I have realized that it is probably a good idea to write on the container the brand and other information of printable DVDs because I don't know what I have except that they are printable DVD-Rs. There is something on the tiny clear inner circle, but it would take a super strong magnifier to read it.
I've done slide shows with iPhoto and iMovie, but may be ready to move up to Pictures to EXE or Pro Show Gold. Thanks for sharing that information. And I'll not be too concerned yet with my Epson R220. It may meet my needs after all. Luann Rick Lombardo wrote: > Nolan: > I own an Epson R200. Have been making professional looking > CD/DVD's for over two years with no problems and the Epson > Print CD works great.The DVD-R that I use are made by Fujifilm ( 50 > printable discs for inkjet printers). I think I purchased these at > Comp USA or Staples. Usually, the people that have problems with DVD's > is because of older technology. So for none of my clients have > complain about this problem. > As for as using the CD/DVD tray for printing the disc there is a > learning curve but the Epson Print CD software works fine on my Mac G4 > dual processor running OS 10.2.8. I use Pictures to EXE and Pro Show > Gold for producing client slide presentations. > > You might also check and see if Verbatim makes printable CD/DVD > discs. Lately, I've been playing around with silver printable > CD/DVD discs, although if you wanted white text it could be a problem. > > Rick > > NPfield at aol.com wrote: > >> With a project in progress involving copies of home video to be given >> to friends, I?ve been lurking on the digest and following with >> interest 1) word that paper labels melt off DVDs, 2) LuAnn?s >> progress (or lack of) with the Epson R220, and 3) news of Discus 3 >> label app. Figuring that would solve my problem, too, I bought an >> R220, made arrangements with local pro video photog to make copies on >> printable DVDs. In a rush on the way to his place, I picked up >> printable DVDs at Office Depot. At the photog?s, he told me 1) my >> DVDs were compatible with only 30 per cent of players and 2) he?d >> never had a problem with paper labels, nor had he ever heard of one. >> So I had him make my copies on his blanks (profit was clearly not his >> motive; he charged me only 50 cents for premium Verbatim blanks). >> Came home, made nifty paper labels on my ole HP 5150. Meanwhile, I >> had tried Discus 3 demo, loved it, bought it, assuming (mistakenly) >> it would print on the R220. Apparently R220 supports only Epson >> Print CD, which is junk -- slow, clumsy, un-userfriendly. Everything >> Discus 3 is not. So long lovely custom labels-printed-on DVD. >> Remains to be seen: 1) if paper labels melt, 2) what players my >> cheap Office Depot DVDs are compatible with, and 3) what I?ll do with >> the R220. Will report findings. Note to LuAnn: I?ve messed with >> Epson Print CD only enough to know I hate it, but will check again >> and see if I can detect your problem with changing text to white. >> exPRESSit is a good app, but unstable and nothing compared to Discus >> 3, which will print the labels you got with exPRESSit. Apologies to >> all for long message; I?m otherwise silent most of the time. >> >> Nolan > -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.math.louisville.edu/pipermail/macgroup/attachments/20060210/81226003/attachment.html
