From ca0cde198b794c5e32318cf8e49431fbc8e63c39 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: jessikitty <jess.rogerson.29@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2026 12:05:21 +1100
Subject: [PATCH] Ink choice on the Dymo page, and a font warning

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Vunz4VLxAYDBnU5tLciLDC
---
 app/templates/admin/labels/dymo.html | 39 ++++++++++++++++++++++------
 1 file changed, 31 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)

diff --git a/app/templates/admin/labels/dymo.html b/app/templates/admin/labels/dymo.html
index 99eaa69..ed5921c 100644
--- a/app/templates/admin/labels/dymo.html
+++ b/app/templates/admin/labels/dymo.html
@@ -79,15 +79,19 @@
                            {% if sheet.centre %}checked{% endif %}>
                     Centre on the sticker
                 </label>
-                <label class="d-flex align-items-center gap-2" style="font-size:12px;">
-                    <input type="checkbox" name="monochrome" value="1"
-                           {% if sheet.monochrome %}checked{% endif %}>
-                    Monochrome (thermal)
-                </label>
+                <label class="fld mt-2">Ink</label>
+                <select name="ink" class="w-100" id="inkSelect">
+                    {% for key, text in ink_modes %}
+                    <option value="{{ key }}" {% if key == sheet.ink %}selected{% endif %}>{{ text }}</option>
+                    {% endfor %}
+                </select>
                 <div class="k mt-1" style="text-transform:none;">
-                    A LabelWriter is direct thermal: black dots on white, no
-                    colour and no greys of its own. Converting here means the
-                    preview shows what will actually come out.
+                    A LabelWriter is direct thermal: each dot is burnt or it
+                    isn't, with no colour and no greys in between. LIM makes
+                    that choice here rather than leaving it to the driver,
+                    whose halftoning turns 2mm letters to mush. Keep
+                    <em>Crisp</em> unless the part photo matters more than
+                    the words.
                 </div>
             </div>
         </div>
@@ -168,6 +172,25 @@
     </div>
 
     <div class="col-lg-8">
+        {% if font_info.kind != 'system' %}
+        <div class="bl-panel">
+            <div class="bl-panel-body">
+                <span class="bl-tag {{ 'err' if not font_info.scalable else 'warn' }}">Font</span>
+                {% if font_info.scalable %}
+                    Labels are being drawn with {{ font_info.name }}. It works, but
+                    installing a proper font on the server gives better letterforms:
+                    <code>apt install fonts-dejavu-core</code>, or set
+                    <code>LABEL_FONT</code> to a .ttf file.
+                {% else %}
+                    No scalable font on this server, so labels will print about a
+                    millimetre tall whatever <em>Text size</em> says. Install
+                    <code>fonts-dejavu-core</code> (or set <code>LABEL_FONT</code> to a
+                    .ttf) and print again.
+                {% endif %}
+            </div>
+        </div>
+        {% endif %}
+
         <div class="bl-panel">
             <div class="bl-panel-head"><span>Print</span></div>
             <div class="bl-panel-body">