What you need is a good CD cover template for your printer.
Then you can use any program you want to make your cd label. Everything from gimp, openoffice draw to inkscape or scribus. There is also a program specifically for labels called glabels which may already have a good template you can use.
I have an SVG template which I use with my Canon iP5000 which positions the CD image on a page size the printer is expecting. I developed the template with a lot of trial and error using a non-printable cd which I could wipe the ink off and try again and now I can happily make CDs in inkscape, export to PDF and print them out.
I have found a solution by creating a user-defined template in gLabels Label Designer (v. 2.2.8). I just defined dimensions of CD table of my Epson R285 jet printer, without changing any values regarding print margins. When you print on CD/DVD select in Print Source pull-down menu 'Print to CD' option.
The use of CD jacket printing allow the customers to create their products look more good-looking and beautiful. Moreover, it brings out the best person artistic thoughts out in the open, so that everyone could advantage from it.
I have an Epson R265. To print to a printable CD/DVD I used Inkscape.
I opened Inkscape and selected the provided CD template (File - New from template - CD label). Created my artwork using the template and clicked - File - Print.
In the print dialogue I selected the R265 as the printer to print to. The current drivers provide all the print to CD options you need.
In the print dialogue under the Page Setup tab set Paper Type to - Inkjet paper and Paper Source to - Print to CD. Under the Advanced tab set Shrink page to - Crop.
There are numerous other printer parameters you can fiddle with, but that is basically it. When you create the artwork you should put your graphics and text on layers above Layer 1 (which shows the disc outline) and then before printing hide Layer 1, otherwise it will print the circles of the outline as well as your artwork.
This is not quite as fool proof as using the Epson utility under Windows, but it is pretty simple.
What you need is a good CD cover template for your printer.
Then you can use any program you want to make your cd label. Everything from gimp, openoffice draw to inkscape or scribus. There is also a program specifically for labels called glabels which may already have a good template you can use.
I have an SVG template which I use with my Canon iP5000 which positions the CD image on a page size the printer is expecting. I developed the template with a lot of trial and error using a non-printable cd which I could wipe the ink off and try again and now I can happily make CDs in inkscape, export to PDF and print them out.
I have found a solution by creating a user-defined template in gLabels Label Designer (v. 2.2.8). I just defined dimensions of CD table of my Epson R285 jet printer, without changing any values regarding print margins. When you print on CD/DVD select in Print Source pull-down menu 'Print to CD' option.
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The use of CD jacket printing allow the customers to create their products look more good-looking and beautiful. Moreover, it brings out the best person artistic thoughts out in the open, so that everyone could advantage from it.
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I have an Epson R265. To print to a printable CD/DVD I used Inkscape.
I opened Inkscape and selected the provided CD template (File - New from template - CD label). Created my artwork using the template and clicked - File - Print.
In the print dialogue I selected the R265 as the printer to print to. The current drivers provide all the print to CD options you need.
In the print dialogue under the Page Setup tab set Paper Type to - Inkjet paper and Paper Source to - Print to CD. Under the Advanced tab set Shrink page to - Crop.
There are numerous other printer parameters you can fiddle with, but that is basically it. When you create the artwork you should put your graphics and text on layers above Layer 1 (which shows the disc outline) and then before printing hide Layer 1, otherwise it will print the circles of the outline as well as your artwork.
This is not quite as fool proof as using the Epson utility under Windows, but it is pretty simple.