I am curious about labeling my DVD's. It's not a big deal to me but if its easy then I might consider it. Do most people label? What is the easiest least expensive method? I am curious for input. Thanks.
Never Label your Disc with Paper Labels. A Sharpie is the Easiest. I use an Epson R300 Printer and White Hub Printable TYs to do my labels. It's a little more Expensive But I Like It.
Answering the question of "least expensive". Assuming that you don't have a DVD capable printer or a scanner: Epson RX-595 (refurbished at Epson store, $60.00) CISS for Epson printer ($50.00) Ritek Printable DVD (200/$50.00) There is nothing wrong with using paper labels if your printer is not capable of direct printing. However, it is much more expensive on a per-disc basis. BTW, NEVER use paper labels if you have a NON-TRAY loading device (such as a WII or car CD player).
Definitely avoid the paper sticker labels.Playback issues and they may start peeling over time. There are plastic stickers which may work better,but they were pretty pricey last I checked. I've been labeling my Wii backups with my Epson R-300 and Ty watershields dvd-r with a sweet glossy cover that's better quality than most originals. 65 cents each. No problem with this combo on my Wii. Cheapest route-via inkjet printer? The epson R200/220/300/320 are no longer made,but can be found at sites like Ebay. No longer made,decent disc printers,but the $$ saved with ink. I used to get my generic ink carts for $1 apiece,total of $6 for the set of 6 carts. Staple's and walmart wanted nearly $80 for ligit epson ink. Now a set runs me $12.50, UGGH! Still a heck of a lot cheaper than staple's ink, LOL! Here's an older backup: I haven't taken any pics lately. There's all sorts of sites for most movie and game disc covers.
Canon also makes printers that can print onto printable CD/DVDs but the ones sold in the US don`t have this function enabled. There is a simple way to enable the function ,I`ve done it to several printers.You can get the instructions by going on Ebay or Google and looking up Canon CD trays for sale. The person selling the trays gives instructions free along with the free software CD Label Print.The Canon models are also given, most common are iP3000, iP4000 , iP5000 , and iP6000. I have an Epson R200 but I prefer the Canons because the ink is cheaper ,$1.55 for color and $1.75 for black.
IMHO, Epson with a CISS has a cheaper TCO than replacement cartridges, Canon or Epson. I am happy with the Ritek G05 printable for movies at .25 ea. shipped (Quantity 200), but for my Wii I use TY premium.
You gotta do some serious printing to make a CISS pay off. BTW: If your burners are like mine-highly favor the plus format/booktypers: Then there's less of a selection for inkjet printable discs that yield the highest picture quality. Ty watershields/ Full hub shiny inkjet printable/and verbatim glossy-all in the dash format. Plus format,then I'm reduced to the average looking white matte verbatim,maxell,memosux,and probably all others not declaring a glossy look.
All it takes is enough printing to run through the set of half full carts that Epson gives you with a new printer. Well, considering that one set of Epson T077xxxx (branded) cartridges costs about $90.00 and doesn't last too terribly long under any circumstances. One or two sets of vacation photos and one of the colors is bound to run out. Don't know where you're from, but in the US it is ILLEGAL (enforced by court injunction) to sell clone Epson carts so the only alternative for buying clone carts is buying from Canada (if you can find them). CISS for most Epson printers is less than $60.00 USD filled with ink. That's less than one set of remanufactured carts. Anyway, didn't want to get into a heated debate regarding the merits of CISS. It works for me. I used to be a Canon fan (i860) because of the "non-chipped" carts. I was aware of the Canon USA "can't use the printable DVD feature" awhile ago so I (regrettably) switched to Epson. It's a moot point now since Canon has started "chipping" their cartridges as well.
