Dymo Diskpainter

From our guestwriter, Terry Mele

I had almost given up on ways to professionally and quickly label my Discs that I make for my friends. (Trying to get them into the genre of Smooth Jazz.)

I want them to look nice and professional. I always don�t have a sticky label handy or the ink required to print one out. And when I do have one handy, they sometimes don�t turn out exactly how I had planned.


Dymo, the company we all know well for such hit products as the LabelWriter and LetraTag, has just come out with a new product called the DiscPainter. It does what it�s name suggests. It makes labels for discs by means of printing them directly on the surface.


To do this, you must have the glossy CD-Rs. I found that the matte white ones that I have used for awhile don�t for some reason turn up very clear after going thru the DiscPainter. They come out very grainy and sometimes off-color which I don�t understand the reason for since there is a setting specifically for this type of disc in the Settings of the software included for use with the DiscPainter. It works best with the glossy-surface white-topped CD-Rs. Also, it can label DVDs that you made yourself as well. As long as it has a glossy white �printable� top.

As long as I had used the glossy type, the results were beautiful. Full of color and very clear. It prints up to a 600 dpi resolution and does an excellent job.


The included Discus Labeling software now is compatible with the Mac OS X 10.5 Leopard operating system and is simple to use with templates and designs built in. The DiscPainter is also capable of printing directly from Photoshop, Indesign, or Illustrator.


The DiscPainter connects to Mac or PC via USB and includes an Ink cartridge for printing on the Discs. I have been told that the cartridge can usually handle 100 discs before running out. However, I do admit that it is fun to watch print. DiscPainterspins the disc as it prints it. Dymo refers to this as RadialPrint Technology. I refer to it as Cool.


The only problem that remains is how to get one computer to read the song names of a CD I burned on iTunes on another computer. Apple-get working on this!

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Terry, I agree with your review of the DiscPainter. I use my DP frequently and have had really good results with it. I wanted to point out that the DiscPainter print quality begins at 600 dpi and can print at 1200 dpi. I typically print my discs at 600 dpi and consistently get closer to 200 discs per ink cartridge rather than the 100 claimed by Dymo.

I have the dymo printer and i can usually do about 150 discs per cartridge..whihc is perfect for my business...i love this little printer...it is convient in so many ways..the quality is amazing and can't be beat.

I just love that little cute printer...omg it perfect for when i do my scrapbooking...let me tell you...now i know that i print all my pictures for the scrap book its self but then i choose one and thats the cover picture for the cd that i put in the back...omg all my friends love when i do my scrapbooks and they ask me to do theirs also.

I had the epson and it was such a hassle...but i decided to try the dymo andi love it...it easy to use and you do one cd at a time so it can't mess us...its perfect and very small...i can even travel with it.