Re: [us-marketing] Canon PIXMA MG6220 disc labeling costs

I have an Artisan 810.  Last month is gave me an "warning" that the "ink 
pads are near end of life".  Well, that was a surprise. Epson does not 
make it easy for a non-professional printer tech to replace them and it 
would cost me more than a new printer to get it done.  I had the printer 
since May 2011.  I still have my HP inkjet printer from 2005, but it is 
not a DVD media printer.

I use non-OEM ink for my Epson, since I replaced those 6 cartridges a 
lot over the last year and a half.  Many sets were bought on my fixed 
income.  The Canon's OEM is under $100 per set but I get two sets for 
under $35 from the Amazon stores.

The thin DVD movie cases I use comes from Tigerdirect.com.  100 for 
$20-$25, plus shipping, depending on a sale or not.
http://www.tigerdirect.com/applications/SearchTools/item-details.asp?EdpNo=1483698&CatId=66

As for version-less labels, I can use 3.6 and 4.0 for the version 
numbers.  I am working on a few ideas for a label that uses less ink and 
is more "photo like", but that will be a bit till I get it worked out.

I would love to have a "print on demand" type of service, but Kunaki low 
volume pricing is high.  If I was going to make 40 + discs at a time for 
a show, then I would use some service like that.

I do not have the advantage of a burning robot.  I have just internal 
and external DVD burners.

As I said, I do not know how many labels or photos will print on a set 
of ink cartridges.  The printer is still on its included set of ink.  
When I buy a printer [new or rebuilt], I always look for the ink costs.  
My Epson ink comes from a Canadian source.  My Canon ink is in the USA 
[if I remember correctly].  I try to have 1 to 2 toners or full sets of 
inkjet cartridges on hand at all times.  That way I will not run on even 
if I have a big job to do.  I use my HP Laserjet 2300dn for most of my 
printing, but I do a lot of color printing every month, i.e. DVD labels, 
photos, and color documents.

Shipping - Well I tend to think about using the padded Priority mailing 
envelopes.  Fixed price for it and I know it will get there faster than 
a less costly shipping.  About $6 to any USA location, $13 to Canada and 
Mexico, and $17 to every other place. Outside of the USA it is a 6 to 10 
day delivery.  The thin DVD movie cases are not "fragile" as the jewel 
cases you get anymore.

Printing
Desktop does the burning - fastest drive - in the background while I do 
my other stuff.  Win7 laptop runs the DVD labeling software for printing 
[both for the Epson and Canon].  I could use a different desktop for the 
burning, but it is not close to my desk, but hooked to my HDTV for media 
streaming to the TV's VGA port.  I would never use the laptop's burner 
for much burning, since I was doing that for an HP's laptop backups and 
had to replace the DVD burner twice during the warranty period.  $200 
for a replacement laptop burner drive, but $40 - $60 for an external USB 
DVD burner. You decide which is easier to replace.



On 02/01/2013 11:32 AM, Christopher Walsh wrote:
> I make a lot of DVDs for my day job (just finished a run of 120 discs - six
> titles x 20 each), so I thought I'd toss in my 2 cents.
>
> kunaki.com is a great option for short runs, but shipping starts to get
> pricey.
>
> I haven't used the canon pixma, am using an epson artisan 730 (cost on
> Amazon is about the same), burning via pioneer blu-ray burner or bravo
> multi-disc robot.
>
> Media costs:
>
> DVD media:  $29.95 (US) for 100 Verbatim discs via Amazon (free shipping
> with prime)
> Ink:  $90 for high capacity Epson cartridges give me 200-300 full color
> discs.
> Clamshell cases: $30 for 100 clamshells (better for shipping than jewel
> cases or sleeves).
>
> My cost per hundred with label and case is around 90 cents (US) -- plus my
> valuable time of course (I run the discs via extra PCs while I do other
> tasks).
>
> For small local runs, burning and printing via Artisan/Pixma is a good
> solution.  For larger runs it might be worth ordering from a duplicator.
>
>
>
>
>
> Chris Walsh
> 301-646-9065
> cswalsh@gmail.com
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 1, 2013 at 9:58 AM, webmaster-Kracked_P_P <
> webmaster@krackedpress.com> wrote:
>
> > I now have a "Canon PIXMA MG6220 wireless Inkjet Photo All-In-One"
> >
> > It was suggested that I let the Marketing List know about the costs of
> > printing your own CD/DVD labels using this type of printer.
> >
> > Canon USA and Canada does not have Linux drivers, but the UK site does.
> >   There are no "utility" software packages for the Linux systems, except for
> > the scanning software.
> >
> > The Windows and Mac driver section has a "utility package" called
> > "Easy-PhotoPrint EX" that makes printing labels onto a CD or DVD printable
> > media easier than using a package like GIMP and its print options.
> >
> > See - 
> > http://libreoffice-na.us/**English-3.6-installs/artwork.**html<http://libreoffice-na.us/English-3.6-installs/artwork.html>-
> >  for an example of a full color label for a LibreOffice DVD.
> >
> > The printer costs about $100 at the Amazon stores, plus shipping and
> > warranty]
> >
> > Canon OEM ink for two full sets of ink [big black, black, gray, yellow,
> > magenta, cyan] costs near $200, plus shipping.
> > For non-OEM ink for two full sets of ink costs about $30, plus shipping.
> > [free shipping options through Amazon]
> >
> > The non-OEM price is from the Amazon store for "Sophia Global Compatible
> > Ink Cartridge Replacement for Canon PGI-225 CLI-226"
> >
> > Image and Label quality?
> > Photo printing is very good and the NA-DVD label looks great on the
> > "white" inkjet printable discs by Memorex and Verbatim.
> >
> > Ease of use?
> > Uses an external tray [good and bad idea], that is easier to use than the
> > Epson Artisan's built-in tray.
> >
> > Printing time?
> > Takes less than a minute for the actual printing.  The software process
> > for printing a saved label takes more time than the actual printing of the
> > label.
> >
> > Ink usage?
> > I have not seem any published information on pages per ink cartridge.  My
> > printer is new and I have not replaced any ink, yet.
> >
> > Estimates of cost for printing 300 DVDs?
> >
> > printer cost - $150 for printer/shipping/2 year warranty
> > Media costs - $140 for 300 printable DVDs using 50 pack pricing.
> > Case costs - $60 for 300 cases [using BK Media 100-pack Slim DVD Movie
> > cases].  Jewel cases cost just a little less.
> >
> > $350 / 300 = $1.17 per printed disc with case.
> >
> > Then add the ink costs, whatever they are.  You may get 40 or more "4 by 6
> > photos" per set of ink [a DVD should not take any more ink than a photo],
> > so it could be about $130 +/- for a set of 300 discs.  That is less than
> > $0.50 per printed label.
> >
> > The total would make it about $1.70 per disc, or less, for the consumables
> > to hand out a nice looking DVD with a case.
> >
> > wear-n-tare of a DVD burner, unknown, but a replacement costs around $25
> > +/-
> >
> > All you have to do is figure in the time to burn and print the 300 DVDs.
> >
> >
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