Printed my first CDR with the Epson Stylus 900 printer.

[Bob W]

Sorry I don't have a site to link to a picture of the CD so you will have to take my word on this. I did my first print to a printable CDR so that I wouldn't mess up a DVDR and I must say the result is friggin unbelievable. The quality looks ever bit as good as any commercial printed CD or DVD IMO. I needed a new printer anyway so I'm now very pleased I spent the $200 for this printer. My old printer was an Epson Stylus 600 and I gave that to one of my employees.

I should also say that this is the quietest printer I have ever used. The first test printing I did I thought the printer was not responding and had to walk over to it to hear it was working.

[marvel2020]

Congratz Bob W on your first Printed CDr .

Would love 1 of them printers myslef, but at the mintue there way out of my price range .

Just have to wait and see if they drop in price, especialy here in RIPOFF- UK.

[Bob W]

Thanks, now I have ordered 100 4x Princo DVD-R printable discs which will be here next week.

[PaulDiston]

How does it actually work? Is it only certain printers that can do this. I have a HP 990cxi would this printer onto the media?

[Bob W]

How does it actually work? Is it only certain printers that can do this. I have a HP 990cxi would this printer onto the media?

The printer comes with a special thin plastic tray with a place to hold the CDR or DVDR. You feed this try straight through the printer from the back of the printer.

[diablos_blade]

PaulDiston: Unfortunately yes, epson 900 seems to be the most affordable option for this as well. Saving up for one myself. Can't trust normal labels coz they satrt to peel off and make the disc stick while playing...which is handy!

Bob W: Let us know how the dvdr printables work for you - probably wise i get as much info before shelling out for the printer..... 8)

[arcorob]

I had posted recentyl about the epson 900. I had also posted about buying 400 Ritek Printables. Well, as it turns out, they were Lead Data. They work awesome. While limited to 2X , they play on everything I throw them at.

The printer works awesome and I have found away around the mited software they give you. I prefer my click and design 3d software that I used to use for labels. What I do is create exactly what I want on click and design 3d. I then save it as a GRAPHIC, printer resolution.

Then I open Epson CD and import that graphic . Viola, I now have the CD/DVD image I want. I just have to align on screen sometimes.

Then I print using advanced. I set the image darker +2. I set for best photo, Photo enhance, then under advanced tab, set to VIVID , and slide to the right for the max. This is to get around the tendency it has to print lighter.

You are right, the DVD's look factory made...awesome. Best purchase I made. I paid 199 but I see it is in te 160 range in some places.

[VEFF]

If I hadn't bought a great new photo printer a few months ago, I would be all over this Epson!

[Artistimus]

I had a chance to get this printer @ $160 after rebate. so tempting but i'll stick to sticky labels for now. I'll get it when I can get it for ~$70

[falberni]

From everything I've read on this and other treads, this printer does a very good job. I've checked and I can't find any after market ink cartridges for it. Buying Epson cartridges must be very $$$$$.

[KTH]

The Epson Stylus Photo 900 uses the same Ink cartridges as the Stylus Photo 1270 & 1280. You can find many on-line retailers selling generic cartridges for these models (Meritline, Shop4Tech, etc.)

[Bob W]

The Epson Stylus Photo 900 uses the same Ink cartridges as the Stylus Photo 1270 & 1280. You can find many on-line retailers selling generic cartridges for these models (Meritline, Shop4Tech, etc.)

Hey thanks that's good information to know.

[lexx]

Got an epson 900 last week, I was looking to get the 950, but at £300-350
I gave up and thought leave it for now?, but walked into a known superstore and found the 900 on display and my credit card took the shock of £200 ,but must say the printing is fantastic,can now made better looking dvd covers than the original ones , works out about 0.6p a disc so they say???

[mp3superfreak]

I also recently got the Epson Photo 900. If you do some shopping around, you may get lucky. I got mine from Dell SB last week for $142 shipped (including tax). Now, after I find the 30pk of printable CDR's and buy them, Epson will give me another $30 back.

The printer comes w/ one printable CDR, which I plan to try this weekend. I've already ordered some printable DVD-R's and I'm excited about my deal.

I've read another post earlier about inkjet printing to disks and people using some kind of clear spray to keep the ink from smearing...anyone know about this?

[lexx]

the spray your talking about is a clear lacquer, its to shop fadding and dirty fingers prints etc... being left on the disc, not tried it yet but going to??!

[falberni]

Does anybody know if after market cartridges are available for the 950 model too?

[xsbs52x]

i was just wondering if it is nesesary to buy special printable discs, and if you do, are they expensive or hard to find? do they have slower burn speed capabilities? and are they lower quality media, like made by no name companies? personally i have never seen these printable cdrs in stores so im wondering if you must order them?

[negon]

I've not tried the printer myself, but I red a review in a PC magazine and it said the quality is superb other than the prints being slightly too dark and/or dull... Way too expensive for me

[lexx]

the answer is yes ,you must use printable disc's, tried a normal non-branded white top disc, and it didn't dry after a week???, had put it in my dvd player and the bloody ink went flying off!!!!!!!!
i found most stores don't stock printable's but lookon the net you'll find loads, at the moment i am using a printable disc x1 (but writer burns these at x2,with firmware update) called octoplus ,from uk dvdr easy to find on the net about 99p a disc work very well, no coasters yey over a 100 burnt

[Bob W]

For those in the states you can get Princo 4x printable DVD-R for $145/100 here which is not a bad price IMO.
http://www.yesbuy.net/prinwhitinpr.html

[Firewire]

Wondering how long it takes to print a disc in color. Suppose you are covering the whole disc with a picture.

[red lion]

ok if you buy the The Epson Stylus Photo 900 do you get everything you need to print onto cd or do you have to buy a kit of some sort

[xsbs52x]

so do they make FAST printable cdrs?

[timmmay]

I have the printer and it does amazing job on printing on to a disc and photo paper. The only drawback is it's slow compared to other printers.

[Scumbag]

Can anyone confirm that the 915 has the CDR / DVDR printing functionality. I can't find a 900 in my local shops.

jr

[dvdnew]

I know now 8)

The trick is that the image is less than 50k, and follow the instructions in the Upload Image (Optional) section when posting, also I think the filename must not contain any spaces.

[Bob W]

ok if you buy the The Epson Stylus Photo 900 do you get everything you need to print onto cd or do you have to buy a kit of some sort

Yes you get everything you need including the CDR/DVDR tray and label software. It takes about two minutes to print a CDR (full image in color) and the quality is top notch IMO.

[Doggiedaddy]

Bob W,
Show me the money, u don't need a your own site, use DVDRhelp option if you have a pic. I want to see and decide if it is worth the$$$$. Give us your best shot??
Type in your post where the image should be. JPG,GIF and PNG are the allowed formats and the max file size is 50 KB. To add more images or update them, first post one image and then click on the EDIT button on your post.
Note! Replace filename.gif with the file name of the image and don't have any spaces in the filename. Don't use the Preview if you are uploading images.
Image 1:

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[Bob W]

Hmm didn't know you could do that. I will have to dig out my scanner from the closet later tonight and give it a try.

[KTH]

Falberni, Shop4tech has generic cartridges for the Epson Stylus Photo 950. That's if we are talking about the same printer. You only call the Epson printer the 950 in your post. The cartridges list for $7.99 each. I have posted the direct link to the web page below.


http://www.shop4tech.com/user.htm?mfrg=epson&series=Stylus+Photo+Series&go=show_ink&mo...ylus+Photo+950