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TUAW Review: Dymo DiscPainter

Dymo DiscPainterI have a mountain of CDs and DVDs in my office. Some of them are in sleeves, others are stacked on spindles. For the most part, my disc labeling consists of grabbing a Sharpie ultra-fine-point marker and scrawling something right on the top of the disc. I've tried sticky labels before, but stopped after I had a few CDs that wouldn't come out of my iMac's SuperDrive slot.

Dymo, the labeling company, is now shipping the DiscPainter. It's a single-duty printer designed for one thing; printing directly onto inkjet-printable CD and DVD media.

Size, Installation, and Setup

The first thing that hit me when I opened the DiscPainter box was how big it is. Given that it is a single-tasker, it takes up a lot of room on a desktop (roughly 5.75" x 10"). For those with limited space available, this may be a reason not to buy the DiscPainter.

Following the included Quick Start Guide (yes, I RTFM), I removed the usual tape and plastic cruft encasing the DiscPainter, popped in the single ink cartridge, and connected the power cable. The initial user experience is excellent.

Read on for the full review



I have a mountain of CDs and DVDs in my office. Some of them are in sleeves, others are stacked on spindles. For the most part, my disc...
 

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Mitch Aunger

was gonna read the story, but now i won't seeing as how it is on multiple pages.... next!

June 30 2008 at 6:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
LJS

Some Epson inkjet printers will print on CDs..
They work great, and for a lot less money.

June 30 2008 at 2:01 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
flantastic

They call this expensive, which I guess it is, but if the product is better quality then the crap that comes out of inkjet printers, then it would be worth it for my home business. Also, nowhere did they mention how much the ink cartridges are. I found it on the dymo website, but that's kind of an important thing to consider when reviewing..

June 29 2008 at 2:11 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Able-X

What is this, WSJ? What's with the lame freaking "next". Just let us read the article in one place, or dont' bother.

June 29 2008 at 11:23 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Unregistered

Yes, I echo that!

June 29 2008 at 12:04 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
StevenBallmer

Nice machine!
You didn't mention though that it does not work with macs!

http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

June 29 2008 at 10:47 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mike Greenberg

It works with macs... I have this printer..

June 29 2008 at 1:14 PM Report abuse -1 rate up rate down Reply
StevenBallmer

Yeah, but you must use parallels, bootcunt or some of that other crap!


http://fakesteveballmer.blogspot.com

June 29 2008 at 4:51 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
FamousPete

Agreed. This is a rotten ...

June 29 2008 at 10:21 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ryan

That looks impressive, but $279 is a bit hard to chew when you can get Ink Jets what will print onto CDs for much less. Granted, it looks like the Dymo could possibly do a better job...but $279?

June 29 2008 at 9:52 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
donnacha

Yeah, this is a nasty move, I think this will be looked back on as the point at which TUAW became too greedy and killed the golden goose.

June 29 2008 at 9:12 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Darren

I wanted to chime in, as an owner of the Dymo DiscPainter (which I LOVE!) regarding the size of the unit.

I don't want anyone to be misled into thinking this thing is huge. Even though actual dimensions are listed in this review, calling it big is misleading. Granted, if you have a very small desk, with limited space, it will take up room! However, I was utterly shocked at just how petite this unit really is!

June 29 2008 at 8:33 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Mike Greenberg

Yeah, I have one too and I find it tiny! The review calls it big and expensive.. but I find it small and affordable.

Last printer (rimage everest II) I used was about 4x the size and cost several thousand.

June 29 2008 at 1:26 PM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
Ultim8fury

How do we know which page to leave comments on ?

June 29 2008 at 7:44 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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Tom

For now, there's one comment on part three by a guy saying he gave up because it's annoying to keep going page to page, and that he knows it's for ad impressions (to make the ad spots worth more). On page four, there's one post complaining about how scrolling and pages don't match, pick one or the other (so either click next with no scrolling, or just make it a long scrollable post), as well as one acknowledging this 'pages' thing is for ad impressions.

I have summarized the comments on pages two (none but mine), three (one other than mine), and four (two other than mine). So far, all are just upset about the new 'pages' thing.

June 29 2008 at 9:49 AM Report abuse rate up rate down Reply
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