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Use the Casio CW-100 CD printer with OS X
Authored by: Essington on Feb 16, '05 02:00:26PM

I don't suppose you've seen the Epson Stylus Photo R200 yet.
This printer lists for $99 and prints full color at a ridiculously high resolution on the whole surface of the disk. It also comes with software and drivers for OS X so there is no fooling around with image conversions. In addition you can use 3rd party labeling software with it.

It is an inkjet though, so you'll have to let the disks dry a bit before stacking them.



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Use the Casio CW-100 CD printer with OS X
Authored by: cstumpf on Feb 16, '05 05:15:22PM

I'm the guy the submitted this tip. I know all about the Epson inkjet's ability to print CDs. It was not an option for our application for the following reasons.

1.) Speed - it's over 1 minute to print a disc
2.) Cost - printable discs are much more expensive than standard discs.
3.) durability of print - injet prints are not waterproof and will smear with just fingers on a humid day or if your fingers are a bit sweaty.
4.) Dry time - it takes a long time for the print to be dry to the touch.

The thermal wax technology that the Casio CW-100 uses has no dry time and isn't affected by water. We need to be able to print about 80 discs in an hour and then immediately duplicate them and stuff them in evelopes. That is not possible with inkjet. Yeah, you give up the full coverage photo quality prints, but for most uses that is note needed, particularly ours.



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