We bought this printer (well actually the Epson R300) for my mom last christmas so she can print out pictures from her digital camera, and I have to say this thing is great. The CD/DVD printing actually is used more by my brothers and I, but its still great. Ive considered getting my own, since i live out of state and cant use it as often as id like (i also feel kinda bad about using all my mom's ink

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You can get the R300 which has a few other features, for like $97 online (search pricewatch.com) The other nice thing about these printers (and epsons in general as compared to HP's which is what i currently have and used to use) is the seperate ink cartridges for each color. plus even getting a set of all the colors is still cheaper than one HP cartridge

as far the sharpies and writing on the cds, ive heard of the paper labels messing up the spin and/or peeling off, but didnt hear the ink thing or the sharpie thing. I did hear some 'crap' about the sharpie bleeding through the disc over time which makes absolutly no sense, but whatever...i think thats just to scare people so they buy more expensive 'CD Writing Pens' which are basically just sharpies made by the cds companies

Also, the ink seems to be applied fairly evenly so i doubt it will interfer with the spin/balance and does ink melt? Either way, if I had my way, id buy one of those nice color laser printers that can print on discs

-Darth Simon