Casio Disc Title Printer with Qwerty keyboard (CW-75)

Casio Disc Title Printer with Qwerty keyboard (CW-75)
Manufacturer: CASIO
Product Type: CE

Editorial Review:
Product Description
The CASIO CW-75 Disc Title Printer is a thermal printer with that produces crisp, clear professional CD-Rs / DVDs without the hassle of applying unprofessional looking sticky labels that can damage your CD drive. On a typical CD-R, you can print up to eight lines in one print area above the opening in the center of the CD-R, and up to eight lines in one print area below the hole, for a total of 16 lines. Actual print speed will vary according to use

Average customer rating:

Excellent concept for very light users, but has serious shortcomings
good product
This Thing Is A Piece of Junk
Never recieved the Casio cw75 got Casio Cwk-85 unstead
WORKS BEST WITH ELECTRICAL CORD, NOT BATTERIES!

Casio Disc Title Printer with Qwerty keyboard (CW-75)

Manufacturer: CASIO
ProductGroup: CE
Binding: Electronics

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Product Features:

Title all forms of Disc Media
Thermal printing without applying labels
Print directly on CDs and DVDs
Import graphics, text and files
Various colors to choose from

ASIN: B0000BV1LH
Release Date: 2005-04-25

Product Description

The CASIO CW-75 Disc Title Printer is a thermal printer with that produces crisp, clear professional CD-Rs / DVDs without the hassle of applying unprofessional looking sticky labels that can damage your CD drive. On a typical CD-R, you can print up to eight lines in one print area above the opening in the center of the CD-R, and up to eight lines in one print area below the hole, for a total of 16 lines. Actual print speed will vary according to use

Customer Reviews:

Excellent concept for very light users, but has serious shortcomings.......2007-03-29

Like many users, I used to print stick-on labels for my CDs and DVDs (using a program called CD Stomper). The process was sufficiently inconvenient that I often just labelled the discs with a marker instead (a Sharpie isn't elegant, but it's simple and quick).

When I saw this Casio disc printer, I thought it would be the answer to my problems, so I bought it. Here's a quick summary of the good, the bad, and the ugly.

The good: The disc title printer works with your PC, which is convenient when you want to design a more complex label, add a logo to the label, etc. It also works as a standalone disc labeler, using the built-in keyboard, which is convenient when you're away from your PC. It takes up relatively little space (about 8x8 inches) and can run on batteries, so you don't have to carry around a power brick.

The bad: When using the printer in standalone mode, the interface is confusing (the interface when using a PC is much more intuitive). Also, if you want to print a two-part disc label (i.e., one that has text both above and below the spindle hole in the disc), you must remove the disc from the printer half-way through the print job and put it back in upside down so the printer can finish the bottom half of the label. This is inconvenient, and requires that you be very careful about aligning the disc each time to avoid top and bottom labels that aren't lined up. Finally, the printing is limited to a single color (you have a choice of black, blue, or red).

The ugly: Unless you buy the special CDs recommended by Casio, the printer often skips letters of the title. Apparently a regualar CD-R surface is not entirely compatible with the Casio's thermal print head. Of the discs I've tried to label, roughly 1/3 to 1/2 of the time the printing is of such poor quality that I've had to throw the disc away. Now, I label the discs before recording -- I still have to throw away bad discs, but at least I haven't wasted all the recording time when the label printer messes up. Another weak point: The printer consumes batteries at a frightening rate. The eight AA batteries that were included lasted for only 40-50 disks. That's a AA battery for every 5-6 discs.

In a nutshell, if you need small size or portability (a built-in keyboard, and battery power), this can be a handy disc labeler. But if you need to label more than a couple of discs per month, want to print creative multi-color labels, or get frustrated by a product that yields unnacceptably poor quality a high percentage of the time, then you will not be pleased with this disc label printer.

good product.......2007-02-28

relatively easy to use. i've printed a labeled more than 2 dz. CDs with no trouble and the ink cartridge that came with it is still working fine

This Thing Is A Piece of Junk.......2007-02-23

Don't waste your money. It uses a ribbon, which jammed and tore the second time I used it. They've sealed the cartridge, so you can't patch it. AVOID.

Never recieved the Casio cw75 got Casio Cwk-85 unstead.......2007-01-22

I told Amazon I got wrong item but will try to make it work, after a dozen DVD's and several ink cartridges used I did come up with a format that might work. Amazon did email and say they'd give a 20% discount for keeping wrong item, I'll see if I get it

WORKS BEST WITH ELECTRICAL CORD, NOT BATTERIES!.......2006-10-06

I purchased this cd printer three years ago and used it with batteries until this year. It worked okay with batteries but I found the printing wasn't smooth or consistant. This year I purchased the electrical cord and found that it gives the printer more "gas" and the printing is GREAT! I also hooked it up to my computer which makes it easier to use and gives me more fonts. I give it a four star rating because the ink cassettes waste a lot of ink and are costly. But all in all, this is a good product. By the way, I use TDK printable CD's from COSTCO and they print nicely (100@$22.99). However, this printer has done a good job printing on most discs I've tried.

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