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Print on CD and DVD discs with Epson R200 and R300
Authored by: jbelkin on Dec 02, '04 03:23:43PM

First, if you actually read the 1-sheet instruction sheet, that's EACTLY what it tells you to do so it's not exactly a hint, more like if you lose your instruction sheet, you can go to epson's website or call - BTW, I had to swap out a printer - their customer service is great! They responded by email and the 800 number sent me a new printer before I mailed back the old printer (pre-paid postage also) so Epson has been a great experience in all aspects.

The printer is FANTASTIC! They recommend that you encode the disc first versus printing it first since dust from the printer sleeve might scratch the disc beforehand, I encode first and then print - no problems after a couple hundred discs so I acnnot say if the other way works but why waste time printing out a possible coaster?

The controls are also great in the software - while it's PC like in many aspects (no un-delete), it does the trick 98% of the time - you can set the ring size - I have used discs with large hubs to the newer ones with printable hubs almost to the center - just type in the size. You import a picture, stretch and send to back. You can brighten/contrast every photo so if it's too distracting from the text or you want to make it brighter.

Create a text box and use any font in your system - for some odd reason it has trouble with blue text with a drop shadow - the drop shadow is weirdly misaligned but not with any other color. There are even some rudimentary text effects like stretching and warping.

I actually find that printing on SILVER printable discs is much classier looking than on WHITE discs - especially if your disc is not text heavy and you can really see the artwork. My only hint here is you probably want to set the +1 setting on ink spray (in the epson CD printer options within the apple printer setup). You can also set the alignment so your first few CD.DVD's might be off by a few mm's until you adjust it correctly - it's very, very slight so they're not wasted - just depends on if your 1,000% anal & fanatical :-)

Yes, the A4 setting is a little odd but since you have to drop down the CD/DVD latched drawer first, it's not like the printer might accidentally send a sheet of regular paper down (that's the bottom area).

The included clip art is 90% PC-laughable-bad but that's just another reason for us mac users to smirk. If you're like me, you'll be reading a magazine and see some image and think, that would make a cool DVD background :-)

Costco has the epson multipack together for $60 so if you're curious about expendables. Buying the colors individually is about $75 for the 6 cartridges.

I also got the color LCD screen and like it a lot - just put in your memory card, sroll through, pick the photo you want and press print (borderless 4 by 6 and up to borderless 11 by 8.5") - the only minor thing is the LED screen with other printer settings is rather dim so if you store it in a slightly dark area, it can be hard to read but that's a tiny complaint regarding great, great printer - especially if you're buying a new mac - it's only aboyt $49 after rebate!



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