Dymo Whips Up Beautiful Color Disc Covers In About A Minute
Los Angeles (CA) - Disc labelers aren’t anything new and they certainly aren’t the most exciting things to report on, but we saw a nifty little labeler from Dymo that could churn out full color covers in just one minute. The company showed off the hand-held printer at the Siggraph trade show and told us that almost any type of inkjet-friendly disc can be used.
The Dymo DiscPainter unit comes with labeling software for Macs and PCs and the marketing rep whipped up a custom labeled disc, complete with curved fonts and snazzy graphics in just a few seconds. She then popped in a disc and the printer deposited the image in just over a minute. The CD graphic was just slightly sticky after the disc was done.
Unlike other disc labeling systems (cough Lightscribe), you aren’t limited to proprietary media. Almost any disc that is ink-jet friendly can be used. In fact, you select the type of disc surface in the labeling software’s print menu.
The DiscPainter uses a multi-color inkjet cartridge that lasts approximately 100 discs and costs $39.95 each. The unit itself costs $279 and has an estimated life of 6000 discs.
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Care to revue vs the Epson 200 series? So far I see 1) more expensive printer 300%, 2) ink is 66% of oem but 200% generic (a discussion of generic ink being blocked is of interest to many), and a FULL COLOR DISC write of about ?? . CD/DVD prints are more like photograph with 100% coverage, not the 5% quoted for simple ppm.
Agreed... Just go buy an epson or HP printer with cd printing capability for 80 bucks or more (depending on non-cd printing features) and be done with it. My 4 year old Epson that I paid 80 bucks for does great with printing cds.