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Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - celliott - 07-17-2010
Did the mod with my Canon Pixma 3000 a couple of years ago. Got the tray and front roller kit off eBay, pushed a couple of buttons to reprogram the printer and all has been well ever since.
I've been happy, no problems with the clogging of the old Epson I had, and the disks look nice.
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - graylocks - 07-17-2010
celliott wrote:
Did the mod with my Canon Pixma 3000 a couple of years ago. Got the tray and front roller kit off eBay, pushed a couple of buttons to reprogram the printer and all has been well ever since.
I've been happy, no problems with the clogging of the old Epson I had, and the disks look nice.
how are the prices on refill carts with the Canon?
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - Bernie - 07-17-2010
I have a Canon iP4000 that I I did the Euro thing to and bought the tray from eBay. Needed a Pee Cee to flash the printer. I love my Canon. Epson and I fell out with the 740i and I have never gone back.
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - graylocks - 07-17-2010
all you Canon lovers, hold on to your machines. ebay sellers have trays for the newer models but so far not a hack for tricking the firmware. older models, if you can find them, are VERY expensive.
sigh...
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - jdc - 07-17-2010
graylocks wrote:
[quote=celliott]
Did the mod with my Canon Pixma 3000 a couple of years ago. Got the tray and front roller kit off eBay, pushed a couple of buttons to reprogram the printer and all has been well ever since.
I've been happy, no problems with the clogging of the old Epson I had, and the disks look nice.
how are the prices on refill carts with the Canon?
Generic Canon carts are super cheap, less than $2 each
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - Sam3 - 07-18-2010
HP Photosmart D7560. http://www.pcworld.com/reviews/product/39860/review/photosmart_d7560.html
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - rz - 07-18-2010
If you like the Epson, check your local CL. I see R200s and R300s, new in box, for like $50 every week. They're probably people like me who got a new mac at some point with the "free printer" (after rebate) and never used it.
I have an R300, haven't used it in a while, but the discs it has made look great. I have an R280 still in the box from when I bought a digital camera for my MIL on Black Friday before last which came with the printer, a nice jacket and some other stuff for free.
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - Seacrest - 07-18-2010
CDs?
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - graylocks - 07-18-2010
Seacrest wrote:
CDs?
yes. When my younger guitar students reach a milestone I record their playing on my touch. It just occurred to me to put their picture on the cd copy I give them.
Re: Is Espson the only CD printer game in town? - MysteryGuest - 07-18-2010
M>B> wrote:
May be old style paper adhesive labels?
http://www.neato.com/
So far, the only archive CDs of mine that I've seen fail were labeled with these stick-ons. And I couldn't rescue them. I ended up paying my printer $50 for a file search on an old book. So I can't recommend them for anything long term.
Lightscribe is painfully slow. Okay if you're just burning a disk or two.