LGR - Casio CW-50 Thermal CD Printer
Added 2023-08-05 05:10:44 +0000 UTCRight, so! Got back in town Tuesday and got right to work on a few video projects, none of which are complete yet because they either: need far more time to be completed still, or fell apart entirely due to old tech being... old. Such is life.
So I slapped this together real quick since I'm prepping to leave soon for New York! I will be attending Long Island Retro Gaming Expo on August 11-12, as well spending several days hanging around the area before that since I've never been there before.
Oh and uh, as for the video topic? Yeah it's just a printer, ha. Albeit a pretty nifty thermal deal from 2002 that I've always been curious about. It prints directly onto blank CDs and DVDs! Among other things if you put your mind to it!
For the next couple days though I'm pretty much just laying groundwork for those unfinished projects, hopefully getting to a point where I can complete them once I fly back home without too much unforeseen hassle. We'll see how it goes. In the meantime, I hope you enjoy this bit of Casio silliness โ and if you're attending LI Retro next weekend then definitely say hi! If not, you'll have another opportunity at VCFMW next month :)
Comments
That ending will be fixed, thanks!
LGR
2023-08-10 01:43:34 +0000 UTCThis looks legitimately useful. I sort of want one. I definitely need one for the 3 discs I burn in a year right?
Garoninja
2023-08-09 05:01:57 +0000 UTCIf you are flying to NYC this summer, please double and triple check your flight for delays. Especially if it's to La Guardia. Especially if there are rain showers in Philly.
Hernando Heilbron
2023-08-08 11:38:53 +0000 UTCHonestly, watching the printing on the wrong side of a disk was kinda painful. I understand that the content of the disk was copied. But still, destruction of a perfectly fine authentic retro media is sad. It would be better to try this on some CD-R with useless stuff or a disk that does not work.
Vladimir Vyun
2023-08-08 07:22:42 +0000 UTCThis is really cool, and surprising how much better it is than a lot of the other options available at the time. I remember buying some Totally Legitimate DVDsโข back in the mid-2000s that came with inkjet-printed labels, and they'd just rub straight off on your fingers. I still have at least one of them, and it has a big thumbprint on one of the printed areas from when I discovered that fact lol.
Daniel Aufmann
2023-08-06 23:25:15 +0000 UTCI just picked up and repaired a similar model (CW-L300) for use labeling discs. Beyond that, I'm impressed how well it prints plastic strip labels (akin to Brother P-Touch). The software, not so impressive - but hey, it still works. Fun fact - the CW-L300 (and similar?) models require a tape adapter to use the disc labeling tapes, which are smaller than the strip tapes.
TM
2023-08-06 22:42:13 +0000 UTChah! that was great
Evan B
2023-08-06 19:21:44 +0000 UTCI was disappointed that you didn't print Cool Crab, but I watched to the end before commenting, and I should have known better than to be disappointed. ๐ถ๐ฆ๐ฅค
Steve Lovelace
2023-08-06 18:13:33 +0000 UTCLove the simple videos, love the more involved ones!
Alex Weiss
2023-08-06 12:19:52 +0000 UTCThank you!
LGR
2023-08-06 04:02:37 +0000 UTCHumm... you could print QR Codes on there, have data on both sides. ^^'
BastetFurry
2023-08-05 08:14:53 +0000 UTCThe end was cut just slightly abruptly. By the way, this was a super fun episode, I was not expecing so much laughter from this little device, it's friggin' cool! Now I want one.
Dukefazon
2023-08-05 08:00:58 +0000 UTCFor a simple video this was extremely entertaining! Your commitment to printing on the wrong things was delightful, and I was really hoping the disc would read! Also the timing on the outro was ๐๐ป Have fun at the show!
Skoddie
2023-08-05 05:37:53 +0000 UTC
