New CD printer or label maker

[Lute]

I use one of the Canon "i" series printers, pop your CD in the tray and print away.

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[loujudson]

Originally Posted by Lute

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Oh man, are you printing Windows®??? ;-)

Epson here, Artisan 835. Not real fast but better than the HP that died after three years...

[m_gant]

U-print thermal on silver CDs. Or sharpee, my preferred method

[fireberd]

I have an Epson Artisan 835. Much better than the older CD printing Epson's

[Marlan]

Thanks for the replies. After some online searching the Epson Artisan series kept coming up as well. Looks like I'm going to stay with Epson.

Cheers

[loujudson]

You'll be happy I think with the 835. We got an HP which was fine for a few years, but when it broke, and we got a new one, it never worked right - one thing I love about Best Buy is they take things back no questions asked... Both my partner anf I have mnatching Epron 835s - great as scanner and printer and fax too. Even works via bluetooth.
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[Webb]

It looks like the Epson Artisan 835 is discontinued. Does anyone know if the Epson Artisan 837 is the replacement for the 835?

[loujudson]

It had already been discontinued when we got our two. Get the closet thing you can, and even look for closeout sales... I think you'll find the same features on all the Artisan series. They just need to have a new model to sell, like cars.

[Jay M]

If you don't mind spending a few cents more per disc, I would highly recommend these:
Amazon.com: Taiyo Yuden/JVC Water Shield White Inkjet Hub Printable 52X CD-R Media 50 Pack in Cake Box: Electronics

The Watershield surface looks beautiful, and the ink won't run if it gets wet.

At home I have an older HP printer, and while the printing looks good, the disc printing software is a joke.

Thanks to this thread, I might be looking at Epson.

At work we use both Rimage thermal printers, and inkjet. They are great, but REALLY expensive.

~Jay

[loujudson]

Those water-shield are twice as expensive as the regular ones, and who gets their CDs wet anyway? Always use T-Y as they are the best.

By the way, the Epson has clunky software too, but I use my trusty old Magicmouse.com Discus to design, and input as inage to the epson CDPrint. I'd love to know about any better options for label design, for Mac, that is quick and good looking..

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[Lute]

Originally Posted by loujudson

Oh man, are you printing Windows®??? ;-)

Epson here, Artisan 835. Not real fast but better than the HP that died after three years...

Yeah, used it with XP and now with Win 7. Fast and no smudges. Wasn't happy with the bundled software though, bit limited.

[loujudson]

I was just making a joke about the image of the windows disc on the printer...

I only use Mac.
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[joshef.m]

I was to looking for such kind of software but i am glad i found the best cd label software.
Have a look at it and give your honest review.

[fireberd]

I too use the Discus labeling software with my Epson printer.

[thelivingroomgr]

Very very happy with our Canon Pixma MP640 (there might be a newer model now, have had this for a couple of years). No issues at all and the quality is excellent!!