Printer Question - Page 2

BMC123 · 23rd November 2007, 11:41

If the paper labels are not applied with almost military precision, they can "un-balance" the disc and thats what causes 80% of read failures. The rest can usualy be put down to failing hardware and bad media.

A trick with direct printing is NOT to use the default quality settings when printing. Use the manual settings and bring the quality back from Photo settings to normal (but not draft)

ah yes monitors, I bought a 22" widescreen and realised its actually bigger than my first TV

carlpenn · 23rd November 2007, 12:16

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Originally Posted by BMC123

If the paper labels are not applied with almost military precision, they can "un-balance" the disc and thats what causes 80% of read failures. The rest can usualy be put down to failing hardware and bad media.

A trick with direct printing is NOT to use the default quality settings when printing. Use the manual settings and bring the quality back from Photo settings to normal (but not draft)

ah yes monitors, I bought a 22" widescreen and realised its actually bigger than my first TV

lol !!! I got a shock at how much difference from my Old 17" CRT and this 19" TFT is !! Massive improvement and less strain trying to do stuff

BigRuss · 23rd November 2007, 16:02

Hi, I can recommend the Epson 300 series. I use mine with a continuous ink system so I never have to worry about running out of ink (saves a fortune in cartridges too!!!!).

Print results on cd and photos are good with easy to use software for your cd labelling.

Russ

Jürgen · 23rd November 2007, 16:31

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Originally Posted by carlpenn

Are Canon any good? I have always had Epson and now have a Lexmark which I am not fond of.

Yes, I can recommend Canon printers. My iP5000 is doing a good job.

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Originally Posted by BMC123

If the paper labels are not applied with almost military precision, they can "un-balance" the disc and thats what causes 80% of read failures. The rest can usualy be put down to failing hardware and bad media.

and the CD may be forced to bend, which isn't good either. Another reason is the adhesive used for the sticker, it may destroy the CD over the time.

So sticking a label on a CD increases the risk of loosing the data tremendously.

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