[Dixielandjazz] Re: HP Lightscribe CD Writer

[Stan Brager]

There are several competing technologies on the market right now which
promote consumer printing directly to CD's and DVD's. Lightscribe is one of
the oldest. It's considered to be good and blank discs have come down in
price. Another process is Lightflash which was recently introduced by
Fujifilm. Tests and reviews have shown Labelflash to produce better quality
labels and it's faster than the Lightscribe labels. Currently, prices for
Lightflash media are much higher than the Lightscribe media.

There are several reviews on-line which discuss these technologies in great
detail. See:

www.cdfreaks.com

http://www.tomshardware.com/2006/02/14/labelflash_vs_lightscribe_dvd/

http://www.cdrinfo.com/Sections/Reviews/Specific.aspx?ArticleId=15802

Although it's a pain in the neck to put paper labels on CD's, I'm waiting
until the direct print to media meets the quality I can get from paper
labels, the printing speed improves and the cost comes down close to the
paper costs.

By using quality label stock and care, I haven't had any problem with labels
jamming my players.

Stan
Stan Brager
----- Original Message ----- 
From: <Andy.Ling at Quantel.Com>
To: <dixielandjazz at ml.islandnet.com>
Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2006 7:41 AM
Subject: RE: [Dixielandjazz] Re: HP Lightscribe CD Writer


> Richard Stevens wrote:
> > Buy a Canon printer and "printable' CDs (marginally dearer than the
> basic
> > blank)  You drop them in a slot in the front of the printer and voila! A
> > label that looks like a "bought" one. Low end price for the printer in
> > Australia about $150
> >
>
> I'm surprised it's taken this long for someone to mention these printer.
> OK I was a bit slow myself ;-)
>
> If you are producing fairly low volume stuff where you would use
> a stick on label, but don't like the labels, then this sort of
> printer is the answer.
>
> I don't think Canon are the only manufacturers, but an example of
> one of theirs can be seen here :-
>
> http://tinyurl.com/kwr67
>
> They don't advertise the feature greatly, but there is mention of
> direct DVD/CD printing. The way it works is that there is a tray
> in the printer the takes a CD and pulls it in just like a piece
> of paper (without bending it or course). It is then printed on
> using the inks just the same as paper.
>
> You need special CDs that have a white surface designed for printing
> or you can just stick a label on to an ordinary CD. The special
> one are of course better.
>
> The software that comes with the printer has a label designing
> feature to make the whole process easier.
>
> Andy Ling
>
> PS there is an Epson one here :-
>
> http://www.epson.co.uk/products/inkjet_printers/Stylus_Photo_R220.htm
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