DVD Printers

[scooter1556]

i couldn't say, i don't bath my discs!!!

[drfsupercenter]

LOL neither do I, but I have one of those cleaning kits where you spray cleaning alcohol on the bottom and wipe it with a cloth, occasionaly it gets on the topside.

[scooter1556]

ah, got you, i got the impression that you were washing the top side of your discs, didnt mean to seem rude!! Depending on what the cleaning fluid is made from, you shouldn't have too much of a problem. Normal water has no effect once the disc is completely dry (about an hour after printing tops)

[drfsupercenter]

Alright, thanks! I will add the R220 to the list!

[drfsupercenter]

http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B000AYA588/sr=8-1/qid=1140475597/ref=pd_bbs_1/104-2140732-7740737?%5Fencoding=UTF8

Wow, that's kinda expensive! I will look for lower prices.

[photo_angel2004]

Good printer are not the cheap printer you will get what you pay for with a printer that is for sure.

[scooter1556]

Thats true but look at how much it does and the quality it does it in, you have to pay for quality. I have had an R200 for 2 years now and paid £99 for it new in the UK. I have been running it with cheap compatible cartridges (Jettec & Datasafe) with absolutely no problems or loss in quality and it has not skipped a beat. They are great printers.

[photo_angel2004]

Ya but you really do not want to ever use a cheap genaric ink for printing ontothe DVD, some of the genarics are not made with the same chemicals and even though they may give a nice picture they could harm the DVD. NOT ALL chemicals are safe for DVD's.

[scooter1556]

This is true and is the reason i have quoted those 2 brands (Datasafe & Jettec) as i have used both on over 200 discs and they have not caused any harm to the discs. I cannot say about any other compatible cartridges, you're right to point this out though!!!

[drfsupercenter]

What blanks do you guys use?

[photo_angel2004]

@drf,
I understand that you want to be able to print on your blank DVD's but you have also stated that you have no income except in the summer when you cut grass.
With that in mind a printer like this will cost your more money then you are realizing. let me point out some facts for you with printing.
I am a freelance photographer and I have done more printing then you would care to know of. From my personal experience;

1.) The blank DVD's that you can print on will cost you more money then the regular ones will.

2.) When the ink jets get clogged and they will your printed DVD is scrap and you will have to re- print it. But before you can re-print it you will have to run the clean heads utility and every time you do this excess ink drops off into a pad under the printer and when this pad become full of ink you will have to change this pad costing you even more money.

3.) the ink that is safe for DVD's will cost $$$$ more then regular inks.


Unless you have a job it will not pay for you to have a printer that will burn on DVD's. I am not trying to sound like your Mother but I think when you are picking out what you want for your birthday you may want to stay away from this printed and choose something you can really use that will not cost you a lot of money in the long run.


Just my thought please don’t get the wrong idea. I wanted to print onto my DVD's myself and after weighing out the pros and cons it just didn’t pay for me to get one.

And I earn money from printing pictures that I take.
I also make piture slide shows on VCD and DVD with wedding pictures from wedding that I shoot and it still doesnt pay for me to print onto the DVD.

[celtic_druid]

I've had a Canon i865 for some years. Never had a problem with the heads or cheap ink and ink jet printable media isn't really any more expensive than branded. Like I said though, Canon isn't an option in the US. Guess you could order from OS though. Basically all the Pixma models here support CD/DVD printing from the cheap 3 colour models through to the higher res, more colour models.

Anyone who isn't in the US. I would suggest a Canon over an Epson for sure.

[drfsupercenter]

1. http://www.microcenter.com/single_pr...uct_id=0232421 <-- they are cheaper then normal blanks

2. dunno

3. My parents pay for my regular printer ink as it is, maybe they'd pay for thie printer ink too? (the ink for mine is expensive - like $40 for color and $30 for black or something, or it used to be)

[TNT]

i couldn't say, i don't bath my discs!!!

I do. Seriously, a drop of dish washing liquid does wonders to clean a dirty disc. With regards to smearing. My daughter once touched a printable with slightly wet hands, and there was a nice water spot on the disc. With the thermal, I can wash the disc with water and dish washing liquid no problem. If you treat your discs with care, then an inkjet is fine. You have to remember that inkjets are water based. So, if you accidentally sneeze on them, you will ruin them. That's why I have both. Pretty ones for me and practical ones for my daughter. Oh, BTW it's fun to make original designs for flipper's that don't have art to begin with.

[drfsupercenter]

What kind of media do you use in thermal printers?