Here are the same 2 TY CDRs, the image was enlarged 300% from it's original scan, then cropped and re-sampled to 96 dpi.

Next discs are Verbatim Gloss DVD-Rs, with the same methods of printing and scanning as mentioned above.

And here are the blow-ups of the Verbatim Gloss

Last set of discs is TY Watershield Gloss, DVD-R, hub-printable.

And here's the blow-ups of the Watershield:

Here's a little home made resolution test. These images were created in Photoshop at 300dpi. Printed on Verbatim Gloss DVD at 300dpi in grayscale, then scanned at 300dpi in grayscale.

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Sorry for the multiple posts, having issues with the resolutions

Outstanding work, CDan...much appreciated



You have one of the best mid-range inkjets ever produced.
Your software is the limiting factor here, not the printer.

Wow, very nice side by side comparison..

Thank you very much! What are your saturation and other settings set too? I can't seem to get mine looking 100% correct. In addition now that you have played with both printers for awhile which would you recommend? My Epson R260 just died for the 2nd time.

Thanks!

Depends on your intended use. I use the R280 for discs and photos only, and IP4500 for everything else, and for discs too.

I use the Epson R230 with the unlimited ink cartridge configured and you know what i have unlimited ink as the six cartridges are attached to a specially designed 6 ink bottle setup as when your ink goes low as you are able to see the drop in front of you so you just fill it up.
You can follow the Epson Head cleaning procedures as the printer prints a max of 2000 cd prints before the head and system needs servicing and you can download the process tutorial on youtube. Happy printing, but just before i go the cannons have the same system too and is much, much faster in printing.

I replaced my Epson R260 that broke down 4 times in 5 months to a Canon Pixma IP4500. I am blown away by the quality of the Canon over the Epson in terms of color duplication, and speed. My only complaint is it is difficult to get the arrows lined up exactly right when printing a DVD due to the tray's arrow being vertical and the printer's arrow being vertical.

If you're talking about the alignment arrow on the tray, it's not important whether it is exactly aligned with the one on the slot. The printer does it's own alignment once the tray is fed in. Those arrows are only there to assure that you don't stuff it in too far.

No question that the Canon is WAY faster for most everything. Larger head with more nozzles.

I'll add that I recently had some clogging on the Epson, it took 3 cleaning cycles to get all nozzles open, which consumed 20% of a brand new tank. At least Canon lets you choose whether to clean the colors or just the black. The Epson purges ALL tanks.

Hmmm... My DVDs are not coming out perfectly aligned. They are close but not exact. I know its possible to run an alignment for the paper. Is it also possible to do so for the CD tray?

Has nothing to do with the tray, the printer aligns itself to the disc. In the Canon software, on the final print dialog, lower left corner, is the "print position" adjustment. Once this is set horizontally and vertically, it never needs to be set again. If you use some other software, you're on your own. The setting is in tenths of a mm, and should be adjusted one notch at a time. Keep in mind that a 0.1mm change left or right can also impact vertical alignment as a round image is moved over.

earlier i had canon ip3000, for which if multiple copies of cd printing were given, printer would continue printing next copy by either pressing resume button or clicking on ok button.

but in my new ip4500, printer only continues printing by clicking on the ok button everytime. incase resume button is pressed printing gets cancelled.

i use cd labelprint software.
any solution to this problem?

I've had my Canon IP4500 for a week now and have been printing like crazy. It hasn't missed a beat. Canon does not seem to drink ink like my Epson R260 did. I had to replace the magenta cartridge tonight (purchased from Amazon) and I printed over 20 items and it is still registering as full. And I am still on my original black, yellow, and cyan cartridges even though I have printed a lot. They are registering 25% full. The colors also seem to be a lot better. I really wish I went with Canon from the beginning.

Very elucidative Thank`s