CD printing on US Pixma 3000, 4000, and 5000

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> There have been lots of posts about
> this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who wanted to try
> it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's Forum has a good
> reputation.

I'm on a hacked epson tray and the ip3000 my self. Works just peachy
save the fact my alignment is a tad off, but that can be adjusted in
software.

What is presently missing is information on the canon mp750/760/780 and
the only service manual I have on the subject is deutch. Very hard to
read but I think I found out what a SPCNT-Karte is, but I can't wrap my
head about the line that says if your CD drucken toboggan gets
expelled one more let cows graze on it! (Ok, I know what it means, but
this translation is funnier)



http://www.stevesforums.com/forums [...] orum_id=40
Huge thread
http://www.stevesforums.com/forums [...] orum_id=40
my attempt at a faq

http://pixma.cjb.net/
Simple 5 step which I know I reconize some of the writing on

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The instructions on the link show how to make a cardboard tray. If it would
work it would be easy to make out of plastic. We have a company called TAP
plastic in San Francisco that will fabricate anything you bring to them at
very low cost. Looks like an easy do it yourself project if you can get the
right thickness of materials from a plastics house. No moving parts. Just
a printing "jig" to insert the CD and keep it stable while printing. As
someone already posted about the press-on labels, they can degrade the
digital recording as the magnetic material is actually on top of the disk,
and even if they are as well centered as you can make them they may put the
disk out of balance. Personally, for the few music CD's I rip for friends
I use the CD Stomper to center a glue on label if I feel like duplicating
the original.

"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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> Burt wrote:
>> http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>
>> I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>> http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification of
>> the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of posts
>> about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who
>> wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's Forum
>> has a good reputation.
>
> I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels and
> an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the trays
> were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
> conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for $30-$40.
> That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that costs Canon
> almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.

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"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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> Burt wrote:
>> http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>
>> I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>> http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification of
>> the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of posts
>> about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who
>> wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's Forum
>> has a good reputation.
>
> I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels and
> an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the trays
> were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
> conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for $30-$40.
> That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that costs Canon
> almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.


I've got a IP4000 and live in the UK but towards the end of the year I will
be spending time between the US and UK. I'll have a look for them in the Uk
nearer the time and if the trays turn
out to be cheap in the UK, i'll buy 50 and stick them on ebay at a sensible
price, although by then you may have a new model which gives you cd priint
anyway

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Burt wrote:
> The instructions on the link show how to make a cardboard tray. If it would
> work it would be easy to make out of plastic. We have a company called TAP
> plastic in San Francisco that will fabricate anything you bring to them at
> very low cost. Looks like an easy do it yourself project if you can get the
> right thickness of materials from a plastics house. No moving parts. Just
> a printing "jig" to insert the CD and keep it stable while printing. As
> someone already posted about the press-on labels, they can degrade the
> digital recording as the magnetic material is actually on top of the disk,
> and even if they are as well centered as you can make them they may put the
> disk out of balance. Personally, for the few music CD's I rip for friends
> I use the CD Stomper to center a glue on label if I feel like duplicating
> the original.

You referenced glue-on labels. Are these better than stick-on labels?

> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
> news:GLOdnYkIyJ6l3SffRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>
>>Burt wrote:
>>
>>>http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>>
>>>I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>>>http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification of
>>>the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of posts
>>>about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who
>>>wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's Forum
>>>has a good reputation.
>>
>>I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels and
>>an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the trays
>>were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
>>conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for $30-$40.
>>That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that costs Canon
>>almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.
>
>
>

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Andrew wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
> news:GLOdnYkIyJ6l3SffRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>
>>Burt wrote:
>>
>>>http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>>
>>>I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>>>http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification of
>>>the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of posts
>>>about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who
>>>wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's Forum
>>>has a good reputation.
>>
>>I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels and
>>an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the trays
>>were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
>>conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for $30-$40.
>>That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that costs Canon
>>almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.
>
>
>
> I've got a IP4000 and live in the UK but towards the end of the year I will
> be spending time between the US and UK. I'll have a look for them in the Uk
> nearer the time and if the trays turn
> out to be cheap in the UK, i'll buy 50 and stick them on ebay at a sensible
> price, although by then you may have a new model which gives you cd priint
> anyway

If the tray was reasonable I would have done it. Paying another $40 for
it is too much for me. Also, I don't really want the hassles of making
a tray. For now, the stick-ons work fine.

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I only looked at the modification briefly, but I did see a template for
making a tray. Looked very easy.

"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
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> Andrew wrote:
>> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
>> news:GLOdnYkIyJ6l3SffRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>>
>>>Burt wrote:
>>>
>>>>http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>>>
>>>>I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>>>>http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification
>>>>of
>>>>the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of posts
>>>>about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone who
>>>>wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's
>>>>Forum
>>>>has a good reputation.
>>>
>>>I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels
>>>and
>>>an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the trays
>>>were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
>>>conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for
>>>$30-$40.
>>>That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that costs Canon
>>>almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.
>>
>>
>>
>> I've got a IP4000 and live in the UK but towards the end of the year I
>> will
>> be spending time between the US and UK. I'll have a look for them in the
>> Uk nearer the time and if the trays turn
>> out to be cheap in the UK, i'll buy 50 and stick them on ebay at a
>> sensible price, although by then you may have a new model which gives you
>> cd priint anyway
>
> If the tray was reasonable I would have done it. Paying another $40 for
> it is too much for me. Also, I don't really want the hassles of making a
> tray. For now, the stick-ons work fine.

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Burt wrote:
> "Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
> news:zvOdnW9NLLD0TiffRVn-jw@comcast.com...
>
>>Burt wrote:
>>
>>>The instructions on the link show how to make a cardboard tray. If it
>>>would work it would be easy to make out of plastic. We have a company
>>>called TAP plastic in San Francisco that will fabricate anything you
>>>bring to them at very low cost. Looks like an easy do it yourself
>>>project if you can get the right thickness of materials from a plastics
>>>house. No moving parts. Just a printing "jig" to insert the CD and keep
>>>it stable while printing. As someone already posted about the press-on
>>>labels, they can degrade the digital recording as the magnetic material
>>>is actually on top of the disk, and even if they are as well centered as
>>>you can make them they may put the disk out of balance. Personally, for
>>>the few music CD's I rip for friends I use the CD Stomper to center a
>>>glue on label if I feel like duplicating the original.
>>
>>You referenced glue-on labels. Are these better than stick-on labels?
>
>
> I meant stick-on labels.

OK. I thought there might be a better type than the sticky ones.

>>>"Michael Johnson, PE" <nospam@ourhouse.com> wrote in message
>>>news:GLOdnYkIyJ6l3SffRVn-3Q@comcast.com...
>>>
>>>
>>>>Burt wrote:
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>http://pixma.cjb.net/
>>>>>
>>>>>I just ran across this link on the Nifty-Stuff forum (
>>>>>http://www.nifty-stuff.com/forum/ ) describing a simple modification
>>>>>of the US printers to print CD's directly. There have been lots of
>>>>>posts about this issue and I thought it would be of interest to anyone
>>>>>who wanted to try it. I can not attest to its reliability, but Steve's
>>>>>Forum has a good reputation.
>>>>
>>>>I looked into this and found it easier to just buy the press-on labels
>>>>and an applicator to make sure they are centered on the disc. If the
>>>>trays were more readily available and cheaper I would consider doing the
>>>>conversion. They have a few trays on ebay but they are going for
>>>>$30-$40. That is almost half the cost of a new iP4000 for a part that
>>>>costs Canon almost nothing. It would be a nice feature though.
>>>
>>>
>

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zakezuke wrote:
>>OK. I thought there might be a better type than the sticky ones.
>
>
> The ones i've used are Memorex. They say on the package they don't
> reccomend their product for DVDs as they might result in dataloss and
> to this end they reccomend using the hub labels only. you might enjoy
> better results with what you got, and they might even work better on
> inkjet printables which are a little more porous.
>
> Inkjet printables have their disadvantage as well, but the only
> alternative on the consumer market is lightscribe, a tad costly per
> disc and only CD-R and DVD+R, and thermal ribbon printers which are
> monochrome with your choice of ribbon color.
>

I looked into Lightscribe and aside from the more costly discs it is
monochrome and if you want a detailed image it takes a long time to burn
it on the disc. Interesting idea though.

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No labels should be applied to DVD's except hub labels.


"zakezuke" <zakezuke_us@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> > OK. I thought there might be a better type than the sticky ones.
>
> The ones i've used are Memorex. They say on the package they don't
> reccomend their product for DVDs as they might result in dataloss and
> to this end they reccomend using the hub labels only. you might enjoy
> better results with what you got, and they might even work better on
> inkjet printables which are a little more porous.
>
> Inkjet printables have their disadvantage as well, but the only
> alternative on the consumer market is lightscribe, a tad costly per
> disc and only CD-R and DVD+R, and thermal ribbon printers which are
> monochrome with your choice of ribbon color.
>