Scan the EAN code and print the label automatically

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Do you have an idea how to do the following:

  1. I read the EAN code with a barcode reader.
  2. The printer (For example Dymo 450 turbo) would print a label that matches the EAN
    code. (The label is not a copy of the EAN code, it is a custom text. Each
    EAN code has its own text label.)

The assembly doesn't really matter. The only requirement is a label printer & a barcode reader.
Also computer with linux / windows fits. No need to be an Arduino.

+:
easy
reliable
cheap

Thanks a lot for your help in advance!

2

A PC program would be a snap.
On Arduino or other SBC, the biggest challenge would be the driver for the printer.

3

For example, Dymo's software is certainly easy to make printable labels. But maybe it is difficult to create a print order from outside the program.

What program or code could control the label printer with a barcode reader?

The action would be simple:

  1. Reading the EAN Code
  2. Searching for text in the database / program (Each EAN code has its own text, such as product information)
  3. If found, print it out.

I'm not familiar with a barcode scanners and a label printers.

Thanks!

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Dymo is in fact pretty easy, as they publish a no charge API for Windows.
Also their Labelwriters appear as standard Windows printers... just render the page as you want it and ‘print’