I bought a factory-refurbished Epson Stylus R300 printer a while back primarily because it is able to print directly onto CDs and DVDs, which is much nicer than using paper labels or a Sharpie. Up until now I’ve been using the supplied Windows software to do that (using my computer at work, I don’t run Windows at home).

David Turner has written up instructions for printing onto CDs from Linux, using GIMP and the Gimp plugin by Akkana Peck.

I just bought a factory-refurbished R320, mostly for the ink cartridges. It was $79, but there is a $50 mail-in rebate, so I got a set of ink cartridges for $29 and a spare printer. Too bad the rebate is limited to one per household, or I’d have bought several.


One Response to “Printing onto CDs/DVDs with Epson printers, from Linux”  

  1. 1 David turner

    Sorry to take so long in responding to this..
    I’m glad the tutorial was helpful to you & I hope it help’s your readers too.

    It’s a shame that you don’t live in the U.K ,as I can get a full set of inks for my R300 now for about £11.00. Not the Epson one’s mind you, but they’re definetly good enough for everyday photo printing :)

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