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Re: [OM] OT: Printers

Subject: Re: [OM] OT: Printers
From: John Hermanson <omtech1@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2009 08:13:36 -0400
Okay, got it.
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John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.
21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
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Chuck Norcutt wrote:
> Will work for printing a CD stick-on label but not for direct CD 
> printing.  The printer has to cooperate for that.
> 
> Chuck Norcutt
> 
> 
> John Hermanson wrote:
>> I wouldn't think you would be limited to the printer cd/dvd printing 
>> software.  Many Nero software packages include everything for doing 
>> this, and will work with any printer.
>> ___________________________________
>> John Hermanson  |   CPS, Inc.
>> 21 South Ln., Huntington NY 11743
>> 631-424-2121  |  www.zuiko.com
>> Olympus OM Service since 1977
>> Gallery: www.zuiko.com/album/index.html
>>
>>
>> Jim Nichols wrote:
>>> Candace,
>>>
>>> I have been using an Epson Stylus Photo R800 for more than four years, and 
>>> it has never failed, only requiring ink refills.  I use regular Epson 
>>> refills from Atlantic Exchange in Florida, so I know nothing of its 
>>> compatibility with your inks.  It has the hardware to handle printing on 
>>> CDs 
>>> and DVDs.  There are several sources available on-line.  Just a thought.
>>>
>>> Jim Nichols
>>> Tullahoma, TN USA
>>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>>> From: "Candace Lemarr" <CandaceRocks@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> To: "Olympus Camera Discussion" <olympus@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Sent: Wednesday, October 28, 2009 4:53 PM
>>> Subject: [OM] OT: Printers
>>>
>>>
>>>>   This is totally off topic, but there is so much knowledge here that I
>>>>   am hoping someone can help me with a not so fun problem I am having.
>>>>   I need a new home printer, I will give some background in a moment.
>>>>   The printer needs to print "decent" photos for proof sheets and home
>>>>   snapshots. All professional printing I have done at a lab.
>>>>   The printer needs to print on CDs/DVDs.
>>>>   The printer cannot be an HP, unless someone knows something that
>>>>   counters my experience, as my experience is that the cd/dvd print
>>>>   software is absolutely horrible, no flexibility, you cannot change
>>>>   fonts or font size, or move text and images around. You are locked
>>>>   into their print layout.
>>>>   Over the past 6 years, for home photo printing and cd/dvd printing I
>>>>   have used Epson printers. The first one was a very basic model that
>>>>   lasted about 5 years, not one problem, until one day my computer
>>>>   announced "your Epson printer has reached the end of it's life cycle."
>>>>   and that was the end of that.
>>>>   I then purchased the Epson Artisan 700. I absolutely loved it. Not one
>>>>   single problem with it. Until, one day, after not quite 7 months of
>>>>   usage, it simply would not feed any paper other than plain white
>>>>   paper. Nothing. Epson's customer service was/is non-existent, and I
>>>>   returned the printer to Sam's Club for a full refund, as I had
>>>>   purchased the Sam's Club warranty for a very minimal fee. As is often
>>>>   the case, no one in town sold the Artisan 700 anymore. This was on
>>>>   September 27th of this year.
>>>>   I had/have 2 entire sets of cartridges full of Claria ink, the 99 and
>>>>   98 series. The only printer in this town that used those as of
>>>>   September 27th was the very new Epson Artisan 810 at Office Depot. It
>>>>   wasn't even listed in their store yet, or out on the shelves, but a
>>>>   salesperson had seen them come in and got one for me to look at. I
>>>>   decided to purchase it. Well, today, it died the exact same death as
>>>>   the Artisan 700. After an hour long phone conversation with Epson, in
>>>>   which I was treated like a complete moron until they decided that I
>>>>   just might be right about the fact that the printer wasn't working,
>>>>   Epson so kindly (heavy sarcasm) offered to ship me a replacement. I
>>>>   asked if it would be a new model or a refurbished one, and the
>>>>   implication the conversation gave was that if they didn't have a
>>>>   refurbished one, then I would get a new one. But first, I would need
>>>>   to give them my credit card so they could charge me for the new one,
>>>>   and then refund my money after they received my broken one in return.
>>>>   I was no where near ok with that solution. I called Office Depot, was
>>>>   told they had one in stock and that I could exchange mine. I went down
>>>>   there, and the "one they had in stock" was the display unit that they
>>>>   were not allowed to sell to me. (One wonders what is wrong with people
>>>>   these days, but that's another topic for another day). After some
>>>>   dithering, they decided they would refund me my money, even though I
>>>>   had the printer for more than 14 days. (??!!) I had purchased the
>>>>   extended warranty, so they wanted to ship it off for repairs, not
>>>>   refund my money. The only printer they had that would do photos and
>>>>   print on CDs/DVDs is an HP, again, the CD print software that comes
>>>>   with the HP is horrible, in my opinion. In fact, all comments I can
>>>>   find online about HP's cd print software confirms that opinion.
>>>>   Anyhow...so here I am, stuck, with no printer.
>>>>   Does anyone have personal experience, recommendations, warnings, etc
>>>>   that I can consider?
>>>>   You have no idea how sorely tempted I was to chuck that Artisan 810
>>>>   through my front window, but this would have only caused me more
>>>>   frustration. It would seem that one should get more than 3 weeks use
>>>>   out of something one paid more than $300.00 for. I am rather
>>>>   frustrated.
>>>>   On another note, I have had two different salespeople tell me recently
>>>>   that "rollers drying out and not working anymore is a real problem in
>>>>   Colorado". Is there any truth at all to this?
>>>>   If you bother reading this and replying, I thank you in advance.
>>>>   A very frustrated Candace in Colorado.
>>>>
>>>> Candace
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