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  1. Member lgh529's Avatar
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    Most of my DVD's are backups of home movies, etc. so I don't have the need to print fancy labels. However, I was going to make some DVD's for Christmas presents this year and wondered how much it would cost me to have someone print the labels for me on their Epson 900 or equivalent?

    I would provide the content to print and mail off the printable DVD's to anyone who might want to do this, or is there such a service available?

    Just a thought.
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  2. I know $200 is alot of money to most people (ME TOO).

    But it might be better if you bought yourself a printer and did them yourself for several reasons.

    One, not everyone uses the same settings for everything. So what looks or prints good on your system might look like crap on mine.

    Differences in printers. My Hp looks like garbage compared to my Cannon, so hows the Epson 900 gonna look? You won't know the results till you get back the disks.

    I do alot of mailing, yes things do get lost!

    How many disks you want to do? 1 or 2, not worth it, but 10,20 might be
    Shipping both ways, packaging, if you pay a few dollars for their time and inks, etc.. Could run into a little money. And you would own the printer if you bought one and could do as many as you wanted later.

    If your doing your own, and the first one turns out poor, you can re-adjust your images for better quality. Send em out, and you can't.

    Anyways, If your only doing a few and don't want to buy the printer yourself, I might have the Epson 900 or better in a few weeks and probably do em for you if no-one else jumps forward. You could send me a PM.

    Would be a good point for talking my wife into letting me buy the new printer if I were gonna make a couple bucks right away with it

    She snarls at me when I mention it now. I geuss because I bought a Cannon I850, we love it and do a ton of printing, so I ran out and bought a second one for my system and gave her the first one. The second is still in the box and I print through the lan on hers. I tell her the Un-opened one is a spare so if we fry the one we are using
    It's 150 miles to buy another if they have one, or a week to wait for shipping, so we do need a spare for what we do.
    For some reason she Snarls at me when I mention a Epson 900 for cd's and DVDs now though.
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    First of all, you have to re-burn all your DVD's on PRINTABLE MEDIA

    you can't print on those you already burnt, unless you bought the printable media and expected to do this later.
    he only printer that PRINTS on the media you already burned is the CASIO-CW50 ($100.00us) $7 for each of six colored ribbons
    a SINGLE COLOR THERMAL PRINTER that prints a strip wherever you insert the disc at a constant distance from the HOLE

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  4. , I was going to make some DVD's
    and mail off the printable DVD's
    He did say the two above, "make printable DVDs" as I read it.
    I think his plan is to burn new DVDs on printable disks, then send them to be printed if someone wants to do that for him.

    As I mentioned, I don't have the printer yet. I am looking at them though very seriously. Sharpie pens just don't cut it for me! I want to look at my disks and see what they are in clear jewel cases, not read each one in my poorly hand written hen scratch
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  5. Everyone is talking about using Sharpies. Does anyone have a problem with using CD/DVD labels and putiing them over the disc

    That's gotta be cheaper than a thermal printer.
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    Originally Posted by bigb_y2g
    Everyone is talking about using Sharpies. Does anyone have a problem with using CD/DVD labels and putiing them over the disc

    That's gotta be cheaper than a thermal printer.
    Not really. I have about 150 labels let over that run about $0.50 each (they are metal foil). You usually need a printer for your system. I paid $169 for my Epson 900, which came with the bonus of being able to print directly onto the CD/DVD. All of my CD/DVDs from now on will be printed onto directly.
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  7. bigb_y2g,
    There are some large threads on this site about using labels on DVDs. Many have problems and many don't after putting a label on a disk. Some have said they tested disks without labels which worked great, then had problems as soon as they applied the label to the same disk and tried it again.
    I think the paper CD labels had the most problems being thicker, heaver, and aloughing more of a heat buildup. The thinner labels like the floil ones supposedly worked better, but i think some people still had problems. Looks like a crap shoot depending on the disks used, burners, players, and types of labels. So I still use a sharpie pen myself.

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    Where'd you get an Epson 900 for only $169? Was it on sale or the normal price? How do you like it and does it look like the cartrig holds plenty of ink and/or easy to refill?
    I normally don't like those cartriges that have 3 colors, I preffer the individual ink tanks. The Epson 900 has a multie color tank right. I could live with that, since the 950 is about $200 more
    I have the Cannon I850 I can use for everything except Disks, So I am looking at those 900's alot!
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  8. I print on my DVDR after they are burned with my Epson 900. I think even the manual says to do that.

    Anyway how many DVD's are we talking about that you need printed?
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    Where I am the Epson 950 is about $450 and I may be forced to buy it either way. Without stick-on labels the DVDs I create play properly on a Sony NVDS530P and an older JVC XVS62. With labels on the Sony they are still OK but on the JVC they start to pixelate about mostly 10-15mins into playback. Curious, I opened the covers of both and after touching them here and there here is what I discovered: on the Sony after inserting a disc and powering off the disc is clamped securely such that the small turntable it is resting on, the clamp and the disc move as one unit. On the JVC, while holding the clamp stationary one can still rotate the disc; the clamp is barely holding it on. I assume with the added weight of the label the disc slips by so it's no longer rotating accurately at times as dictated by the motor hence the pixelation as the circuits cannot keep up the error correction. I'm told it's possible the magnet on the clamp is or has gone weak.
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    Originally Posted by overloaded_ide
    SLK001,
    Where'd you get an Epson 900 for only $169? Was it on sale or the normal price? How do you like it and does it look like the cartrig holds plenty of ink and/or easy to refill?
    I normally don't like those cartriges that have 3 colors, I preffer the individual ink tanks. The Epson 900 has a multie color tank right. I could live with that, since the 950 is about $200 more
    I have the Cannon I850 I can use for everything except Disks, So I am looking at those 900's alot!
    I got my 900 from PageComputer (normal price). Supposedly, there is an Epson $50 off coupon for printers bought off the Epson site (at $199.99). Check some of the Epson 900 threads. There is also a $30 rebate for getting this printer with about $13 worth of Memorex printable CDs.

    I absolutely love the thing. Makes creating professional looking DVD/CDs a snap.

    Unfortunately, there are FIVE inks in the color tank (it's a PHOTO printer), and the volume of ink is not very high, in my opinion.

    The ink tank has an ink counter that needs to be reset before refilling (resetters are about $15), but I am definitely going to get one and refill my own.

    I also have a Canon I860 that is a super fast color printer (but doesn't print on discs).
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    Hey, dont waste yer money on a resetter or refilling. Just find a good reseller. I pay about 1/3 for ink cartridges , no fuss, no mess. And they work perfectly.

    Here is where I got my last set.
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    http://www.usainkjet.net/newwebsite/epson%20future/futt007.htm

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    http://www.usainkjet.net/newwebsite/epson%20future/futt009.htm
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    I was talking about only 4-5 disks. But I'm wondering if I should just bite the bullet and buy the Epson 900. If my analysis of my personality is correct, I'll want to do more after these few anyway.

    Even with the low volume that I do, it would maybe justify buying the printer in the long run.

    Thanks for all the posts, you guys should get paid more.
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    Originally Posted by lgh529
    Thanks for all the posts, you guys should get paid more.
    Good idea... I'll immediately triple what they are paid!

    Even with the low volume that I do, it would maybe justify buying the printer in the long run.
    The 900 will also act as a "regular" printer (and it's a PHOTO printer, too!)
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  14. arcorob,
    It could depend on alot of things if refilling is worthwhile. If you only use 1 cartrig every month or so then it would probably be better to just save money buying cartriges. But, if your like me it is better to refill depending on the dificulty of the cartrig. The Canon I850 had individual color tanks so they are much easier to refill and you can also tell what you are using for ink, they hold alot too. I run out of yellow and the other colors are half full/empty still. I say half full, some would say half empty
    Anyway I have half the other colors left normally, but not always, so my point here as for myself is I would be throwing away a ton of ink if I replaced the cartrig everytime I ran out of one color. One reason I don't like all in one cartriges. Also for just the 3 colors and black I only paid about $100 for about 1/2 quart of all 4. I geuss that's about a pint, though the bottles look bigger. Anyway $100 was alot all at once, but in several years I have been refilling I would have spent at least $1,000 in even cheap cartriges! I need to buy more black since I am almost out, yellow is about 1/4 bottle and the others will still last a long time yet. I have gone through 2 Canon printers, 3 Hp printers (I'll never buy another HP), and even 1 Xerox printer. I did not refill the Xerox, I bought cheap cartriges for that one, so I KNOW how much I am saving by refilling
    The Xerox cartriges are about the same size and cost as the Canon I850s.

    Now I have not tried the Epson Photo Cartriges, but since the printer is a regular printer , photo printer, and disk printer I would think if it were my only printer I would use so much ink I would have to refill it! Course I do have my Cannon I850's which I love so I would probably mostly just print disks with the Epson 900 unless the photo quality was somehow alot better than the canon. If all I print were disks then I would not use much ink and buying cheap cartirges might be better.

    I will check out the links you posted, and thanks too. Even when rfilling it is always great to have extra cartriges around! You never know when you mgith be away from home and the ink run out for someone that doesn't do the refilling
    I do all mine, but the wife and kid use the printer alot too. So since they don't do the refilling and I travel alot I always make sure they have 2 extras of everything ready to use before I leave.

    WE DO ALOT of printing
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    I would love to see a picture of one of the finished and printed DVDs. You can't even see a picture on the Epson site. Maybe one of you might post a couple of pics of your finished products? Sure would help in making the purchasing decision!
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    Yep, I would think if you can get the printer that would be the best thing to do. By the time you pay for packaging and shipping 2 ways your probably looking at close to $10 plus if you pay someone too for doing it for you. And if you have the printer, if your image does,nt look like you want it you can always change settings or whatever before doing the next disk. Or even burn another disk. Like you said too, you'll most likely want to do more later anyway
    It's easy to get the bug with this stuff
    It's alot of money for just a few disks, but you'll probably get a ton of use out of it once you get started.

    SLK001
    If you have both the Epson 900 and the Canon I850 how would you compare the 900 quality for everything against the I850? I would geuss you probably tried Normal priinting and Photo printing to see which works best for what. I know I would if I had both
    I know it depends on the quality of the image being printed, but with my digital camera, the canon I850, and plain paper I got a photo quality print.
    I haven't done many of them, but those I did looked like a glossy photo when placed under a plastic sheet or frame.
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  17. Originally Posted by Gritz
    I would love to see a picture of one of the finished and printed DVDs. You can't even see a picture on the Epson site. Maybe one of you might post a couple of pics of your finished products? Sure would help in making the purchasing decision!
    Have a look at This Thread

    The Epson 900 is a good buy for a printer but bear in mind its now discontinued so if you see one get it quick before there are none left...
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    Here's a CD that I printed. The picture doesn't really do it justice (it was scanned with a Radio Shack scanner). Time to create: about 5 minutes from start to finished print. I got the background image off the net and added my own text.

    I haven't done anything (yet) other than print CDs and DVDs on my 900.

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  19. Originally Posted by arcorob
    Hey, dont waste yer money on a resetter or refilling. Just find a good reseller. I pay about 1/3 for ink cartridges , no fuss, no mess. And they work perfectly.

    Here is where I got my last set.
    Black
    http://www.usainkjet.net/newwebsite/epson%20future/futt007.htm

    color
    http://www.usainkjet.net/newwebsite/epson%20future/futt009.htm
    Be careful about buying third-party inks. I just read an article in either PC Magazine or PC World, I don't remember which, that said thir-party are known to fade after about 5 years and some can clog your printer, causing you to need to clean the print heads frequently. For such an expensive printer, i'd be careful.
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    Thanks guys, appreciate the feedback. Now I'm off to do some shopping!
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