Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker - Manual (Page 33)

printer off and on again.
Printable CD/DVD Issues
When I try to print a printable disc on my Canon printer, I get an error message that the
tray door is open.
The label maker attempts to automatically set the paper bin and media type on your Canon
printer to prevent this error from occurring. However, there may be something unusual about
your Canon model that prevents this from working. If that's the case, here's how to handle the
error manually:
1) Bring up the File menu and launch the Preferences dialog, then go to the Miscellaneous
page of the dialog and check the "Don't auto-set paper bin or media type" box. Click the OK
button on the Preferences dialog to save your changes.
2) Click the Properties button on the Print dialog to launch your Canon's printer-properties
dialog, then set the media type to one of the "Printable Disc" options.
3) Once you've clicked "OK" to close the printer-properties dialog, the paper bin on the label
maker's Print dialog should be set to the CD-tray option. If it's not, set it to the CD-tray option
now.
This should stop the error from occurring. Remember that you'll need to change the media
type and paper bin settings back again if you want to print on paper labels or inserts instead of
printable discs.
I've got a Canon printer, but the CD tray doesn't show up among the paper-bin options.
The CD tray won't show up among the paper-bin options for a Canon printer until you click on
the "Properties" button in the Print dialog to launch Canon's printer properties dialog, and then
change the media type to one of the printable-disc choices.
If you bought your Canon printer in the US, though, it probably doesn't support printable-disc
printing at all, and the CD tray option won't actually exist. We've been told that patent issues
prevent Canon from selling CD-printing versions of their printers in the US, but we haven't
seen official confirmation of this.
When I print printable CDs or DVDs on my Epson printer, the discs come out with
banding or other quality problems, yet they look fine when printing with the software
that came with the printer.
This problem is caused by having non-optimal printer-properties settings. Click the "Properties"
button on the Print dialog in Acoustica CD/DVD Label Maker to launch the Epson's printer-
properties dialog, then check these settings:
1) the print quality setting -- if it's set to less than the highest value, your discs may print with
inferior resolution or color quality.
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