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It's Mom's birthday and you're making her a special presentation, movie or photo album - or maybe all of them together on one media DVD? To make your gift absolutely perfect, you design a special graphic image, but what next? You know how to burn your media into the disc, but how do you burn the image on its surface?
What you need is a special CD/DVD printer that could actually create an image on your disc without harming its content. These printers come in a variety of forms, shapes, abilities and prices. You have simple and relatively cheap printers, small in size, portable and with limited printing abilities. Some such as the Casio CW-E60 Disc Title Printer are miniature devices, designed for nothing more than printing text lables on your discs. It's a simple machine, that can print on an area of 74mm by 16mm that connects to your computer through a high-speed USB connector. It can be great for labeling your CD's, but if you want a fancy look to your disc, you need something extra. While we're talking about label printers, you can check out the Casio CW-75 CD Label Printer
too. This nifty little printer doesn't even need a PC to work. Just pop in your disc and use the built-in keyboard to label it. If you prefer, you can still hook it up to your computer for ease of use.
If you only print a few discs at a time, and want the total look, what you need is a small but effective disc printer that uses thermal transder. If you opt for a professional black & white look, the Teac P-11 is a great choice that will print your designs in 200 dpi resolution. Weighing only one kilogram, this is a useful gadget you can travel with and easily hook up to any computer.
Let's move on to color now... with some interesting options. First, a mini printer like the Teac P-11, only this model prints in full color: the Dymo DiscPainter CD/DVD Color Printer . Yes, it costs more than double the price of a black and white printer, but this is the kind of printer that lets you create hi-res beautiful colorful that will truly turn your gift into something memorable and unique. Pictures, images, graphics, anything gets printed quickly and effectively on your disc with this small portable printer.
And finally, just in case you need to make 100 copies of that birthday album you made, you may want to consider the more professional option, a CD printer that can easily shoot out masses of discs such as the Systor PrintMaster Plus PM-P100 . This large machine can deal with a hundred discs and print them in a pile, one by one, at very high resolutions. The ink cartidges are your standard HP propriety, so no need to order any special inks. This one is a good option when you neet to print large batches of discs.
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