After enough problems with labels coming loose after time, turning yellow, or make the cd "wobble" because the label is a fraction off center, I've been looking at the Epson and the Lightscribe technology.

Remembering my Epson color printer I once had and the frequent nozzle cleanings I had to do because of stripes in the printout (and wasting expensive ink), I like the HP system better where you each time also get a new print head.

Furthermore, the Epson cartridges, at $ 12.99 (that's $ 77.94 for the six colors) are impressively little. True that you rarely have to replace all at once, but reading the reviews at CC, it seems that they do run out pretty fast.

If you compare Lightscribe to that, it's only drawback is no color and slower printing (etching), but you can do other things while it makes the label, it's permanent, adds no thickness to the cd, and even though it's monochrome, it does look very classy !

With Lightscribe cd-r's now at $ 19.99 for 30 pieces (Verbatim spindle), printing in color will cost you way more per cd-r.

Gr.
John

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