Epson 900 VS EZCD printer 5700

[jeddah_superstar]

Does anyone know which one of these printer is the way to go
Epson 900 or EZCD printer 5700?
How many printed DvDs can each produce on a single ink cart.?
which one will give me the best quilty?
Plz advise me thank you

[iooi]

Hard to say how many you can get from a cartridge as its going to vary on the covers. I will say i have printed over a 100 dvd's and maybe 50 ish cd's plus covers and i'm still on my 2nd set of cartridges. More than happy with my epson 900.
Cant comment on the other option.

[jeddah_superstar]

what about the quilty of the printed dvds from epson 900? I heared if they exposed to moist the print will go out ! Any pictures of the printed Dvds u got ?

[iooi]

Not had any problems with the print rubbing off except when i got hte settings wrong on the printer and used a to higher setting,,
Not had any near water to test yet. Sorry havent got any pics to show there are some around in other threads...

[jeddah_superstar]

Thank you iooi for your advise. i am about to buy the Epson 900 . Would you please tell me what are the setiing that you do in order to get a good print on dvds. are you using white inkjet printable dvds? what brand ? Again thanks for te help

[Bodyslide]

I have had my Epson 900 for about 2 months and have done 60 dvd's at Best Photo Setting and 100 wallet sized photos(Best Photo Setting)and I have about 25% left in the cartridges.

[iooi]

4X Princo Inkjet Printable DVD-R
4X Ice Inkjet Printable DVD-R
Ritek 1x to 4x Inkjet Printable DVD-R
Found best setting is to use photo paper in the printing options when you print the disks using the epson software.

[Holden]

You may want to consider the Epson 960 too. It's only $100 more, yet it has the following advantages:

- Seperate ink cartridges. Run out light cyan and that's the only one you have to replace.

- Un-chipped ink cartridges. No hassle using 3rd party ink cartridges.

(Both of the above will save money in the long run)

- Twice the non-interpolated print resolution. If you print photo's much, the quality should be much higher.

I just went through this and decided that the 960, for $295 shipped from Amazon.com, was the way to go.

Greg

[jeddah_superstar]

Posted: Oct 17, 2003 18:06

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You may want to consider the Epson 960 too. It's only $100 more, yet it has the following advantages:

- Seperate ink cartridges. Run out light cyan and that's the only one you have to replace.

- Un-chipped ink cartridges. No hassle using 3rd party ink cartridges.

(Both of the above will save money in the long run)

- Twice the non-interpolated print resolution. If you print photo's much, the quality should be much higher.

I just went through this and decided that the 960, for $295 shipped from Amazon.com, was the way to go.

Greg
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thanks Greg i will check that one out too
But i read about it , and epson says that you may have to install a speactial cd kit to modfiy it. did you buy that kit ? or is it free? [/quote]

[Bob W]

I bought the Epson 900 and buy my color ink from here for only $8 each. B&W goes for a mere $4.
http://store.yahoo.com/yesbuy/genincarept010.html