On Mon, 2006-10-23 at 19:31 +0100, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Monday 23 October 2006 16:10, Temlakos wrote: > > Jeff Vian wrote: > > > > > > Now that the prices of printable disks (CD & DVD) has become affordable, > > > and the printers for them are available and some even can be used in > > > Linux, I have quit buying the paper labels and buy only the printable > > > CDs and DVDs. > > > I was just about to ask which ones can be used in linux, when I read this. > > > Recently I acquired an Epson Stylus Photo RX-700. I had to use the CUPS > > driver for the Stylus Photo 700 in order to make it work, but I /did/ > > get it to work. That printer has a guide for printing directly to a > > disk--and now you can get printable disks for about $0.50 US per disk, > > or even less. Paper labels now add too much to the price of > > non-printable (branded) disks to make them worthwhile. Add to it that a > > directly printed disk looks neater and is easier to clear the player. > > > Thanks for that. I have been looking enviously at them for a while, but seen > no indication that linux support had begun for them. What software do you > use to produce the label? > I use an epson R300 for printing the CDs. Use the gutenprint drivers for cups and I set up a custom template in OO to print the labels. AIUI glabel may also have a template but I have not tried it. Jeff > Anne > -- > fedora-list mailing list > fedora-list@xxxxxxxxxx > To unsubscribe: https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-list
