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Printing On Regular DVDs

  • 30-11-2006 10:53pm
    #1
    eirman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭


    Has anyone here ever tried printing on regular DVDs (silver finish) using an Inkjet printer designed for use on printable CD/DVDs? If you did, what kind of results did you get? All I really need to print is a simple monocrome reference number.

    A second question - has anyone here used the small thermal DVD/CD printers? The main problem with them seems to be that one is restricted to printing in certain areas of the disk. This is the kind of printer I'm refering to ...

    http://www.proactionmedia.com/proddetail.asp?prod=E4050


Comments

  • #2
    melekalikimaka
    Moderators, Education Moderators, Music Moderators Posts: 10,686 Mod ✭✭✭✭melekalikimaka


    lightscribe all the way


  • #3
    eirman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,022 ✭✭✭eirman


    LightScribe seems like a good idea, however the dvds I want to print on have been produced on a dvd recorder (transfers from Sky+) ... i.e. not on a PC

    Any other comments would be welcome


  • #4
    kaisersose77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,719 ✭✭✭kaisersose77


    dont know if its what your looking for, but the epson r220 works great for printing onto discs for me.


  • #5
    Inspector Gadget
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭Inspector Gadget


    Printable DVDs tend to have a rough, absorbent surface that the ink can bond to - normal ones don't. The end result that I've seen is that the results can look brilliant when you pull the disk out of the printer, but that it'll smudge if you so much as look at it as the ink doesn't dry. Having said that, if you left it for a few hours, and let the ink dry undisturbed, it might work... but even then I suspect it'll come unstuck in little pieces with very little effort.

    Gadget


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