Re: OT: Epson CD printer

Thanks for all the good info, Engineer!


"A Nengineer" <user@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> Foldedpath wrote:
>
> > I just bought an Epson Stylus Photo R300 from www.newegg.com for
> > $127.50, with a mail-in rebate that brings the cost down to $107.00
> > (USD). It includes a tray for printing on CD's or DVD's; the kind you
> > can get now with the white printable surface, which was the main reason
> > I was interested in it.
>
> FWIW, I bought a new HP computer a couple months back with a Lightscribe
> DVD (+ CD) burner. You burn the CD or DVD, flip it over in the tray,
> then "burn" the label. The label side of the disc has an optically
> sensitive coating such that the same laser that burns the track, burns
> the label.
>
> Right now, the labels are only available in hi-def gray-scale, but color
> is supposed to be coming "real soon now." (From what I gather, the
> "color" implementation will require an "upgrade" of the discs
> themselves, and an upgrade of the drive's EPROM which would be a simple
> download-and-install).
>
> The effect isn't exactly "stunning," but it is much better than that
> obtained from paper labels.
>
> The constraints to the system are:
>
> 1) Must buy "Lightscribe" CDs or DVDs, but the cost, I've found, is only
> slightly above that of regular name-brand CDs or DVDs.
>
> 2) Must have the Lightscribe drive, of course--although I just saw a
> standalone unit selling at OfficeMax for $129 and an internal unit for
$109.
>
> 3) Need to have compatible software (an "LE" version of one product came
> with the computer, but I have no experience with that which probably
> comes with the add-in drives).


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