Takes the PNG renderBadgePng already produces, separates black and red
planes, and sends the job over TCP. Adds a serial queue per printer host so
simultaneous sign-ins cannot collide on the printer's single connection.
Not wired into printer.js yet.
Decodes the 32-byte status frames so cover open, roll empty, cutter jam and
wrong roll width are reported from the printer itself rather than inferred
from brother_ql stderr.
Implements the QL-8xx raster protocol in Node so badge printing no longer
needs the Python brother_ql CLI. Command sequence verified byte-for-byte
against a captured QL-8xx job.
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