# qutie: reconstructing PRT Qutie Bluetooth printing

> qutie implements Linux printing for the PRT Qutie label printer using a recovered Bluetooth Classic RFCOMM protocol. Its notes document handshake, session XOR, status responses and LZO raster commands derived from printer observation and HerePrint app analysis; a Python library, CLI, CUPS components and Qt designer use the protocol.

- Type: Case study
- Targets: Protocol
- Category: Independent reconstruction cases
- Relationship: Independent reconstruction project
- Sources reviewed: 2026-11-07
- Added to the catalog: 2026-11-09
- Original resource: <https://github.com/AnonTester/prt-qutie-label-printer>
- Primary source: <https://github.com/AnonTester/prt-qutie-label-printer/blob/e6e3f9c595bc4cd3e08a6886054b8b24d3d9e2d3/docs/protocol.md>
- Catalog page: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/qutie-printer-case/>
- Record JSON: <https://awesomerea.org/resources/qutie-printer-case/record.json>
- Chinese version: [简体中文](https://awesomerea.org/zh/resources/qutie-printer-case/index.md)

## Requirements & limits

- **Prerequisites:** Linux, Python 3.10+, a working Bluetooth adapter and a PRT Qutie printer.
- **Testing evidence:** The author reports testing one firmware 1.1.22 printer with continuous 12 mm tape; gap labels and other models remain untested.
- **License:** MIT license.

## Primary sources

1. <https://github.com/AnonTester/prt-qutie-label-printer/blob/e6e3f9c595bc4cd3e08a6886054b8b24d3d9e2d3/docs/protocol.md>
2. <https://github.com/AnonTester/prt-qutie-label-printer/blob/e6e3f9c595bc4cd3e08a6886054b8b24d3d9e2d3/README.md>

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