Monday, October 20, 2008
Dymo's DiscPainter: Shock and Awe Disc Printing
Posted by Jason Dunn in "Digital Home Hardware & Accessories" @ 07:00 AM
DYMO isn’t just about printing shipping labels any longer: at CES 2008 I saw their DiscPainter product, which is a dedicated disc printer. It doesn't print labels; instead, it prints directly on CDs and DVDs designed for printing. I have a DYMO LabelWriter 330, and it saves me a bunch of time, so I was interested in checking out this new product. Since my Epson R1800 prints on discs - but is a bit of a hassle to set up for disc printing - I was curious if this $249 product (available from Amazon.com) brought anything new to the game so I requested one for review. Unpacking the nicely-designed box, I found the usual: a quick start guide, a software CD, a registration card, three glossy and water-resistant optimized-for-printing blank CDs, an ink cartridge, the power adaptor and power cable, a USB cable, and the printer itself. The software install was uneventful, though I was disappointed to see both a Vista UAC (User Account Control) prompt and the installation of Quicktime without my permission. I find Quicktime to be poorly designed, intrusive software that I only install if I absolutely have to. Even after the install I'm unsure of exactly why Quicktime was required. Read more...
