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Atrociously overpriced for what it delivers, which is little more than normal direct-print inkjets!, November 24, 2007
By Zeo (USA) - See all my reviews
This is quite frankly a complete ripoff of a product. It takes a long time to print a full disc (2 minutes), costs a TON, with expensive ink refills, and achieves roughly the same results as any normal printer such as my Epson R280 did for under a third of the price, plus the normal printer does other printing jobs. This product is useless... if you need a small footprint, get a dedicated CD duplicator/printer. There's nothing this product does but eat your wallet alive.
The most disappointing product of the year!, March 1, 2008
By Gary Lazar "Gary1225" (Warren, MI United States) -
The DiscPainter takes a novel approach to the old problem of labeling cd's and dvd's - it spins the disc and applies the ink one thin circle at a time directly onto printable media while it's spinning. The good news is that the printing is fast and the better news is that the drying time is REALLY fast. The bad news is it looks terrible. There is a tiny white space in between each line of printed ink. If you hold the disc far enough way from your eyes, it is almost imperceptible. If you look at the disc from a normal distance or take a close look, you can see the spaces. In addition, the ink looks dull - it lacks vibrancy. I made a backup copy of a dvd that I specifically chose because of it's colorful picture. I scanned it at 600 dpi and printed one copy on an Epson R220 and one on the DiscPainter. It looked crisp and bright on the Epson and all of the tiny writing was legible. On the DiscPainter, the colors looked washed out and the writing was sort of legible, but only with a magnifying glass. The white spaces in between the circles of ink were annoying at best. I tried printing 3 different labels and used different settings to try to get the best results and could not get a satisfactory print job on the DiscPainter. I spoke to a representative at Dymo who informed me that the white spaces on the disc were normal and inherent in the way the DiscPainter printed in its circular fashion. I sent my DiscPainter back for a refund. If you need a professional looking disc, this is NOT the printer for you. I'm not crazy about the mechanical problems I have with the Epson R220, but at least the finished product is professional looking. Discs printed on the DiscPainter look like they were done by an amateur. Even if the DiscPainter was not outrageously priced, I wouldn't use one. Dymo needs to take their great idea of circular printing and go back to the drawing board to eliminate the white spaces and to design an ink cartridge with brighter ink that has at least 6 colors instead of the 3 color cartridge they use now. If they solved these problems, I'd give the DiscPainter another go round. Dymo 1738260 DiscPainter CD/DVD Color Printer
