What are good printers on the market now to print on DVDs

[Ted Snow]

I use CorelDraw. I made up my own generic label template with all my business info (name, phone #, etc) in small letters around the outer edge of the disk. I then import any pics, add text then export that to a tiff file. I then pull that tiff file into the Epson Print CD software and print my DVD’s. Works out great for me.

[Ted Snow]

BTW I’m using the R200

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

What a coincidence. I have a HP952C hooked up for e-mails and general printing. I have also bought my Verbatim printable CD-R’s (100 spool)from Sams Club. When I print onto CD’s or DVD’s, I’ll use my Epson R1800. It’s nice to know that great minds think alike. Everyone buys the Epson 200 or 300, they’re cheap and if something goes wrong with it, you just toss into the trash.
Enjoy your Epson.

Ralph

[Margie Marfi]

Hi Ralph,

Burned a photo cd yesterday to try the printable cd. I was so happy with the results. The text quality looked good to me. Was concerned about that because saw reviews saying that the Epson printers had poor text quality. Flower background from the program was beautiful. A couple of photos that I stuck on the cd from my stock … need editing to blend into the background, otherwise they are like a square stamp stuck onto the cd. Still have yet to figure out placement of stuff. Tried something that Ted mentioned earlier in this thread which was to put name and contact info on the outside of the disk. Tried making a template in Photoshop and bring it into the cd print program .. it blanked everything else out. Downloaded a template of a cd cover from this site from a year ago to use for placement of text and images from photoshop. I removed the layer with the template. Just takes time to figure out. I like the price and printing on the R200 and am satisfied for my beginning level. A huge thanks to you and everyone who helped me.

Best regards,
Margie

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

Once again, great videographers/editors think a like. I have made a CD/DVD Template in Photoshop CS2(what a great program). I bring in images from a wedding, etc, take the bride & groom right out of the images & place them onto the templete. I place their arched names accordingly with dates and hide the templete by turning it off, save as jpeg into another folder and bring it into the Epson CD creator program. I then make my print a little darker and WOW! Thanks what I like! Perfection!
Have a nice weekend.
Moooooooooo!

Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Margie Marfi]

Hi Ralph,

Sorry am having trouble here w PS CS. Tried to do contact info and little trial logo on a cd template then dropped the template layer out. When I bring into the Epson cd print program it comes in as a white square w contact info and logo that obscures the background that I was trying to use. Tried to copy and paste just contact info onto a transparent background by itself and get same results w white square. What am I doing wrong? Just want to be able to put items onto the backgrounds chosen that would blend into that.

Thanks for your help!

Margie

[Tom Pauncz]

Margie,
The elements for the CD design used in the EPSON CD print s/w are right clickable. Choose ‘bring forward’ or ‘send backward’ to arrange the layers to be visible.

HTH,
Tom

[Ralph Hajik]

Hi Margie,

How’s it going? I couldn’t write back until now. I tried last night, but whenever I pressed anykey, the hour glass came up not allowing me to type. Anyway, I started in PS CS2 with a white background(you can use any color you wish, next I scaned a CD or DVD and brought it into PS CS2. Then, click and drag it onto the layer. Use the Elliptical Marquee Tool and make a circl to outline the CD/DVD. Take your black paint tool or whatever you need to do the job & outline the outside of the CD/DVD and do the same for the inside circle. Use the Eraser tool to erase the white and only leave the outside and inside circles you just made. You have two layers, right? It takes a little time to erase the white background. Now you can bring in your individual text and separate layers, take out the Bride and place her image on another layer, then the groom onto another layer, etc, etc,. You get the picture now. You can warp your text and even change the color to the colors of the Bridal Party with a black stroke. You can now turn on or off any layer to your liking. In PS CS2 you can group all that together a file and give it a name. The last step is I save it as a Psd file and a Jpeg file. The Jpeg file I save to an external hard drive. In the Epson CD Print software, I open the Picture box, go to file and select the Jpeg image that I made. This works for me. There probably is a better way to do this, but using PS CS2 gives me all the extra tools I need to use to let my imagination run wild. There’s a lot to read, but it really is fast for me to do.

Best of Luck!
Ralph Hajik
Westmont, IL

[Margie Marfi]

Thank you Tom,

I think it’s the learning curve here again. I tried to select and send to front/back and it didn’t work. Then I found some kind of transparency tool menu (in the Epson CD printer software)and that took the white block away .. so then I had the background back with the stuff that I was trying to put on top of the background. I will try to store that little thrill for my next agnst.

Margie

[Margie Marfi]

Thank you Ralph,

I would bring the jpeg in to the Epson CD printer prgm and it would show up as a white square with my stuff in it. Hunting around I found some kind of transparency tool in the Epson cd print prgm that took away the white square so that then I had my photos on the background that I chose. That happened even when I had a transparent background in PS. Then I found in the Epson prgm an area that you could arc your text! Thank you for the directions. I printed them out and will stick them next to the monitor until I get this straight. Sometimes I feel so dumb! Have to laugh yesterday a coworker grumbled at me then 10 minutes later asked me for computer help for a report she was trying to see .. it was on a minimized screen and at 26% zoom .. so I was glad I could help her … then felt I wasn’t unspeakable dumb….at least not all the time:)

Margie