DVD storage is said to be good anywhere from 20 – 200 years so a printer like mx922 is a good Investment for cheeply distributed media sharing.
The main reason for getting this was because LightScribe media is non existent for Blueray and DVD DL still as of 2018.
After Market Modifications for inkjet
- aftermarket refillable cartridges with their own chips from ebay, installed them into my photosmart 5510 printer they work very well and dont have any issues the bulk ink hosed versions have plugging up gravity and head pressure issues.
Other uses for printers
- Some good uses for laserjet printers is for PCB etching using clear plastic sheets. most custom PCB making is done with CNC these days.
Cleaning TIPS
cleaning printer head with hp utility usually solves most issues. sometimes when printing alot of pages of one color it can take a min to catchup and soak back into the filt so if you see missing lines leave it sit for a bit if you just refilled. a good way to make a full sheet of color is to use gimp and just fill page with the plugged printer color.
http://www.ekuten.com/image/print-head.pdf
the cdtray is easy to align center with print preview, the tray is all the way to the left at x00 and all the way to the right at x07
XML File for GLABEL mx922 printer
~/.config/libglabels/templates/mx922CD.template
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Glabels-templates>
<!-- =================================================================== -->
<!-- Type J CD/DVD Tray. -->
<!-- =================================================================== -->
<Template brand="Canon" part="Type J Tray" size="Other" width="130mm" height="190.5mm" _description="CD/DVD Tray">
<Label-cd id="0" radius="60.9mm" hole="12mm" waste="1mm">
<Markup-margin size="3.175mm"/>
<Layout nx="1" ny="1" x0="4.3mm" y0="53.5mm" dx="122mm" dy="122mm"/>
</Label-cd>
</Template>
<Template brand="Canon" part="MX920 CD Tray" equiv="Type J Tray"/>
<Template brand="Canon" part="MG5400 CD Tray" equiv="Type J Tray"/>
<Template brand="Canon" part="MG6300 CD Tray" equiv="Type J Tray"/>
<Template brand="Canon" part="MG6500 CD Tray" equiv="Type J Tray"/>
<Template brand="Canon" part="iP7200 CD Tray" equiv="Type J Tray"/>
</Glabels-templates>
i found these settings to work better
<Template brand="Canon2" part="Type J2 Tray" size="Other" width="130mm" height="190mm" _description="CD/DVD tray">
<Label-cd id="0" radius="61mm" hole="12mm" waste="1mm">
<Markup-margin size="3.175mm"/>
<Layout nx="1" ny="1" x0="3.7mm" y0="61mm" dx="123mm" dy="123mm"/>
<?xml version="1.0"?>
<Glabels-templates xmlns="http://glabels.org/xmlns/3.0/">
<Template brand="canon" part="2" size="Other" width="5.25in" height="7in" description="ID card">
<Label-rectangle id="0" width="2.1in" height="3.4in" round="0in" x_waste="0in" y_waste="0in">
<Markup-margin size="0.125in"/>
<Layout nx="1" ny="1" x0="0.25in" y0="3.25in" dx="2.1in" dy="3.4in"/>
<Layout nx="1" ny="1" x0="2.8in" y0="3.25in" dx="2.1in" dy="3.4in"/>
</Label-rectangle>
</Template>
</Glabels-templates>
might need some tweaking and round corners for the ID card tray but it looks close. also save 2 without the extra layout to only print one at a time
Automatic cd / dvd /burner ripper
https://www.thingiverse.com/thing:3278377 check link for more information
Pioneer SATA BDXL BDR-S09XLB drives look really good with XL support.
https://www.newegg.ca/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16827136250 also there is a sale on these
Blueray can hold 50 and 100 GB versions
10 Verbatim BD-R BDXL 100 GB 4x Blu ray Triple Layer Bluray Printable Discs 100
dollars on amazon
DVD DL can do 8-8.5 GB
amazon has great prices , 70 cents per DVD DL
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=syf_i80REyU shows inkjet printing on disks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTOvCyK48eI list of models that do
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9K7qIfL_JBY newegg has these at good price. amazon(not as many types) and ebay aswell
.64 oz of ink for 50 dollars. seems like a pretty good deal.
Updates – Jan 2019
The titan DVD’s I bought feel really hot and make your hands sweat. could be chemicals or radiation on them.
https://www.ebay.ca/itm/STICKER-WHITE-PLAIN-GLOSS-PAPER-A4-FULL-SIZE-10-SHEETS/251945392034 nice projects for making your own custom stickers
might be possible to use the squirt bottles of koolaid to make replacement ink for printers, would just need to add a bit of alcohol and water mix to it ? maybe food coloring water alcohol mix has been done already ? or maybe no water is used to prevent rusting.
Lotto Tickets
https://www.instructables.com/id/How-to-Make-Scatch-Off-Cards/ makes a nice start for a diy scratchie system, i think copper ink silkscreen would do better then print overtop after because xrays can see through regular cloth ink. KOPR-KOTE pipe dope with alcohol and somekind of clearcoat might work scratch off after painting with gloss enamal or using gloss print paper.
raffle tickets for accounts, items and currency draws for local events. not sure registering with lottery board is even needed when money is not involved such as digital coins.
