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(More customer reviews)At the end of every year, I print labels for around 75 DVDs and have tried a few solutions over the year. Sticky labels were quick to print, but took forever to peel off, and stick on (even with a stomper), and would often jam in the users disc drive (especially on laptops). A couple years ago I got an Epson R series inkjet and things started off great. It print straight onto the disc, it was quicker than sticky labels, and the output looked much better. But my relationship with my Epson soon turned into immense, seething hatred. The tray that's required for printing is cumbersome to use and doesn't store easily, it often says it's not aligned when it is aligned, or sometimes the Epson will take the disc in, spit it back out, and refuse to continue doing anything until you turn it off, turn it back on, and wait a few minutes for it to recharge its ink. I spent more time dealing with tray alignment/feeding issues and hearing the Epson constantly get ready to print (yet actually do so) rather than seeing it actually do what I asked it to do: print a disc!
When I saw the demo online for the Discpainter though, it seemed all my answers had been answered. In short, it does everything extremely well that the Epson did poorly and does an acceptable job at what the Espon did best.
What It Gets Right over an Epson R Series:
* Small footprint, with no accessories or trays to keep track of
* Very quite operation
* Fast print speeds (Epson prints faster once it gets going, but when you add it up, it's slower)
* Ink dries quickly (no more 24 hour long drying times!)
* Doesn't randomly flip out and refuse to work because you looked at it the wrong way
What It Doesn't Get Right over an Epson R Series:
* Image quality. The Discpainter is 1200dpi, which is plenty of resolution, however it's only a 4 color system whereas an Epson R series, even at the $90 price mark, is a 6 color system. With those 2 less colors, the Discpainter has to dither the image more often than the Epson will ever have to. When the Discpainter doesn't have to dither, it looks great, just as good as the Epson, but when it does, the image quality looks like a 4 color inkjet from over 5 years ago.
I just finished printing 50 discs back to back on this thing without it ever having to stop, whereas on the Epson I had, something would go wrong every 3 discs requiring a restarting of the print job, or worse, restarting the printer.
Overall, I'm very positive on the Discpainter. As someone that prints a large number of disc labels a year, but not enough to warrant professional production, this is a great product because of the speed, size, quietness, and ease of use. However, it's inexcusable that something this expensive isn't using 6 colors which just about ever printer has had now for several years.
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Product Description:
NEW! DYMO DiscPainter CD/DVD color printer--A new spin on disc printing.Prints directly on CDs and DVDs quickly and easily using patented RadialPrintTM technology.Full coverage, high quality 600dpi in one minute, 1200dpi in less than 3 minutes.
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