I just got one of these printers (Early Father's Day present!!!) and tested it on an old bogus CD; not a printable surface. I just wanted to see the *action* of the CD/DVD tray.
It's taking a looooong time to dry, understandably.
Question: When used on a *printable* CD/DVD surface, does it dry reasonably quickly?
The manual says to let it dry 24 hours before using. This seems a little excessive.
I did a few photos and it is absolutely outstanding.
FYI: At our Walgreens, digital prints are 0.29 each. I calculated this printer to run about 0.56 each. Ink sure seems expensive...
I have a Epson 900 which is somwewhat similar. If you use good quality printable discs you should be able to take them right out of the printer and put them in a drive without any problems. I do it all the time. Just make sure you aren't printing in the center hub where there isn't a printable surface. If ink gets on there and then you put it in a drive it will run all over the rest of your disc. That's why I always leave a small gap usually 1/8" on the outer and inner ring so this doesn't happen.
what's the diffreence between the silver & white inkjet disks? Is it just one is colored silver & thie other white, or do they have a different material on top of the disks for printing?
Do you know if Ritek makes an inkjet printable "silver" G04 media? I can't seem to find it from my regular suppliers. There are times when I just want a plain silver disc with black text only.