Will work for printing a CD stick-on label but not for direct CD
printing. The printer has to cooperate for that.
Chuck Norcutt
John Hermanson wrote:
> I wouldn't think you would be limited to the printer cd/dvd printing
> software. Many Nero software packages include everything for doing
> this, and will work with any printer.
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> Jim Nichols wrote:
>> Candace,
>>
>> I have been using an Epson Stylus Photo R800 for more than four years, and
>> it has never failed, only requiring ink refills. I use regular Epson
>> refills from Atlantic Exchange in Florida, so I know nothing of its
>> compatibility with your inks. It has the hardware to handle printing on CDs
>> and DVDs. There are several sources available on-line. Just a thought.
>>
>> Jim Nichols
>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>> ----- Original Message -----
>> From: "Candace Lemarr" <CandaceRocks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:53 PM
>> Subject: [OM] OT: Printers
>>
>>
>>> This is totally off topic, but there is so much knowledge here that I
>>> am hoping someone can help me with a not so fun problem I am having.
>>> I need a new home printer, I will give some background in a moment.
>>> The printer needs to print "decent" photos for proof sheets and home
>>> snapshots. All professional printing I have done at a lab.
>>> The printer needs to print on CDs/DVDs.
>>> The printer cannot be an HP, unless someone knows something that
>>> counters my experience, as my experience is that the cd/dvd print
>>> software is absolutely horrible, no flexibility, you cannot change
>>> fonts or font size, or move text and images around. You are locked
>>> into their print layout.
>>> Over the past 6 years, for home photo printing and cd/dvd printing I
>>> have used Epson printers. The first one was a very basic model that
>>> lasted about 5 years, not one problem, until one day my computer
>>> announced "your Epson printer has reached the end of it's life cycle."
>>> and that was the end of that.
>>> I then purchased the Epson Artisan 700. I absolutely loved it. Not one
>>> single problem with it. Until, one day, after not quite 7 months of
>>> usage, it simply would not feed any paper other than plain white
>>> paper. Nothing. Epson's customer service was/is non-existent, and I
>>> returned the printer to Sam's Club for a full refund, as I had
>>> purchased the Sam's Club warranty for a very minimal fee. As is often
>>> the case, no one in town sold the Artisan 700 anymore. This was on
>>> September 27th of this year.
>>> I had/have 2 entire sets of cartridges full of Claria ink, the 99 and
>>> 98 series. The only printer in this town that used those as of
>>> September 27th was the very new Epson Artisan 810 at Office Depot. It
>>> wasn't even listed in their store yet, or out on the shelves, but a
>>> salesperson had seen them come in and got one for me to look at. I
>>> decided to purchase it. Well, today, it died the exact same death as
>>> the Artisan 700. After an hour long phone conversation with Epson, in
>>> which I was treated like a complete moron until they decided that I
>>> just might be right about the fact that the printer wasn't working,
>>> Epson so kindly (heavy sarcasm) offered to ship me a replacement. I
>>> asked if it would be a new model or a refurbished one, and the
>>> implication the conversation gave was that if they didn't have a
>>> refurbished one, then I would get a new one. But first, I would need
>>> to give them my credit card so they could charge me for the new one,
>>> and then refund my money after they received my broken one in return.
>>> I was no where near ok with that solution. I called Office Depot, was
>>> told they had one in stock and that I could exchange mine. I went down
>>> there, and the "one they had in stock" was the display unit that they
>>> were not allowed to sell to me. (One wonders what is wrong with people
>>> these days, but that's another topic for another day). After some
>>> dithering, they decided they would refund me my money, even though I
>>> had the printer for more than 14 days. (??!!) I had purchased the
>>> extended warranty, so they wanted to ship it off for repairs, not
>>> refund my money. The only printer they had that would do photos and
>>> print on CDs/DVDs is an HP, again, the CD print software that comes
>>> with the HP is horrible, in my opinion. In fact, all comments I can
>>> find online about HP's cd print software confirms that opinion.
>>> Anyhow...so here I am, stuck, with no printer.
>>> Does anyone have personal experience, recommendations, warnings, etc
>>> that I can consider?
>>> You have no idea how sorely tempted I was to chuck that Artisan 810
>>> through my front window, but this would have only caused me more
>>> frustration. It would seem that one should get more than 3 weeks use
>>> out of something one paid more than $300.00 for. I am rather
>>> frustrated.
>>> On another note, I have had two different salespeople tell me recently
>>> that "rollers drying out and not working anymore is a real problem in
>>> Colorado". Is there any truth at all to this?
>>> If you bother reading this and replying, I thank you in advance.
>>> A very frustrated Candace in Colorado.
>>>
>>> Candace
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