Thrush

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As in, not printing on to adhesive labels, but actually priting DIRECTLY on the disc surface.....

How does this work, what do you need, does it affect the disc playing (as adhesive lables have affected discs I have done) and how much?

Can you get full colour? Can you also do pictures and not just text?

BM08

My new pc i got a few weeks ago has a philips dvd rewriter drive with something called "lightscribe" technology, it does exactly the thing you described i havent actually tried it yet though

Thrush

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I had seen that, which is what prompted me to make this thread. Thing with that is it only does black "etching" and only works with specific LightScribe drives and only etches specific LightScribe CD's and DVD's....

I want to be able to put a proper label on the disc, in full colour, kinda like you get when you buy a CD or DVD these days - like a pitcure disc sort of thing;



Like that for example....

I know there are programmes and printers available for sticky/adhesive lables, but I have used them before and had problems with the discs in players, so I don't like em.... But I know you can buy CD-R's and DVD-R's with completely blank, white faces, so wondering if there was a driver or device that could "laser print" directly onto the CD/DVD face in full colour etc.....

DanRSturbo

Someone's birthday coming up soon ?

BM08

Trust you to be thinking what he'd want it for rather than answering his question

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So true

No, I just fancied organising my discs really.... I have a whole bunch of "backed up" (*cough* ) DVD's, VCD's and KVCD's that all look pretty much the same, it'd be nice to have them all looking, well, nice really.....

Drewman

"backed up!"

lightscribe and labelflash is pretty useless i been told

takes about half hour per disc, you need special discs and it just gives you a dull black image.

I'm still considering it though, the drive isn't much more than an "ordinary" rw so it won't harm having it there!

http://www.micheldeboer.nl/flash-light/

check out that review someone did.

daz1968

Just get an Epson printer that prints on discs, like a R320 buy full face printable discs in either silver or white. The software comes with the printer its called epson print cd, I chose epson because of the cheap cartridge prices, about Ł1.50 each cartridge, this soon makes a lexmark or hp seem expensive to run. Only problem is you will have to back up your backups onto the correct discs in order to do them. Hope this helps.

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Daz - thanks, that 320 sounds like it could do what I want, but Epsons site does say "print directly to CD-R/DVD-R with compatible discs" but doesn't tell you WHAT discs..... I don't really wanna get stuck into having to buy specialist discs in the future.....

DanRSturbo

Why not throw then in a jewel case and simply write on them, or like me, get a folder that hold's 200 cd's <film collection>

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Some are in jewel cases, some are in folders, but some are in cake boxes.... And I do write on them, but many do like alike as they are the same discs with badly scrawled black pen writing on them

SS1

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my mates got a printer that does the cds ..think it eats the ink though ..

will find out the make and model for you

Thrush

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If you could please chap!

SS1

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not a problem mate .. i am working tomorrow night ..but will send you the details monday ...

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Thrush

asked him its a Epson Stylus Photo R300

http://computing.kelkoo.co.uk/b/a/pr...82/114901.html

he said its well out of date now. better models on the market..

but the cds looked cool to me

reviews seem shit on the site above but now you get the jest of what your looking for

he said as long as the disk is white hes never had a problem putting ink on them ..dvd wise ...ive never seen white cdrs...

but i suppose you can get them

Thrush

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Cheers pal I have seen white CD-R's (got a couple kicking round here somewhere)

Just pondering what to do, as ideally I need a new printer anyway, and I fancy a laser ket one as my ink jet just ain't cutting it anymore for hi res graphic printing...

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when the ps2 came out a freind got me 2 cakes of black dvd disks "ie sony ones" looked the part but needed a white pen to write on them

and my hand writing is awefull to say the least

and spelling

but not as bad as BALS

Turbocabbie

The Canon Pixma range of printers do double sided printing, edge to edge and CD and DVD printing.. there are also wireless models available.

The quality of these printers are amazing and great value for money... the middle of the road and higher specification models use seperate ink tanks for each colour which saves on ink as you only replace what you use unlike certain other printers that have a single colour cartridge of all colours.

Have a good look at these printers they are really really good... I own a Pixma IP5000 which although being an older model is amazing quality and very good on running costs.

Check them out at the following URL :-- damn I feel like a salesman


http://www.canon.co.uk/For_Home/Prod...PageID=25108#2

Adrian

That would be full face printable discs like these http://svp.co.uk/products-solo.php?pid=1433

PhilM

Got a lightscrive drive a few weeks bacvk, its awesome, eyah its only monochrome, but I am very impressed, not bothered about the time it takes to do as I rarely burn disks anyway, but when I do, they look sweet, much better than any stuck on label!

CanOfPoke

Hi there,

Just a quick suggestion but have you looked at all at the lightscribe software? I am not quite sure what options they have for printing but have heard they are quite good so may be worth having a look.

Stephen_B

lmao at the resurrection of a dead thread

Thrush

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It's only 2yrs old

Iain Mac

I bought a wee HP inkjet printer about the time this thread was born, and it has a caddy for CDs and DVDs to allow you to print onto the discs with printable faces. If you buy a 50 disc spindle there's very little in it price-wise versus normal discs.

Eagle

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