Cd Cover Printers
CD cover printers are used for printing black & white or multicolored CD covers that help in easy classification and storage of CD disks. Printing substrate material used in these printers allows users to print more vivid and impressive images as compared to prints on normal paper. The most commonly used CD cover printers use inkjet or thermal technology to print high-resolution text and images on CD covers.
Some of these printers are capable of housing different types of CD cover rolls and ink ribbon cartridges for printing multiple copies of a CD cover. They are equipped with a movable sensor to detect gaps, black marks, and perforations present in CD cover printing substrate. Information generated by the sensor is used to print the designed graphics or images in the right spot and avoid overlapping.
They are equipped with an ample amount of flash memory and RAM (random access memory) for processing CD cover designs, storing cover formats, and supporting different fonts. They can be connected to a computer via USB, serial, or parallel interface ports and also to a number of external devices such as cover cutters, external keyboard, self-strip( peel off) units, internal rewinders, and external ethernet adapter.
Some CD cover printers can print at 400-dpi resolution and use advanced print technology to provide cover-to-cover image registration with a tolerance limit of ±0.030 inches (.762 mm). The printer can be connected to a LAN (local area network) for network management without the complexity, space requirement, and vulnerability of external print servers.
High-end CD cover printers have additional features such as ink detection system, which is used to check exactly how much ink is left in the cartridges. The detection system can be programmed to automatically shut down printing operations if ink level falls below a certain point. This utility helps in reducing wastage of printing substrate caused due to dried up ink cartridges.