Inkjet printable DVDs and the Printers for them

[gnutellafan]

I dont know if you all are aware of it (I wasnt until recently) but there are cds and dvds that can be printed on with injet printers (http://verbatim.com/products/products.cfm?pro_id=344). Unfortunately at the time the only printers capable of printing to these disks are very expensive and dedicated to that task alone.

I have emailed and called many of the bigger manufacturers of printers asking that they develop consumer level printers that support the ability to print to these CDs and DVDs.

I know they wont listen to me alone so I am asking the rest of you to do the same. Here is a list of the manufactures I either called or emailed (I also emailed Toms Hardware since they are pretty big):

Toms Hardware: editors@tomshardware.com

HP: 800-752-0900 http://www.pandi.hp.com/pandi/assist/index.html

Lexmark:1-800-358-5835

Canon: 1-800-OK-CANON http://consumer.usa.canon.com/cgi-bin/prodinfo.pl

Compaq: CustomerRelations@compaq.com

Epson: 800.463.7766


Check out the printable DVDs here (http://verbatim.com/products/products.cfm?pro_id=344)

[Zhnujm]

i use my canon bjc-7000 for printing on such cds. he can work with really thick "paper" ;). dont know if its available anymore.

[Adex]

If you can afford a DVD burner then you can afford a CD/DVD printer.

Epson makes a very affordable one.

Go here http://www.dvdr4less.com and click on "Inkjet CDRs" under the "Printable CDRs" heading.

Hope this helps.

Cheers.

[gnutellafan]

The home page for this printer you are refering to is: EZCDPrint.com

Anyone know how good this thing is? Wish one of the major brands would do this.

[jemaricld]

bought epson r220 printer . operating system xp 64 bit using nero cover designer & epson print cd .my problem is getting the picture to size & printing right every time i try to print an error pops up saying something like hub is less than 40mm any help would be appreciated or suggestion on better sofware .also images were scanned with a hp & on computer

[laserfan]

The home page for this printer you are refering to is: EZCDPrint.com

Anyone know how good this thing is? Wish one of the major brands would do this.Wierd, the 4500 pictured at your link looks exactly like an Epson R200! I think I paid $50 for mine after rebate, vs. the $189 on that page.

The R200 is excellent--and of course can be used for more than CDs & DVDs.

[theReal]

Did you see the date of the original post??

6th May 2002, 19:41

The question is more than outdated, nowadays there are very good CD/DVD capable printers available for less than 100 Euro (i.e. Canon)

[iiiemuiii]

...nowadays there are very good CD/DVD capable printers available for less than 100 Euro (i.e. Canon)

such as...? i haven't seen any Canon printers with cd/dvd printing capabilities, but i am aware of the Epson Rxxx photo series.

[celtic_druid]

That is because Canon isn't allowed to sell CD/DVD printers in the US. Odd though since you can see from the old links that Epson wasn't the first to think of it, so I don't know how they ended up with the sole patent for direct CD printing.

No way I would buy an Epson printer.

Compare:
http://consumer.usa.canon.com/ir/controller?act=ModelDetailAct&fcategoryid=117&modelid=11641
http://www.canon.com.au/products/home_office/printers/colour_bj_printers/ip4200.html