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Hi Roman,
     I use an Epson Stylus Photo R200 it cost about £80 (about $140)  
and has a plastic tray that you put the CD on that runs through the  
printer. The quality is amazing considering the price. For the best  
finish I use inkjet printable silver surface CDs, these look very  
nice and have a kind of silver sheen, they always go down well with  
clients (makes 'em feel special!)
     Mike

Hi, I too was looking for a CD printer.  I did the ole thumb-2-tongue test on the store 
sample.  Unfortunately, the printing is not permanent—a real problem for sweaty palms, 
someone splashes coffee on your CD, etc—things happen.  I haven't found the solution I am 
seeking yet, but I do know that "where there's a need—there's a business".  It will probably 
cost more, though, initially.  Mitchell
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--- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, Mike Taylor <miketaylor100@m...> wrote:

>
> Hi Roman,
>      I use an Epson Stylus Photo R200 it cost about £80 (about $140)  
> and has a plastic tray that you put the CD on that runs through the  
> printer. The quality is amazing considering the price. For the best  
> finish I use inkjet printable silver surface CDs, these look very  
> nice and have a kind of silver sheen, they always go down well with  
> clients (makes 'em feel special!)
>      Mike
>

I don't think you'll find a decent thermal transfer or dye-sub CD  
printer for anything like that price though. There is one (can't  
remember who made it though) specifically for cds at about £80 but it  
is severely limited as to what it can print (straight text only, one  
colour at a time etc.) For the price I don't think you'll find any  
better and when you leave it to dry for a couple of hours on proper  
inkjet cds its sufficiently impervious for all but the most sweaty  
handed youfs.
     Mike

On 28 Oct 2005, at 17:59, adorian0 wrote:

> Hi, I too was looking for a CD printer.  I did the ole thumb-2- 
> tongue test on the store
> sample.  Unfortunately, the printing is not permanent—a real  
> problem for sweaty palms,
> someone splashes coffee on your CD, etc—things happen.  I haven't  
> found the solution I am
> seeking yet, but I do know that "where there's a need—there's a  
> business".  It will probably
> cost more, though, initially.  Mitchell
> ================================================
> --- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, Mike Taylor <miketaylor100@m...>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Roman,
>>      I use an Epson Stylus Photo R200 it cost about £80 (about $140)
>> and has a plastic tray that you put the CD on that runs through the
>> printer. The quality is amazing considering the price. For the best
>> finish I use inkjet printable silver surface CDs, these look very
>> nice and have a kind of silver sheen, they always go down well with
>> clients (makes 'em feel special!)
>>      Mike
>>
>>

On Oct 28, 2005, at 9:59 AM, adorian0 wrote:

> Hi, I too was looking for a CD printer.  I did the ole thumb-2- 
> tongue test on the store
> sample.  Unfortunately, the printing is not permanent—a real  
> problem for sweaty palms,
> someone splashes coffee on your CD, etc—things happen.  I haven't  
> found the solution I am
> seeking yet, but I do know that "where there's a need—there's a  
> business".  It will probably
> cost more, though, initially.  Mitchell
> ===============================================================================================> --- In logic-ot@yahoogroups.com, Mike Taylor <miketaylor100@m...>  
> wrote:
>
>>
>> Hi Roman,
>>      I use an Epson Stylus Photo R200 it cost about £80 (about $140)
>> and has a plastic tray that you put the CD on that runs through the
>> printer. The quality is amazing considering the price. For the best
>> finish I use inkjet printable silver surface CDs, these look very
>> nice and have a kind of silver sheen, they always go down well with
>> clients (makes 'em feel special!)
>>      Mike


Here's the solution I use.  For around $180 you can get a La Cie  
Lightscribe CD/DVD burner that prints the CDs too.  It burns CDs at  
52x and DVDs at 8x.  The way it prints on the CDs is you turn the  
disc over and it uses the same laser to burn the coating on the label  
side and makes a permanent one-color label that has the shiny back of  
the CD data as one color and a gold background that is burned off to  
create the letters and graphics.

- Dave