04-21-2014, 01:30 AM
Just picked up one of these printers primarily for direct CD printing. I have a B&W laser for proofing (hah!), but nothing that prints discs. So....that's what I'm trying to get working.
I've setup a file to print in Indesign, exported a high-res PDF and am printing from Preview. I've got all the right (I think) options selected in the print dialog box (no scaling, disc as print media, etc), and discs are successfully printed, though they come out with a sort of ghosted/doubled look on nearly all text. It's like there's a first pass of the printing head, and then it goes for a second pass and is slightly off for the second pass.
The interesting thing is that if I print the exact same file onto a sheet of paper, it comes out as crisp as I'd expect. I have tried printing to different types and brands of inkjet printable CDs (standard, and then also some of the water shield discs)...all the same result.
I just tried something else that might give a clue as to what's going on....changed a block of text to a dark deep red from the original black. And wouldn't you know it, that text prints perfectly sharp. Black text on the same disc still is doubled.
I've cleaned the print heads, run the alignment utility several times, etc. The printer seems to be fine, other than this one thing. I need to get some discs printed by tomorrow, and if it comes to it, I'll make the black text something that's a slightly different color and just be done with it. But if I'm going to keep this printer, it needs to work reliably for my needs.
Any ideas of things I should try before pitching it out of the window?
I've setup a file to print in Indesign, exported a high-res PDF and am printing from Preview. I've got all the right (I think) options selected in the print dialog box (no scaling, disc as print media, etc), and discs are successfully printed, though they come out with a sort of ghosted/doubled look on nearly all text. It's like there's a first pass of the printing head, and then it goes for a second pass and is slightly off for the second pass.
The interesting thing is that if I print the exact same file onto a sheet of paper, it comes out as crisp as I'd expect. I have tried printing to different types and brands of inkjet printable CDs (standard, and then also some of the water shield discs)...all the same result.
I just tried something else that might give a clue as to what's going on....changed a block of text to a dark deep red from the original black. And wouldn't you know it, that text prints perfectly sharp. Black text on the same disc still is doubled.
I've cleaned the print heads, run the alignment utility several times, etc. The printer seems to be fine, other than this one thing. I need to get some discs printed by tomorrow, and if it comes to it, I'll make the black text something that's a slightly different color and just be done with it. But if I'm going to keep this printer, it needs to work reliably for my needs.
Any ideas of things I should try before pitching it out of the window?