Printing on CDs and DVDs

Notice for CD/DVD printing

Use only CD/DVD labelled as suitable for printing, for example “Printable on the label surface” or “Printable with ink jet printers”.

Print only on a circular CD/DVD.

For more details on handling CD/DVD and guidelines for writing data to a CD/DVD, refer to your CD/DVD documentation.

A lower level of color saturation is used to ensure print quality when printing on a CD/DVD, as opposed to Epson special paper.

Do not print on the CD/DVD before writing your data to it. If you do, fingerprints, dirt, or scratches on the surface may cause errors while writing data.

Try to test print on a spare CD/DVD and check the printed surface after waiting for one full day, especially before printing a large amount of CD/DVDs.

Before using or touching the printed surface of your CD/DVDs, make sure you dry them completely and out of direct sunlight.

Depending on the CD/DVD type, smearing may occur depending on the level of color saturation.

Moisture on the printable surface may cause smearing.

If the CD/DVD tray or the internal transparent compartment are accidentally printed on, immediately wipe off the ink.

Reprinting on the same CD/DVD may not improve the print quality.

If you print on a CD/DVD using an application which does not support CD/DVD printing, stains may form on the CD/DVD tray, CD, DVD or the inside of the printer.

If you select CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Media Type setting in the printer driver and use a high quality CD/DVD, you can create high quality CD/DVD labels.

Be sure to let CDs and DVDs dry completely before using them or touching the printed surface. CDs and DVDs printed using CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Media Type setting take longer to dry than those printed using CD/DVD as the Media Type setting. Allow CDs and DVDs printed using the CD/DVD Premium Surface setting to dry for 24 hours.

If the printed surface is sticky even after it has dried, the color saturation level may be too high. In that case, lower the level of the color saturation in Epson Print CD.

If the print position is misaligned, adjust it using Epson Print CD.

If the ink smears, adjust the color saturation using Epson Print CD.

You can set the printable area of a CD/DVD using Epson Print CD. Set the printable area to fit the printable area of the CD/DVD that you are printing on. When you make settings, note that improper settings may stain the CD/DVD tray, CD, or DVD.

The printable area of a CD/DVD is illustrated as follows.

12-cm CD/DVD	8-cm CD/DVD

A	18 mm
B	120 mm
C	80 mm

Note:

If you are printing in the following areas of the disc, the disc or the CD/DVD tray may get stained with ink.

Inner hub area	18 to 43 mm
Outer periphery area	116 to 120 mm (12-cm CD/DVD), 76 to 80 mm (8-cm CD/DVD)

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Positioning a CD/DVD

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Accessing Epson Print CD

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Printing on a CD/DVD for Windows

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Only one CD or DVD can be printed at a time. When the Copies setting is set to 2 or more, remove each CD or DVD from the tray after it has been printed, and then place the next CD or DVD on the tray. Press the  Start button to resume printing. See Loading a CD/DVD

Making the basic settings

Click Print on the File menu. The Print dialog box appears.

Make sure that your printer is selected as the Printer setting.

Select CD/DVD or CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Media Type setting.

Select None as the Print Confirmation Pattern setting, and then click Print.

After printing on a CD/DVD, carefully remove the CD/DVD from the CD/DVD tray, and then press the  CD Tray button to close the tray.

Making the advanced settings

Click Print on the File menu. The Print dialog box appears.

Click the Manual Print button.

Make sure that your printer is selected as the Name setting.

Select A4 as the Size setting.

Select CD/DVD as the Source setting.

Select Portrait as the Orientation setting.

Click Properties to access the printer driver.

Select CD/DVD or CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Type setting.

Adjust other settings to meet your individual needs.

Click OK to close the printer driver.

Click OK to print the data.

After printing on a CD/DVD, carefully remove the CD/DVD from the CD/DVD tray, and then press the  CD Tray button to close the tray.

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Printing on a CD/DVD for Mac OS X

Making the basic settings

Note:

Only one CD or DVD can be printed at a time. When the Copies setting is set to 2 or more, remove each CD or DVD from the tray after it has been printed, and then place the next CD or DVD on the tray. Press the  Start button to resume printing. See Loading a CD/DVD

Select Print from the File menu. The Print dialog box appears.

Click the Select Printer button.

Select your printer from the printer list.

Select CD/DVD or CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Media Type setting.

Make sure None is selected as Print Check Pattern setting and click Print.

After printing on a CD/DVD, carefully remove the CD/DVD from the CD/DVD tray, and then press the  CD Tray button to close the tray.

Making the advanced settings

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Click Print on the File menu. The Print dialog box appears.

Click the Select Printer button.

Select your printer from the printer list.

Click the Manual Print button to access the Page Setup dialog box.

When the following dialog box appears, click OK.

The Page Setup dialog box appears.

Make sure that your printer is selected as the Format for setting.

Select A4 as the Paper Size setting.

Select Portrait as the Orientation setting.

Click OK to access the Print dialog box.

Note for Mac OS X 10.5 or 10.6 users:

If the Print dialog box is not extended, click the button to extend the dialog box.

Make sure that your printer is selected as the Printer setting.

Select Print Settings.

Select CD/DVD or CD/DVD Premium Surface as the Media Type setting.

Adjust other settings to meet your individual needs and click Print.

After printing on a CD/DVD, carefully remove the CD/DVD from the CD/DVD tray, and then press the  CD Tray button to close the tray.

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Printing on a CD/DVD with a commercially available software package

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