Casio cd/dvd printer

Bear wrote on 7/19/2003, 6:42 PM

I decided to buy one of these little printers and priced them on the web. I bought one from a company called Provantage.com and paid $86.42 including fedex ground shipping charges. I was pleasantly surprised to find they shipped it the day I ordered it and amazed to get it the next day. (Harrisburg PA to Maine) I have printed several DVD's with it and am impressed witht he quality of the printing. You can get more on them than you would think as you can use several different sized fonts. This allows me to use standard DVD's and I don't worry about the ink smearing. I would recommend this printer to a low volume producer.

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nolonemo wrote on 7/19/2003, 8:47 PM

Bear, will this print on any DVD or do you need white tops?

Thanks

Bear wrote on 7/20/2003, 9:03 AM

Will print on anything. This is the appeal to me. I use regular verbatim dvd's and they look great. Plus as a thermal printer the ink does not smear.

Randy Brown wrote on 7/20/2003, 11:11 AM

Hey Bear,
I just checked it out and it looks like a great deal but I can't find the answer to a couple of questions that you may know:
1) will it hold all of those optional cartridges or do you switch them out as needed?
2) It looks like you can print a still image just like CD Stomper, Label Snap etc., but how limited are you with the color it can produce?
Thanks,
Randy

vonhosen wrote on 7/20/2003, 1:01 PM

I've got one & it does a fine (if slightly) limited job.

To answer your questions
1) Will only hold one colour cartridge at a time.
2) It will print an image (single colour remember) , but it needs to be pretty simple because the gradients in colour shade are pretty limited.

Randy Brown wrote on 7/20/2003, 6:08 PM

Thanks Vonhosen.
Randy

nolonemo wrote on 7/22/2003, 6:18 PM

One more question. How may disks can you do per cartridge, on average?

Bear wrote on 7/22/2003, 6:24 PM

I have heard between 40 and 80 depending on how much you put on them. I keep it way down usually only two lines. One at top with my studio name and number and one at the bottom describing contents like Joe and Lilly's wedding and the date.

Bear wrote on 7/22/2003, 6:26 PM

Sorry I forgot to add I carry a good digital camera all the time and take pictures of the B & G usually or whatever the subject and make a real fancy DVD inset with the pictures on it I find that the cover is what gets the attention.

nolonemo wrote on 7/23/2003, 4:45 PM

I just got one of these. That crisp text does look nice. I think I'll try a colored ribbon to add a little color to the cover. I haven't given the printing the torture/scratch test, but it doesn't rub off with fingers.

pb wrote on 7/24/2003, 9:32 AM

If you are doing high volume printing check out the Microboards Print Factory. It holds 50 discs in the magazine, uses the HP print engine and HP cartridges and a full colour print takes about 20 seconds costs about 10 cents. It is a bit pricey and uses only white face discs but if you buy in bulk they are less than 3.00 US. I am very pleased with ours and highly recommend it to anyone needing to print large runs. The 4 A-05 unit Vertias controlled robotic duplicator is great too. Four 100 disc magazines and a general purpose PC enable you to punch in "copy" and forget about it for a few hours.

If you are authoring for replication and your replicator wants DLT I guess ReelDVD is still the best tool. Not easy to learn and not as fun as Sonic Foundry tools but it does the job. I too hope that DVD-A evolves into a better, sounder DVD authoring solution.