Dymo's DiscPainter skips the labels, inks directly to disc

Those fed up with printing out circular labels and hoping to get things lined up when customizing a CD can finally look forward to a (relatively) cost effective alternative. Dymo's DiscPainter, which is slated to land sometime this fall, reportedly inks your designs directly to the disc in around 60 seconds at 600dpi, while doubling the resolution is said to increase the wait time to a still-reasonable three minutes. Additionally, the device looks to work with both Windows and OS X-based machines, and will come bundled with one ink cartridge for $279.

[Via SlashGear]

[Mindfield Posted Sep 24th 2007 6:48PM]

Dude! Finally! A decently priced, colour, full-disk direct-inking disc printer. I've been looking for something like this for freakin' ages but all the ones I see are professional high speed disc duplication/printing systems ($2k+) or cheapo direct-inking printers that only print in small square areas on the top and to either side of the disk, and only in one colour. I am so getting one of these when they come out.

[TurboFool Posted Sep 25th 2007 1:10PM]

Ummm... have you read any of the other comments on here? The Epson printers print full-bleed, edge-to-edge, photo-quality prints on discs already.

[Mindfield Posted Sep 25th 2007 2:06PM]

Those require PRINTABLE discs. There is nothing here that says that this printer even requires that. It says that it will ink _directly_ to disk. That is, unbranded, shiny tops. No special discs needed.

[Wwhat Posted Sep 24th 2007 11:19PM]

The new thing is that the disc rotates and it prints on it, that their patent.
That's similar to lightscribe but with ink on a printable cd/dvd.
(Or somewhat similar to old shortwave/satellite radio weatherfaxes/press pictures which printed on a rotating drum with paper on it)

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2007 6:57PM]

You guys think this is nothing new, and that a LightScribe is better? Dude! Yeah, it doesn't use ink, but the HEAD WEARS OUT!!! Which costs more? Duh. Also, this does full color, photo quality beautiful, in less than a minute. This is a whole new technology. You can watch the color lay down while it runs, and it has so fewer moving parts, it's awesome! Bet it outlasts everything else out there. The ease alone is well worth the cost for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Sep 25th 2007 7:01PM]

You guys think this is nothing new, and that a LightScribe is better?
Dude! Yeah, it doesn't use ink, but the HEAD WEARS OUT!!! Which
costs more? Duh. Also, this does full color, photo quality
beautiful, in less than a minute. This is a whole new technology.
You can watch the color lay down while it runs, and it has so fewer
moving parts, it's awesome! Bet it outlasts everything else out
there. The ease alone is well worth the cost for me.

[(Unverified) Posted Oct 1st 2007 9:09PM]

You guys think this is nothing new, and that a LightScribe is better?
Dude! Yeah, it doesn't use ink, but the HEAD WEARS OUT!!! Which
costs more? Duh. Also, this does full color, photo quality
beautiful, in less than a minute. This is a whole new technology.
You can watch the color lay down while it runs, and it has so fewer
moving parts, it's awesome! Bet it outlasts everything else out
there. The ease alone is well worth the cost for me.

[JBDragon Posted Sep 26th 2007 3:45AM]

I've been using my Epson Photo R340 for a while now,and it prints directly onto CD's and DVD great. Full Color, Looks like a Photo. It's not the fastest, but does a great job, and I can print out Photo's onto Paper also. I'm not just limited to disc's, plug I have 6 Individual Cartridges, and I just buy new Generic cartridges for CHEAP. Pop them right in and go. I tried the whole filling thing on my last Epson, with reseting the Cartridge with the chip reseter, but it was nothing but problems and just screwed up the print quality of the printer so badly I had to toss it.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 3rd 2007 11:19PM]

This DiscPainter looks promising and without all the temermental problems of the Epson printers.
Epson recommends to always keep the power to the printer turned off when it's not in use.
I remember reading in the manual that there are ports, jets, or whatever the proper term is for the opening(s) through which the ink moves, and those stay open as long as the printer is powered up. If you never turn the printer off when not printing, it can cause the ink to become thicker through evaporation, and might lead to clogging/smearing/streaking/gumming-up at the heads.
This DiscPainter looks like it is a generation ahead of the old fashioned Epson.

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 14th 2007 8:44AM]

I picked up a DiscPainter and created some beautiful "mix CDs" within 5 minutes of opening the box. I like the dedicated CD/DVD printer as I have a large-format inkjet with photo paper on the same USB hub and don't have to keep switching trays/settings. The results (not just the fun of watching it print) are amazing. I'm giving away custom photo DVDs (each one unique) for the holidays and I also have to create custom discs to distribute marketing collateral to clients. The unit seems solid and reliable and fits in with the stainless/titanium look of most of my hardware. Kudos!

[(Unverified) Posted Dec 17th 2007 7:14AM]

What is up with all the Epson comments here? Did Epson give their employees the day off to write shill comments for this post? Dudes get a life. This is just a post for information on the DiscPainter, it isn't a challenge to your manhood.