DVD printing

[Mowerman90]

For those of you that either backup your commercial DVD's or print your home made DVD's there is now an alternative for those seeking a "GLOSSY" hub printable DVD. Until now I have always used Taiyo Yuden glossy media with outstanding results. They have printed beautifully with my ip5000 but since getting my MP640 I've noticed that the printer leaves 4 dull rub marks/lines on the discs after printing. It does not do this if I apply a glossy sticky label so I know the problem lies with the finish on the Taiyo Yuden discs. My solution was to try some different discs. Today I received my first cake box of Verbatim AquaAce Glossy Hub printable discs and am happy to report that they print wonderfully and don't have any dull lines running through them after going through my MP640. The finish is not quite a glossy as the TY but to me they look more like a commercial DVD finish. A tad more glossy than semi-glossy but not exactly what one would call high gloss like the TY. As for playablity I can't say, being as I just received my shipment today. For those interested, I got them from www.supermediastore.com . They are Verbatim AquaAce Glossy, white hub printable 16x, 4.7GB, PN96552 for $34.99 with free shipping per 50.

 

[emerald]

Mowerman90 - Thanks for the skinny on the Verbatim AquaAce Glossy, white hub printable DVD discs. That's very helpful information. I use a Canon iP4200 for printing on CD/DVD discs with no problems but I've heard others complain about the marks you mention. Thanks again.

 

[stratman]

Reading on MYCE.com, some printers have problems with leaving marks on both TY and Verbatim water resistant glossy type disks. The problem may be variable within a model number as well, with some printers working well with the Verbatim AquaAce and others not. Sounds like manufacturing tolerances for printer and/or media. The important thing is you found media that has acceptable results.

See these Verbatim AquaAce disks for $30.15 from Amazon with free super saver shipping. Tempted to try.

Basic comparison of TY and Verbatim water resistant glossies: http://club.myce.com/f123/ty-watershield-vs-verbatim-aquaace-comparison-262585/


Another possibility: FTI (Falcon) has the Falcon Pro Smart Guard Glossy Water Resistant DVD-R. Priced similarly to the others. There also is a glossy white inkjet version without the Smart Guard water-resistance. (http://www.falcon-media.net/format.php?format_id=5&n=blank-dvd-r)

 

[Mowerman90]

Stratman,

Thanks for the tip on Amazon. I'll have to check there next time I order. For some reason I never do. Another FYI is that the cakebox I
received today was labeled that they were made in UAE, not that that matters, just a FYI.

 

[stratman]

the cakebox I received today was labeled that they were made in UAE, not that that matters, just a FYI.

It does matter. Location of manufacturer can make a great difference in the quality of the burned media for a given DVD burner.

FTI (Falcon) were (still are?) made in the UAE. Their Falcon Pro White Inkjet hub printable 16X DVD-R disks have been terrific and were (are?) a bargain. That your Verbatim are MUAE makes me wonder if Verbatim and FTI/Falcon are using the same manufacturing plant and possibly the same materials and/or stamps.

Now I want to try the Verbs and the Falcons.

 

[msmart]

@mowerman, when was the last time you purchased your TY Watershield discs? I've noticed that in the last couple batches I bought, the surface material appears to be thinner than they used to be. They must have changed their manufacturing process to make the printable surface material thinner. These are the JVC version of the TY discs so I don't know if that makes a difference. I buy them meritline.com

Before the thinner surface, I too noticed that I would, every once and a while, get roller marks (using iP4500). Have you tried doing the roller cleaning procedure in the Maintenance options?

Added: For those interested, here is the Photoshop template I use to print Watershield discs on my iP4500:

http://www.mediafire.com/?lvds5e788wy0e72

The Ring layer is just there for registration/alignment purposes so you can delete it.

 

[jackson]

From what I could find out about the disks (made in the UAE) they are the same MID code as the good old Verbatims with the AZO dye coating..
Any decent burning program will confirm the code MCC03RG20
See the link.

http://www.videohelp.com/dvdmedia?d...rder=Name&hits=50&search=Search+or+List+Media

 

[Mowerman90]

msmart,

The thickness of the disc has nothing to do with the marks. I proved this to myself when I first noticed the marks after purchasing my MP640 by attaching a glossy sticky label to a DVD and printing it. It came out of the printer without any marks while the Watershield disc had marks. Obviously the disc with the sticky label was thicker than the one without. This proved that the surface of the Watershield disc was the cause of the marks.

No, I haven't tried cleaning the rollers because I noticed the marks the first time I printed a disc with the new printer.

 

[The Hat]

msmart Before the thinner surface, I too noticed that I would, every once and a while, get roller marks (using iP4500).
Have you tried doing the roller cleaning procedure in the Maintenance options?

The option to clean the rollers is only related to dirty paper feeding and not Discs printing.
The Disc holder is the only part that makes contact with the feed rollers; the Disc itself is never touched
by any part of the feed mechanism so as to avoid and possible damage to the Disc contents and lawsuits..