the printer comprises of just one light that indicates whether the printer is on or off or to show error printing process. However, there is no LCD component display on the body of this printer.
Brother QL-550 Driver for Windows
Supported OS: Windows 11 (64-bit), Windows 10 (32-bit), Windows 10 (64-bit), Windows 8.1 (32-bit), Windows 8.1 (64-bit), Windows 8 (32-bit), Windows 8 (64-bit), Windows 7 (32- bit), Windows 7 (64-bit), Windows Vista (32-bit), Windows Vista (64-bit), Windows XP (32-bit), Windows XP (64-bit)
| Filename | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Printer Driver for Windows 11, 10, 8.1, 8, 7, vista, xp 32-bit and 64-bit.exe | 4.11 MB | Download |
| Or Download Brother QL-550 driver from Brother website | ||
Driver and Software for Mac OS
Supported OS: macOS Catalina 10.15, macOS Mojave 10.14, macOS High Sierra 10.13, macOS Sierra 10.12, OS X El Capitan 10.11, OS X Yosemite 10.10, OS X Mavericks 10.9, OS X Mountain Lion 10.8, OS X Lion 10.7, Mac OS X Snow Leopard 10.6
| Filename | Size | Download |
|---|---|---|
| Printer Driver for macOS 10.15.dmg | 10.88 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for macOS 10.14.dmg | 10.87 MB | Download |
| Brother QL-550 Printer Driver for macOS 10.13 and 10.12.dmg | 13.93 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.11.dmg | 13.82 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.10 and 10.9.dmg | 12.92 MB | Download |
| Brother QL-550 Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.8.dmg | 7.96 MB | Download |
| Printer Driver for Mac OS X 10.7 and 10.6.dmg | 5.04 MB | Download |
| Or Download Brother QL-550 driver from Brother website | ||
Specifications
The printing process of this Brother QL-550 device is through the direct thermal inkjet printing technology with a maximum printing height of about 59.0 mm or approximately 2.3 inches. The rate of the printer is about a maximum of 90 mm per second or directly 50 standard address labels per minute. Whereas, the print head is also capable of producing a resolution of about 300 dots per inch (dpi) with a color depth of 720 dots.
This model of the printer, QL-550 has an auto full cutter component but with a user replaceable part. However, this device does not have an auto half cutter; neither does it include a media end sensor. On the other hand, certain environmental conditions should be in place whiner. This printer is in use to achieve maximum performance and effectiveness. Such conditions include a temperature range between 100C to 350C while the humidity range is between 20 and 80% without having a condensation.
The tape media properties of this device include a DK roll type with DK die-cut labels or DK continuous length tape which has a width that measures a maximum label width of 62 mm, which implies 2 to 3/7 inches. There is also the principal means of connectivity with this printer through the standard hi-speed USB version 1.1 port.