E-studio Print CD/DVD Label Printer

E-studio Print CD/DVD Label Printer  Price: Rs 4000 (1 yr warranty) Key Specs: Can print on any CD/DVD media, monochrome printing  Contact: Shree Sagarmatha, Delhi. Tel: 9810516234.  E-mail: techcom@touchtelindia.net  RQS# E56 or SMS 131256 to 9811800601

CD and DVD writers have become extremely popular due to

their slashed prices; owing to this we tend to burn a lot of media, either to

back up data, share movies and music with others, or anything else. This has led

to a problem-labeling of media, without which it can easily get mixed and

lost. That's where the e-studio CD printer comes in. It's meant specifically

for printing directly on CD and DVD media, so you don't need any special paper

or sticker. 

The e-studio Printer is a monochrome printer that uses

thermal transfer method to write on the surface of CDs and DVDs. It gives best

performance on CDs that have a completely blank printable face, unlike the

branded ones that already have the company logo and other info printed on them.

You get more printing area and even the prints come out very well. Using this

printer is pretty easy. It comes with a software that lets you design and type

in the content you want to print on the media. It gives you four box-shaped

printable areas on the CD. You can write plain text, curved text and insert

images on any of the four labels of the CD surface. After that all you have to

do is place a CD inside the printer and hit the Print button. One interesting

thing we noticed about this device was that the Windows printing system

doesn't detect it. Only the software that comes with the device can recognize

it. That's a little disappointing if you want to use a third-party software

like Nero Label Designer with this printer.

The printer's ink is water resistant, so the prints

won't get washed away. It can, however, be scratched off. The printer took

around a minute and a half to print all the four printable labels.

Bottom Line: We feel that the printer is largely

suitable for text and basic graphics printing on CDs. It's inability to work

with other software is disappointing. Use it only if you have lot of media and

need simple text labels to manage them.

Anindya Roy