In a side by side comparison of my old Epson and the new Dymo Discpainter, with both units set to print normal quality, the Epson beat the Dymo only by seconds. The spinning print job not only eliminates banding, it also speeds ink dry time. The Dymo unit appears to have all but eliminated traditional print banding by shooting the ink onto the disc while it spins. This is what it is called when you see “stripes” where the ink just did not cover correctly or with enough density to make the print job look professional. One issue I had back in the day with labels and even with the Eposon, was banding. I found Discus could even import layout designs created in Photoshop, Illustrator, In Design, Quark Xpress, and other high-end graphics applications.Īfter becoming familiar with the software, I was popping out discs in no time, completely amazed at the print quality of just the normal settings. The software functionality was not limited to just printing discs, it will also allow you to design and print covers for DVDs, CDs, and more. Out of the box, you can create and print most any design you wish, add text, and even import images. The Discus software included with this unit was very complete. This was not the case with the Discpainter. With a lot of printers, I have found they include some cheesy freeware or sample software that you can upgrade later. Upon plugging in the USB cable to your printer, it immediately recognizes the Dymo as a new printer. Plug in the power supply cable, USB cable, pop in the ink cartridge, and you are ready to go. The physical setup of the Discpainter was straight forward. It has a sleek silver design which gives it a look that fits in well with my other office “appliances”. The unit itself has a relatively small footprint and fits nicely on my desk. Always bringing new and innovative ideas to the DJ community, NAME saw this as a great new tool for today’s DJ. They always say the person that builds a better mouse trap… or is that cdrom printer? I first learned of the new Dymo Discpainter from the National Association of Mobile Entertainers or NAME as they like to be called, the largest association for DJs in the US. Top this off with a small accident where I spilt some water on my desk and it turned some of my disc masterpieces into a blob of unreadable goo, my enchantment with this printer was over with. The tray was refusing to feed and sometimes would shoot all the way through the printer, bumping itself on the wall that was behind the unit. After a few months though, and well out of warranty, I started experiencing issues with the tray system on the Epson. I found with the use of high-end printable media (Ri-data), the Epson did a great job of printing nice clear images on my discs. Best Buy was great and exchanged it for the next model that was just released, the R220. The first model of this printer turned out to have major issues, at least mine did. I was jacked! This is exactly what I needed. Considering at the time the only alternative to labels was a $3000 dye-sub printer, I made myself happy.įour years ago Epson came onto the market with an inexpensive inkjet printer that had a tray that would allow you to print cdroms. One minor issue I found with labels was the fact some of the electronics out there are extremely sensitive to the balance and weight of the discs they play, thus they would give me intermittent playback problems. After trying several and ruining dozens of discs and many hours of recording time, I found the right applicator that would get the label where I wanted it to be. It was fine, but after a while, all the discs looked the same. My first attempt to label a disc was the traditional Sharpe type pen. Well, just about all that I could afford that is. Born out of the need to remember exactly what I put on not dozens, but hundreds of discs scattered throughout my office, I have tried it all. Having graduated from printed labels to an Epson R220 which prints direct on cdr discs, you can pretty much say I’ve been around a while.
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