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CD printing, Scanning, and printing
I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using
HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? |
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CD printing, Scanning, and printing
From: "Keith Nuttle"
I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? Epson Artisan family reached EoL but may still be arround. However the Artisan was replaced by the Expression Premium XP-810. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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Keith Nuttle wrote:
I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. I always thought Lightscribe was something of a joke. Black printing on colored discs never looked all that great. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? Epson has the patent on direct printing to disc in the US. I've been using the XP-800 for several years, but there are several newer models with the same capability. White glossy media prints up commercial looking quality discs. The printer comes with basic software, but there are other packages that can take advantage of the capability. |
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From: "Arthur Conan Doyle"
Keith Nuttle wrote: I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. I always thought Lightscribe was something of a joke. Black printing on colored discs never looked all that great. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? Epson has the patent on direct printing to disc in the US. I've been using the XP-800 for several years, but there are several newer models with the same capability. White glossy media prints up commercial looking quality discs. The printer comes with basic software, but there are other packages that can take advantage of the capability. Epson's Print CD is not too bad but MicroVision SureThing is the gold standard in CD/DVD media printing. I use Krylon spray Acrylic to clear coat and protect the ink and give it a finished look. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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On Mon, 21 Jul 2014 09:13:11 -0400, Keith Nuttle
wrote: I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? My Epson Artisan 835 does a neat job. Wei |
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From: "Arthur Conan Doyle"
Keith Nuttle wrote: I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. I always thought Lightscribe was something of a joke. Black printing on colored discs never looked all that great. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? Epson has the patent on direct printing to disc in the US. I've been using the XP-800 for several years, but there are several newer models with the same capability. White glossy media prints up commercial looking quality discs. The printer comes with basic software, but there are other packages that can take advantage of the capability. I just got an Epson XP-810 Today. Basically as an inexpensive TWAIN compliant ADF Scanner over Ethernet. Interesting how Epson changed input and output paper handling and the DC/DVD tray vs. the Artisan familiy. -- Dave Multi-AV Scanning Tool - http://multi-av.thespykiller.co.uk http://www.pctipp.ch/downloads/dl/35905.asp |
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"David H. Lipman" wrote:
Interesting how Epson changed input and output paper handling and the DC/DVD tray vs. the Artisan familiy. They still have the goofy unidirectional motorized tray extender though. |
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Since you already have the hardware and possibly the HP software, you
could load the freeware version of VMWare Player https://my.vmware.com/web/vmware/fre...are_player/6_0 and load a copy of what ever Operating System the HP Software/drivers supported in to a new Virtual Machine. Once it's installed you can then print from inside that VMWare session to the hardware attached or networked to the machine just as you did in the past. When finished printing just shut down the VMWare copy of Windows like normal until you need it again for another printing session. You will need a license to run the new VMWare\Windows session. Where or how you get the license I'll leave up to you... On 7/21/2014 8:13 AM, Keith Nuttle wrote: I have a need for professional looking one off CD's. I had been using HP lightscribe system to make these CD's Now that HP has dropped that system, and to my knowledge no one currently supports that system on Windows 8.1, I am looking for a new way of creating the CD's. Can some one suggest a printer/scanner that will print to the printable-CD's, that will run on Windows 8.1, and will be around in the future? |
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