According to the story I located on the web it's not Epson that's the
problem but Panasonic. Panasonic supposedly holds a US patent on CD
printing. Epson pays Panasonic their royalty to be able to use CD
printing in the US but Canon won't pay the freight.
Chuck Norcutt
Daniel Sepke wrote:
> Candace,
>
> You may want to consider one of the Canon's. Most of the models sold here in
> the US can be hacked to print on CD's with the removal of a cover plate, the
> purchase of the correct CD carrier and a software switch in the printer. The
> feature is disabled due to "marketing agreement" with Epson. The hack even
> works on the pro9000 and pro9500. I have one of the mid level ones (the
> iP4500 I think); it came with free with a G9 and at retail was maybe $90. It
> uses one half (RGBK) of the ink set that the pro9000 uses plus an extra
> black. I haven't used it for much photo printing but what it has done has
> been good. My main use has been cranking out CD's of the recital recordings
> I occasionally do.
>
> HTH, Dan.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Candace Lemarr
> 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.
> <snip>
> Candace
>
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