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nflores88
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_ 		22. April 2009 @ 22:50 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I just got a epson R280 and im using it For printing dvds and cds only but no matter how long they dry when i touch them i get little dots of ink on my fingers,i have changed the saturation as low as it goes,changed print quality to draft,changed color mode to epson standard instead of epson vivid and i have adjusted the brigtness,the pictures look great but they just wont dry and iv tried two different brands of cds and dvds so i know its not the media im using and im using genuin epson ink is there any one else the has had the same problem? how to fix?
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attar
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 05:59 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
Are you using 'printable' media - regular disks will never dry.
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Berryone
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 09:16 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
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JoeRyan
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 09:23 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If the discs are printable, then they are probably thermal printable discs mistakenly marked as ink-jet printable (or "printable" with a hard-to-see "thermal" indication somewhere). Ink-jet printable coatings are water absorbant; thermal printable coatings are not. Ink-jet printing on a thermal surface will not adhere to the disc. I suspect that is the problem.
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nflores88
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 16:02 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
yeah there philips dvd-r white inkjet hub printable i bought them brand new and the memorex cd that came with the printer came out the same way,the picture looks good and they look dry but if you touch the surface you will get little dots of ink on your finger.
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JoeRyan
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 16:34 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
If they are Philips and Memorex printable discs, they probably came from CMC Magnetics. CMC used to make decent printable surfaces (except for a batch in 2003 using a particular ink that caused radial tilt when it cured), and they may have changed suppliers again. However, if the discs are the same printable coatings as before, touching them with a damp or oily finger will always remove some ink from the surface.

There are at least two ink-jet printable surfaces that are relatively immune to wet fingers: Taiyo Yuden's water-resistant WaterShield discs and Imation's water-proof AquaGuard discs. TY's surface is glossy and is coated on the discs. Imation's has a matte finish and is applied to the disc almost as a polyester label. The chemistry between them is quite different and both are expensive; but if your hands are often moist, both will resist smearing or removing ink from the discs' surfaces.
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nflores88
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 19:53 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
thanks JoeRyan for the info so its probably the dvds then? and i have seen ty water shields but there 2-3 times the price for the same amount of dvds,is there any other printable dvds that might be better than the Philips im using that are at a more reasonable price?
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dailun
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_ 		23. April 2009 @ 21:49 _ Link to this message    Send private message to this user   
I have successfully used the following brands of DVD inkjet printable discs in my Epson R260, R280, and RX595:

TY
Verbatim
Memorex
Ritek F1
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