Tdk Lpcw 100 Software Download

Just thought I'd share this as I haven't seen this posted anywhere else, and this looked like the best place to post to about it. Casio makes these neat thermal wax printers that print directly on the CD.

The current model is the CW-100, which can be had from for $109 with a $30 rebate. Casio doesn't support this printer under Mac OS X, but TDK sells the exact same printer in Europe as the LPCW-100, and they have available on their website for free download. It works perfectly with the Casio printer. There are some limitations to the software: it is extremely limiting in the amount of text formatting you can do. It also doesn't handle DCBS fonts.

But this can be overcome easily, as it allows for images to be dropped in the print areas in the layout software. What I did was use TextEdit to layout my text for the label, then print to PDF and use Graphic converter to crop and convert to JPG, and finally, dragged the JPG to the print area.

But you can use whatever layout tool you want, be it Word, PowerPoint, Keynote, etc. I tried using Preview to convert the PDF, but it kept reducing the resolution from 300 dpi to 72 dpi, so the text looked fuzzy when actually printed. Graphic converted kept the resolution at 300 dpi, which is the printer's resolution. One further benefit is that you get roughly twice the number of prints from a ribbon cartridge as you would under MS Windows. The printer is able to print to a rectangular area top and bottom of the CD in a 1' by 3' rectangle. The Windows printer drivers advance the ribbon the length of a print area between each print. So it wastes three inches of ribbon for each print area.

The Mac OS X drivers don't do this; they only advance the ribbon between 1/8' and 1/4' between each print area. Casio specs a ribbon as able to print 40 areas, which is only 20 discs if you print top and bottom. In practice, I've gotten as many as 42 discs from a single ribbon. This is signifigant, because a three-pack of ribbons costs $19.88 from J&R, and that is the lowest price outside of eBay. I've been using the printer at my church as we make CDs of the Sunday message for the members; we are printing between 60 and 80 disks each Sunday. So far, it works quite well. Print time is about 30 to 40 seconds for each disc.

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I do wonder how long the printer will last, as it is obviously not designed as a high volume printer. Since it is so cheap, replacing it when it burns out is no big deal -- we are spending way more on ribbons. There are more economical thermal disc printers to operate, but they cost about $2500 (but they do print on the entire surface of the disc).

There really are no mid-range options for this type of printing. I hope this tip helps at least a few people. I'm the guy the submitted this tip. I know all about the Epson inkjet's ability to print CDs. It was not an option for our application for the following reasons. 1.) Speed - it's over 1 minute to print a disc 2.) Cost - printable discs are much more expensive than standard discs. 3.) durability of print - injet prints are not waterproof and will smear with just fingers on a humid day or if your fingers are a bit sweaty.

4.) Dry time - it takes a long time for the print to be dry to the touch. The thermal wax technology that the Casio CW-100 uses has no dry time and isn't affected by water. We need to be able to print about 80 discs in an hour and then immediately duplicate them and stuff them in evelopes. That is not possible with inkjet. Yeah, you give up the full coverage photo quality prints, but for most uses that is note needed, particularly ours. Perfect hint for me.

I was stuck using a PC 'till this. The app isn't very robust, however creating images with PhotoShop works well. The app reads mono psd's perfectly, even multi-layered text layers work fine. I recommend no anti-aliasing on the text as the printer is just printing a bit map. You can create a blank template as 74mm x 16mm at 300dpi. Compared to ink-jet, this is definitely the way to go. Ink jet will still smudge months after printing if your fingers are damp.

Also, www.runtechmedia.net has blank cartridges at about $8 pop (less for bulk). I don't recall the name, but there was a spray to put on ink jet printed CDs to 'set' and protect the ink very much the way that some sprays work for ink jet photo (paper) prints.

It may even have been the same stuff. If I were burning *lots* of CDs I think that I would give consideration to one of the CD burners that burn the image onto the CD itself with a laser. The reduced consumables costs could be important. The major drawback would be the comparatively slow burn time for the 'label', particularly for complex images. Well, that's fine if you are only doing a few discs and have time for them to dry and such.

Not practical for my use. The other option you listed is not practical because the time to burn the image takes a very, very long time. Simple text is like 15-20 minutes and a complex image can take 4-5 hours per disk. And the media is very expensive compared to the cost of plain discs and ribbons for the CW-100. Marsimoto Zu Zweit Allein. Believe me, I looked at all possible options and this is the fastest, trouble free and most cost effective solution available. I am currenlty producing a labled disc for about $41 cents each.