Looking for a professional quality colour printer

[mallik]

I'm looking for a professional for some things I would like to do.

I am going to be making some DVD's and I want to make them look professional with a printed cover on the DVD as well as a printed cover in the sleeve of the DVD cover.

I am aware of the printers like the Epson R200 and others, and they look pretty good, but I want something that looks better and also has lower cost of consumables. I have seen some Indian DVD's and some of them you can tell they were printed on printers like this, and they look pretty good, but others I have seen have a more polished and higher quality feel.

I'm also looking to print small flyers and posters with a similar quality.

I may be asking too much here and equipment for what I need may be way too much, but I thought I would ask if there is anything at a reasonable cost.

 

[13Gigatons]

The Canon Pro9000 if you can afford it. The DVD covers should be printed on photopaper. You should make sure the artwork for the cover is 300dpi or higher because even the best printer cannot work magic with low dpi images.

Review: http://www.steves-digicams.com/2006_reviews/canon_pro9000.html

Buy: http://www.amazon.com/gp/product/custom...2312163?ie=UTF8&n=172282&s=electronics

 

[mallik]

Thanks for the info, but I was looking for something that prints directly onto the disc as I've heard that going the label route is not a good idea.

 

[13Gigatons]

Originally posted by: mallik
Thanks for the info, but I was looking for something that prints directly onto the disc as I've heard that going the label route is not a good idea.

Most of the Canon Pixma line can print directly on CD or DVD but it is disable and needs to be turned back on: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WxUbEMBTysM

Click the link in my sig for instructions.


Also for the best quality they make Glossy inkjet printables now that are smudgeproof: http://club.cdfreaks.com/showthread.php?t=194763

 

[Zepper]

You may also want to browse http://www.primera.com. They have been involved in CD/DVD printing for a long time.

.bh.