Ok, we've talked about printable DVDR Media a lot here, but

[nickelzy]

what about printable CD-R media? I've spent an enormous amount of time, money and effort learning and experimenting with different printable DVD-R media, and for me, I finally decided on TY discs. They've been working flawlessly for me, while many other brands gave me periodic problems.

This brings me to my question, is CD-R media much to be concerned with? I've always treated this media before as whatever I can get the cheapest I will buy (I know very well that for DVD-R's, that approach doesn't work well). Since purchasing the Epson R200 printer, I've been mostly printing onto DVD's, but now that I'm finally about out of my stack of blank CD-R's, I want the next batch to be printable. Are there any brands I should avoid? Does it matter much what I buy, in terms of the cd working without error or skipping?

[iooi]

I got some TY's a while ago and they look great. Have a sort of pearlesance finish to them.

[Bodyslide]

I have used Ritek Printable CDR's.

http://www.shop4tech.com/z/CD_R_Inkjet_Printable/1_91_112/

TY's are here

http://www.newegg.com/app/ViewProductDesc.asp?description=17-172-110&depa=0

[nickelzy]

I appreciate the info, but can someone shed some light on my main question: aren't CD-R's basically all the same for the most part. None that I've ever owned have been finicky, like some of the DVD-R's that I've owned. I just don't want to spend an extra 10 bucks on a good brand like TY if a cheaper but just as good spindle of discs will do. I think Rima.com had a spindle of 100 Prodiscs for $24. They have spindles of TY for $34. If it were DVD-R's, I'd spend the extra, but with CD-R's, is it really necessary?

Also, how do the silver printable discs do? Would you suggest silver or white. Silver sounds a little intriguing, but I'm wondering if images would look as good on the disc as compared to white. Anyone have any experience?

[CaptainVideo]

aren't CD-R's basically all the same for the most part.

No. I actually just recently picked up some CompUSA printable CD-R's. I made 4 coasters on my Plextor Premium and was all set to return the rest to CompUSA because I tried them on two different burners. Then I tried a third burner and it worked on my Sony DRU700 DVD burner. So yes, CD-R's can be finicky.

[magellan]

I've had my R300 for just over a year; the first cd-r media I used was the Memorex printables. They were about the only thing I could find locally for a long time. The quality seems good but I think they are too expensive. About $15 for 30. I recently bought a 100 pack of silver top Prodiscs printables for about $30. I really like the Prodiscs with one exception: they are not hub-printable. The quality has been good. I really like the way the printed images look on the silver disc, especially after printing several hundred white ones. I've also used some Verbatims, great quality, but again, pretty expensive.

[nickelzy]

Thanks for the info guys, I appreciate it. I think what I will do is go ahead and purchase a 100 pack spindle of printable silver Prodisc CD-R's from rima.com. I believe they're going for about $24 +$5 for shipping.

[magellan]

You may need to play with your printer settings for the silver discs. They seem to take a little more ink than the white ones to get really bright, vibrant images. The images are translucent, allowing the silver of the disc to shine through, creating a really cool effect.