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How to fake PIXMA MP500 printer for CD-LabelPrint?
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fvisagie
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: South Africa
Post Posted: May 21, 2009 07:11 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi All,

The company's production facility where DVDs get burnt and printed is on a different floor to my office. They use a Canon PIXMA MP500 printer for printing the dics.

I was hoping that I could install CD-LabelPrint on my workstation for authoring artwork and then use the one installed on the production machine for printing. However, when I launch CD-LabelPrint on my workstation it complains that no compatible printer was found and exits.

I'm not keen on remote desktop stuff.

Is there a way of faking the MP500 printer, or any other way of getting CD-LabelPrint to run on my workstation?

Many thanks,
Francois

Bjs
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Joined: 09 Feb 2004
Location: Australia
Post Posted: May 21, 2009 08:17 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Doubt it ... only if the printer is a shared network resource will it ever work so you might look at other cd/dvd printing software that is not dependent upon "connected hardware" resources.

Using such a printer for mass production work just isn't being serious.

fvisagie
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: South Africa
Post Posted: May 21, 2009 08:45 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Hi Bjs,

Thanks for the response. Any freeware authoring & printing software for personal use you'd like to recommend?

(BTW that particular printer's workload is nothing to be concerned about smile.gif).

Kind regards,
Francois

jman98
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Joined: 08 Oct 2004
Location: Freedonia
Post Posted: May 21, 2009 10:28 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
I use Acoustica CD Label Maker with my Pixma iP4500. It's not freeware, but it's also not very expensive. I'm really satisfied with what it can do and I definitely recommend it.

minidv2dvd
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Joined: 12 Jul 2008
Location: United States
Post Posted: May 21, 2009 12:07 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
if you download and install the mp500 printer driver and it shows up in control panel/printers and faxes on your computer you should get cd-labelprint to run without the printer being attached.

fvisagie
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Joined: 06 Aug 2007
Location: South Africa
Post Posted: May 22, 2009 01:55 Posts Comp View users profile Send private message Reply with quote
Thanks everyone. CD-LabelPrint starts up with a shared network printer for now and I'll also try it later when not connected to the network.

If for some reason this approach doesn't work out I'll look into Acoustica. I've heard good things about it elsewhere too.

Kind regards,
Francois

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