Casio CW-50 CD Printer. Anyone use one of these?

[Super Warrior]

Looks good and considering getting one.Anyone useing one of these and how well does it work for printing simple Black&White text on discs?

http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/B00007FGUS/qid=1092890988/sr=1-4/ref=sr_...&s=electronics

[iooi]

Look here

[godbeer]

I have one of these and Love it. I tried the whole injet/printable disc thing but it was way to much trouble.

This makes it really easy. Just type a title and whatever other info you want, hit print and you're done. It takes about 10 seconds and comes out very clean and professional looking.

One note - each ribbon gives you approximately 50 prints (or 25 if you print top and bottom), and each print takes up the same amount of Ribbon space, no matter how small or large the Font, etc. I usually use "Ariel" font set to bold, and increase the text as large as possibe without overflowing the print area.

Roy

[Super Warrior]

I have one of these and Love it. I tried the whole injet/printable disc thing but it was way to much trouble.

This makes it really easy. Just type a title and whatever other info you want, hit print and you're done. It takes about 10 seconds and comes out very clean and professional looking.

One note - each ribbon gives you approximately 50 prints (or 25 if you print top and bottom), and each print takes up the same amount of Ribbon space, no matter how small or large the Font, etc. I usually use "Ariel" font set to bold, and increase the text as large as possibe without overflowing the print area.

Roy

Sounds awesome but what do you mean by "(or 25 if you print top and bottom)"? Top to bottom,it does'ent print on the bottom or something?

And how hard it is to change the ribbon refills? Also what about ribbon availableity?

[godbeer]

I have one of these and Love it. I tried the whole injet/printable disc thing but it was way to much trouble.

This makes it really easy. Just type a title and whatever other info you want, hit print and you're done. It takes about 10 seconds and comes out very clean and professional looking.

One note - each ribbon gives you approximately 50 prints (or 25 if you print top and bottom), and each print takes up the same amount of Ribbon space, no matter how small or large the Font, etc. I usually use "Ariel" font set to bold, and increase the text as large as possibe without overflowing the print area.

Roy

Sounds awesome but what do you mean by "(or 25 if you print top and bottom)"? Top to bottom,it does'ent print on the bottom or something?

And how hard it is to change the ribbon refills? Also what about ribbon availableity?

You can print on the top and bottom of the disc, each of which takes up one area of the print ribbon - each ribbon is good for approximately 50 prints, so if you print just the top (this is what I do) you get 50 prints, if you print top and bottom, you get 25.

Changing the ribbon is easy, just pop out the old one and put in the new one. I order the ribbons in quantity from Quill, but you can get them online for about 7 bucks each, sometimes cheaper.

Roy

[Supreme2k]

The CW-50 is a fantastic printer. It will do monochrome graphics as well as text.

The only thing is, since I got my R200, I'll be getting rid of the CW-50 soon. Still have a few ribbons too

[energy80s]

I have the TDK version of this printer and it is a great little gadget. Makes for very professional results if used on shiny silver-topped media, just remember not to buy white printable media as this machine doesn't like them.

[Super Warrior]

Sounds great.Just ordered one from amazon.com!

Hopefully it works out and i won't have to use crappy labels ever again.50 prints per ribbon sounds good too.The thing also looks fairly small and compact in size which is a plus as well.

[Super Warrior]

Awesome! Just got my Casio CW-50 in from amazon.com today.Works great and is exactly what i needed: A simple basic printer that prints simple,yet nice looking,clean black text onto discs.The unit itself was easy to set up and is fairly compact in size as well.

Did'nt try to do any graphics yet but its not necessary and since it'll only be in 1 color anyway,it is'nt worth bothering with.

No more crappy labels for me.*chucks CD label pack in garbage*

[godbeer]

Awesome! Just got my Casio CW-50 in from amazon.com today.Works great and is exactly what i needed: A simple basic printer that prints simple,yet nice looking,clean black text onto discs.The unit itself was easy to set up and is fairly compact in size as well.

Did'nt try to do any graphics yet but its not necessary and since it'll only be in 1 color anyway,it is'nt worth bothering with.

No more crappy labels for me.*chucks CD label pack in garbage*

Glad you like it - it's a nice little gadget.

Here's a couple of tips that may or may not be useful to you:

You'll get different results on different media. All the prints I've made on Matte silver discs (Ritek G04) look fantastic. Prints I've made on TDK Shiny Silver discs look good too. For some Reason, Prints made on Shiny Silver TY discs don't look so hot, which is a shame since these are some of the best discs out there and what I've begun to use exclusively (does Ty manufacter any matte silver discs? - I haven't been able to find any). It just varies from media to media - they all turn out good, but some better than others.

Also, Remember that the each print uses an entire block of the print ribbon (of which there are approximately 50), whether you print a single character or use every available space. I've found the best way to maximize ribbon usage is to print only on the top of the disc, as large and bold as possible. For example, I usually use three lines, using Arial Font, with "BOLD" checked - the first line is the title which I make as large as possible (usually 36 or 48 font size, depending on the length). The second line is stuff like genre, director, etc, and I will usually use font size 18 (or larger, depending on the size of the title), and the third line contains various information (year of production, studio, etc.) and I usually use size 16 or larger. Pretty much I just make the first line (title) as large as possible and adjust the other two lines accordingly, to the maximum size it will take without an overflow. I've found the "free text" setting gets the best results for me, and setting the margins to automatically "center" everything make it looks nice and neat. Once you play around with it and find what works best for you, you can get some impressive prints, and you can save the template setting to re-use each time.

As for graphics, I've never messed around with them much, but the few times I've tried it, I've found that just basic b/w clip-art looks best.

Enjoy!

Roy

[Super Warrior]

You'll get different results on different media. All the prints I've made on Matte silver discs (Ritek G04) look fantastic. Prints I've made on TDK Shiny Silver discs look good too. For some Reason, Prints made on Shiny Silver TY discs don't look so hot, which is a shame since these are some of the best discs out there and what I've begun to use exclusively (does Ty manufacter any matte silver discs? - I haven't been able to find any). It just varies from media to media - they all turn out good, but some better than others.

Yeah prints on my Ritek GO4 media that has the plain,gold colored surface and is'nt meant to be printable,looks quite nice anyway.As well as silver Memorex CD-Rs.

Oddly the few matt-white Ritek discs i had left that were intended to be printed on,did'nt look quite as nice as the others.

Also, Remember that the each print uses an entire block of the print ribbon (of which there are approximately 50), whether you print a single character or use every available space.

Is there anyway to possibley rewind and reuse the ribbon cassete? Either way 50 prints per ribbon at around $7 per ribbon is still pretty nice and well worth it.

I've found the best way to maximize ribbon usage is to print only on the top of the disc, as large and bold as possible. For example, I usually use three lines, using Arial Font, with "BOLD" checked - the first line is the title which I make as large as possible (usually 36 or 48 font size, depending on the length). The second line is stuff like genre, director, etc, and I will usually use font size 18 (or larger, depending on the size of the title), and the third line contains various information (year of production, studio, etc.) and I usually use size 16 or larger. Pretty much I just make the first line (title) as large as possible and adjust the other two lines accordingly, to the maximum size it will take without an overflow. I've found the "free text" setting gets the best results for me, and setting the margins to automatically "center" everything make it looks nice and neat. Once you play around with it and find what works best for you, you can get some impressive prints, and you can save the template setting to re-use each time.

For actual printing i only print on the top of the disc too and i prefer to use the "data label" setting.I set the word style to Tahoma and use bold&italics.

As for graphics, I've never messed around with them much, but the few times I've tried it, I've found that just basic b/w clip-art looks best.

Enjoy!

Roy

I never tried to print graphics yet and don't think i will.I just need text.

[Supreme2k]

Is there anyway to possibley rewind and reuse the ribbon cassete? Either way 50 prints per ribbon at around $7 per ribbon is still pretty nice and well worth it.

Unfortunately, you can't. Since it is a thermal transfer rather than simply ink, the part of the ribbon is used up in one pass, kind of like an iron-on.

Here's one of my first labels using the CW-50: