Nolan & LuAnn: I demo'd and then purchased the pre-release of Discus 4. It works very well and IS compatible with the new Epson's including the R220 and my R320. Very pleased.
I found the software that came with the printer too much of a hassle. I had 'memory' errors some times according to the software. I am running OS 10.4.4 with 2 Gb not System 8.x with 128 mg. As to media, I purchased Verbatim Printable -R's at Office Depot, spool of 100 for a little less than 50c/disc. Verbatim is one of the most, if not the most, reliable DVD brands and the -R's are compatible in more older players. They work in my old and persnickety Samsung player which is merciless on bad media. ctw On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:02 PM, LuAnn Johnson wrote: > What kind of printable DVDs did you purchase? I looked at the ones > at Office Depot but didn't purchase them because the ones they had > at the time were not DVD-R, which is what I need with my G5. What > kind did you get that the photographer said was incompatible with > most machines? > > I ended up getting printable DVD-Rs at Walmart, but haven't used > them yet because I've not yet finished the longer projects. I'm > still using the paper labels on projects 15 minutes or less, for I > figured they'd not get hot and melt off in that short time. > Haven't had problems with that yet, but wanted the printable DVDs, > just to be safe, for the longer videos. > > A couple different folks have given instructions for printing text > in white on the R220, so that is no longer a problem. Let me know > if you need those directions > > I have yet to print DVDs on the R220, and from you're saying, I > don't really want to, but don't want that package of DVDs to go to > waste. I've not had any trouble designing the label, but it sounds > like the printing of it may be a pain. > > I liked what I read about the Discus 3. For those interested, > here's the link to it: > > http://www.magicmouse.com/h_discus_detail.html > > Luann > > > > 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/20060210/8f84847d/attachment.html
