1. it's been my experience that printed labels are okay most of the time, but cause more problems in the end, because most have started to peel up around the edges
2. I've bought TDK and Memorex printable DVDs and had no problems with them in a number of players. You may want to check the Office Depot DVDs that you have and see if they play in your DVD player or not. also, i've had no problem with DVD-R and only one problem with DVD+R 3. regarding discus and the Epson R220: you may want to measure the CD/DVD tray and compare it to the other Epson templates in Discus. all of the R-series epson printers listed have the same dimensions listed. (16mm from the left and 8.5mm from the top) so that it may work just fine with your R220. If not, perhaps the drivers for the R200 would work for you. On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:32 PM, 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/20060210/0ac08efc/attachment.html
