Wow this is an interesting topic! After some investigation here, we've found that some Canon printers sold in the USA do disable direct CD printing. In terms of why they do this, from what I've read, they do it due to patent issues with Epson.
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Apr 12, 2018 - Canon Cd Label Print Software Windows 10 Canon Cd Label Print. Hi, AudioLabel can print directly on discs using the Canon Pixma iP7250. Set your Canon PIXMA iP3000, iP4000, iP5000, iP6000, or iP8500 series model printer to CD-printing mode. (If your printer is not one of these models, continue to the next step.) Press and hold the 'Resume' and 'Power' buttons for five seconds.
If anyone in our 'Forum Community' wants to chime in, we would appreciate your input. If the printer is sold in the USA, I would think that the seller would state whether or not the printer has the capability to print directly to the CD, DVD, and Blu-ray. After a little research on the Canon USA website they list the following models of printers that support printing directly to CD, DVD, and Blu-ray: PIXMA iP7220 PIXMA iP4920 PIXMA MG8220 PIXMA MG6220 PIXMA MG5320 PIXMA MG5420 PIXMA MG5422 There may be even more that allow this function.
Hope that helps! Thanks, Nicole. When I was at Best Buy and Office Max last week the three ink jet printers I was looking at were PMIXMA MG5420, PMIX MG 6340 and PMIXMA MX 922. I was told all three had direct CD printing capability and no mention was made that Cannon disabled this feature on these printers. So, I would not like to invest in one of the three models only to find out that the direct CD printing capability was disabled. How do I find out for sure? I'll try the Cannon web site.
Thanks again. 14 Wed Aug 28, 2013. After many attempts to contact Cannon regarding printers that are sold in the USA that have direct CD printing capability, I finally got a response from Cannon.
It is my opinion that the Cannon site is not very user friendly, but I finally got the information I needed. Cannon's response is as follows: “Thank you for contacting Canon product support. We're happy to provide you with information regarding Canon products.
We offer several printers that are capable of printing on DVD/CDs when utilizing our Easy-PhotoPrint EX software included with the printer; the models with this function are as follows: PIXMA iP7220; PIXMA iP4920; PIXMA MG8220; PIXMA MG6220; PIXMA MG5320; PIXMA MG5420; PIXMA MG5422. I hope this information is helpful to you. Please let us know if we can be of any further assistance with Canon products. Thank you for choosing Canon. Sincerely, Ramona” So it appears that the Cannon PIXMA MG5440 that I was considering may be a good choice.
I am a bit confused by their statement that it works with their Easy-PhotoPrint EX software included with the printer. I would hope it also works with your software.
Do you have any comments on whether a better choice of printers of those listed above would be your recommendation? Will they all work with your new Version 6 of your software? 14 Wed Aug 28, 2013.
Hi, AudioLabel Version 5.0 can print directly on the disc with any of the of the printers you listed. The Canon Pixma iP7220, MG5420, and MG5422 templates are being added to AudioLabel Version 5.0 Build 7 (which will be released in a few days). The other printer templates are already included in AudioLabel. There are also Generic Canon templates in the 'Change Label Template' dialog that work across all Canon models (past, present, and future). Regardless of the Canon you choose, AudioLabel will work with any of them as long as the Direct Disc Printing feature is enabled. I don't have recommendations on specific Canon models, but I usually go by the reviews on Amazon.com or Cnet.com. I'm having a horrible time printing CDs on the Canon iP 7200 series printer with the J tray.
We have a band and produce our own CDs and tried to print our own logo labels with great difficulty. They're not aligned and the program that comes with the printer is extremely user UNFRIENDLY. I can't individualize my labels due to the lack of flexibility on adding my own photo to cover the entire CD. There doesn't seem to be a way to alter the pre-formatted choices.
I'm sick of the hassle and VERY sorry I purchased this printer!! 1 Sun Jun 25, 2017.
How-to Modify Your Canon Pixma Printer to Print on CD/DVD Media How-to article written by Ron Risman I discovered something a while ago that many people don't know. You can actually use many Canon printer models to create professionally printed CD's and DVD's. Canon owners in Europe already have this capability as Canon ships most of their printers overseas with a CD tray, CD print software, and the necessary printer settings, however due to patent issues Canon has chosen not to provide this capability to its U.S. Customers Over the past few years I have been using both an Epson Stylus 1270 for my wide-format printing (11x14' and 13x19') and a Canon MP760 all-in-one photo printer, scanner, and copier as my daily workhorse - printing everything from spreadsheets to full-bleed (edge-to-edge) 8x10' enlargements. The one feature that I have been missing and wanting is the ability to create professional quality, full-color, CD's or DVD's. Many of the new Epson printers have this capability right out of the box, but I have been reluctant to replace my Epson 1270 just to get CD printing.
The other day I decided to do a Google search to see if any of the new Canon printers could print directly on CD/DVD media and was amazed at what I found. Many Canon printers that have been manufactured in the past few years actually have this capability but Canon, most likely for patent infringement reasons, have disabled this feature for the U.S. Since the printers in the U.S.
Still have this feature - though disabled - it is a fairly simple task to enable this capability. Basically, all you need is to purchase an inexpensive Canon CD tray ($16-$20 on eBay), a letter opener or flat-head screwdriver to easily remove a plastic 'door' that hides access to the CD feeder, and CD-Labelprint software (a free download from Canon). Before describing this fairly simple process I wanted to first let you know which Canon models have this hidden CD/DVD print capability. You will also need to order an inexpensive ($16-$20) CD tray specific to your Canon printer model. The chart below provides this information and a quick search on eBay will lead you to these fairly inexpensive CD trays. I purchased my CD tray last week from eBay user 'annocjr' (aka. ) and was absolutely thrilled with their service.
I ordered the product on February 4th and it arrived on the 7th using U.S.P.S. I have provided links to them in the chart as they carry all of the different CD trays for Canon printers. These are the genuine Canon trays. Note: You will find some listings on eBay that make mention of an additional 'roller kit' that is needed on select printer models that do not include a pre-installed roller.
My Canon MP760 is one of these printers, however I have found that I didn't actually need the roller kit. I just slide the CD tray in manually and the printer takes it from there. Even so, I have listed which models already have a pre-installed CD roller and which models do not. #5 TYPE STANDARD. After selecting 'STANDARD' as the region, press the POWER button to reset the printer. Do NOT unplug the printer.
Then press the POWER button again to turn the printer back on. If the printer LCD asks for a language preference - select the appropriate language (english, etc.).
The printer never asked me to do this so you may not be asked. The Printer has now been ENABLED to print on CD/DVD media. Step 3: Make Sure Printer Driver is setup correctly. Now you have two choices, you can either uninstall your printer driver and re-install it or make a simple registry change. While editing the registry is easy, a mistake could cause major problems for Windows.
This isn't meant to scare you - rather just to let you know the importance of following the instructions carefully. A) Click the Windows START menu (bottom left of your screen) and then click on RUN (bottom right of START menu pop-up). B) Type regedit then click 'OK'. C) Backup the registry by clicking at the very top option titled 'My Computer' Now select EXPORT from the FILE Menu Give the backup a filename (I used: regbackupFeb102008) then click 'SAVE'. D) Click the + link next to HKEYLOCALMACHINE to expand its options Click + next to SYSTEM Click + next to ControlSet001 Click + next to Control Click + next to Print Click + next to Printers Click + next to your printer.
In my case it's the Canon MP760 Series Printer. Click + next to PrinterDriverData In the right window you will now see a lot of options that start with Cnm. Look for the one that reads 'CnmFSICDRSWITCH'. When you find it, double click it - or right click and select 'MODIFY.' Change the field value from 0 to 1 then click 'OK'.
Now you can close the registry editor by clicking the X in the upper right corner of the registry editor window Step 4: Install Canon's CD-LabelPrint Sofware (free). For.
For Step 5: Purchase the appropriate Canon CD tray on eBay (links in above chart) or you can try to Step 6: Look for a new media type in the Canon MP760 Printer Properties drop-down menu labeled 'Printable Disc (Recordable).' When you select this option you will get a message that reads: 'Paper Feed Switch is not available for the selected Media Type. Paper Source setting has been changed to Disc tray.' After pressing OK the printer will automatically change the paper source to 'Disc Tray.'
Printing your CD or DVD The Canon CD-LabelPrint Software is a very simple and effective CD printing solution. It provides a few backgrounds that you can use and also allows you to use your own photographs and add text to the CD. Once you have the CD layout as you like it all you have to do is select PRINT, wait for the requester box to pop-up to let you know when to insert the CD Tray and click 'Continue,' then just nudge the tray into the printer, very lightly, until the printer grabs the tray. From here, the printer takes over and will deliver you a professional quality printed CD in less than a minute. Find Inkjet Printable Media.
Additional Resources. (Instructables.com) Explains how to make your own CD tray. I tried this myself and failed miserably. (Instructables.com). (CD-Trays.com). (Pixma.ulmb.com). (Pixma.ulmb.com).
(Pixma.ulmb.com) Some printers may need to have the EPROM reset if the printer is having problems with Tray Rejection. The Canon CD print initiative for the U.S. All started here. Most of the posts are now fairly old.
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