There are a lot of options and questions to think about when talking about CD printing for your business or personal use. The first posed is typically, “What kind of CD printer do I need, thermal or inkjet?” Basically what this refers to is whether you want to print in monochrome(shades of one color) or color. Thermal CD printers leave a black design on the silver CD. An inkjet CD printer allows you to print in full color. This should be an easy choice based of your taste in formatting. Many choose the full color option for the variety.
The advantage to the inkjet printer is not only that it prints in color but that it also lays down a white face on the CD before printing. This means instead of having your backgrounds on the CD being silver they become white by default, giving more options to the design of the disc.
Thermal monochrome printers are advisable when you don’t need very intricate or elaborate designs to be printed on a CD or DVD. If you are just looking to print the title of the album on the disk and nothing more, a thermal CD printer is the way to go.
You’re probably wondering why - if you’re just going to be printing the name of the album onto the disk - you need a thermal printer at all. Why not just print out the title on one of those convenient little CD/DVD stickers and put that on the CD or DVD. The answer is quite simple. Those stickers can throw off the balance of the disk, which is actually pretty important seeing as they spin around thousands of times per minute in the CD/DVD console. Also, what happens when the sticker comes off? This isn’t out of the question when you consider how hot it can get in a CD or DVD player. First of all, you’d have no idea what CD or DVD you had in your hand any more. And you better hope that it doesn’t come off in your CD player because that’s just asking for trouble. The sticker can get lodged in the player and repair will be needed to fix the issue. It is substantially easier to just purchase a thermal CD printer than have to worry about issues that may arise with the stickers.
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CD Duplicators
DVD Printing
After determining whether you want/need a thermal printer or an inkjet you should factor in how many disks you’ll be printing, and how often. For instance, if you’re only printing a few disks at a time, then you’ll probably want to purchase a manual unit. This means you have to load each disk individually before it can be imprinted. An automated cd printer duplicator can pop off batches of printed CDs and DVD at once. If you’re printing multiple copies of your new rock album then you’ll want the automatic printer because each CD will feature the same content and identical labels. If you are printing various photo albums on various CDs then you might need the more simplistic manual CD printer to achieve your goals.
Either way, follow the links to the left to find thermal, inkjet, manual, and automatic CD and DVD printers as well as CD printing supplies and accessories at SummationTechnology.com. Also, let us know if you have any questions as we are happy to help you pick the CD or DVD printer that fits your needs best.
