Casio CW-50 CD Title Printer

Average customer rating: 3.5

Casio Printer Good Value
Nice, Cheap to use CD Printer
Disappointing
Beware the hidden cost
Quick and easy

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Casio CW-50 CD Title Printer

Manufacturer: CASIO
Product Group: CE
Binding: Electronics
ASIN: B00007FGUS

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Product Description

CASIO CW-50 - Print your own titles directly onto CD-R discs with this brilliantly simple dedicated CD Title Writer. Approximate Speed - 9.0mm/second (black ink ribbon); 5.1mm/second (Silver, Red or Blue ink ribbon) Print System - Thermal transfer Printing Dimensions - About 16mm Height x 74mm Width Weighs about 750 grams OS Compatibility - Windows 98, 98SE, ME, 2000 or XP Requires 32MB RAM+, 100MB+ hard drive space, CD-ROM drive Package includes AC adapter, USB cable, Black ink ribbon cassette, practice CD-R, CD-R alignment guide, software on CD-ROM Red, Blue & Silver ribbons available separately Note - printer uses thermal transfer technology - results may vary using inkjet printable discs, or discs with rough label surfaces Actual print speed will vary according to use

Customer Reviews:

Casio Printer Good Value.......2007-05-01

This is a thermal printer. Basically it prints a label that you design onto a CD or DVD. If you burn a lot of discs and you don't know whats on them because you didnt label them this is great. The thermal print does not come off.

However, if you have Windows Vista look for a unit that supports Vista, as Casio does not appear to have a Vista upgrade for this unit as of yet. Furthermore, they dont return requests on their site (email).

Nice, Cheap to use CD Printer.......2006-09-24

It does its job well. Prints simple designs. Allows you to work with fonts and is fairly cheap to use. The ribbons can be bought for $7.00 each (including tax and postage), and since I only print in one "area" (the top) I get close to 50 images from one ribbon. (47 to be exact -- I opened a used ribbon cassette and counted). Comes out to less than 15 cents a CD. Casio is up front about the number of images. The outside of their retail box states: "Each ink cassette allows printing of up to 40 areas". Their manual (which is available online -- so I read it before I bought the printer) states: "Number of Prints Per Ink Ribbon Cassette -- Upper or Lower Label Only; Approximately 40 prints -- Upper and Lower Label; Approximately 20 prints". The seven extra prints is an 18% bonus. When was the last time a company gave you more than they said they would? It does exactly what I bought it to do and does it well. I'm happy with it.

Disappointing.......2006-04-09

Not easy to set-up. White printable surface CD just doesn't work. Besides broken text printing, the ribbon leaves black smudges on the white surface. I can't find many gauzy surface CD type ready available in store to print on this machine. Most CD with some printing already on and slightly textured surface does not work at all.

Beware the hidden cost.......2006-03-21

I urge everyone to read N. Caine's review here. The printed discs look great, but this thing devours ink ribbons. Anyone who calls this an economical solution subscribes to a different theory of economics than I do.

This is going back to the store. Maybe Lightscribe is the way to go??

Quick and easy.......2006-03-16

If you can judge well enough by eye whether you've rotated the disc 180 degrees, this is for you. Of course there's a template for the rotationally challenged. Prints quickly and easily on mirror surfaced media.

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