Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
> I just replaced my old HP PSC 1205 with a Photosmart C5280 so I can
> print onto CDs. of course there is no bundled Linux software for doing
> this and no details of the page set up requirements. I have done a test
> print from Open Office and it seems to reference printing to the top
> left corner of the page.
>
> So, my question is, is there a Linux app that I can use to compose and
> print CD labels to this printer or is there a template I can use in Open
> Office that will restrict printing to within a circular boundary?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian

Funny you should mention that... Just last week I reinstalled a program
I used years ago under RH 7. cdlabelgen should do the job. At least
according to the man page. I was just using it for labels for DVD cases
but they say it should be able to print onto a CD or DVD.

Later
Mike

The Wizard of Oz wrote:
> Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>> I just replaced my old HP PSC 1205 with a Photosmart C5280 so I can
>> print onto CDs. of course there is no bundled Linux software for doing
>> this and no details of the page set up requirements. I have done a test
>> print from Open Office and it seems to reference printing to the top
>> left corner of the page.
>>
>> So, my question is, is there a Linux app that I can use to compose and
>> print CD labels to this printer or is there a template I can use in Open
>> Office that will restrict printing to within a circular boundary?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ian
>
> Funny you should mention that... Just last week I reinstalled a program
> I used years ago under RH 7. cdlabelgen should do the job. At least
> according to the man page. I was just using it for labels for DVD cases
> but they say it should be able to print onto a CD or DVD.
>
> Later
> Mike
>

Thanks, that looks interesting. The man page does indeed say is not
creates labels for direct printing on CDs. I have also tried glabels
which allows you to create you own template which so far seems to work
OK too.

Cheers

Ian

Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
> I just replaced my old HP PSC 1205 with a Photosmart C5280 so I can
> print onto CDs. of course there is no bundled Linux software for doing
> this and no details of the page set up requirements. I have done a test
> print from Open Office and it seems to reference printing to the top
> left corner of the page.
>
> So, my question is, is there a Linux app that I can use to compose and
> print CD labels to this printer or is there a template I can use in Open
> Office that will restrict printing to within a circular boundary?
>
> Cheers
>
> Ian
Hi Ian.

Try KCDlabel. It does the job very nicely.
Keep smiling.
Don.

don wrote:
> Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>> I just replaced my old HP PSC 1205 with a Photosmart C5280 so I can
>> print onto CDs. of course there is no bundled Linux software for doing
>> this and no details of the page set up requirements. I have done a
>> test print from Open Office and it seems to reference printing to the
>> top left corner of the page.
>>
>> So, my question is, is there a Linux app that I can use to compose and
>> print CD labels to this printer or is there a template I can use in
>> Open Office that will restrict printing to within a circular boundary?
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ian
> Hi Ian.
>
> Try KCDlabel. It does the job very nicely.
> Keep smiling.
> Don.


Can't find that with apt-get -is it in the ubuntu repositories??

Cheers

ian

Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
> don wrote:
>> Ian Thompson-Bell wrote:
>>> I just replaced my old HP PSC 1205 with a Photosmart C5280 so I can
>>> print onto CDs. of course there is no bundled Linux software for
>>> doing this and no details of the page set up requirements. I have
>>> done a test print from Open Office and it seems to reference printing
>>> to the top left corner of the page.
>>>
>>> So, my question is, is there a Linux app that I can use to compose
>>> and print CD labels to this printer or is there a template I can use
>>> in Open Office that will restrict printing to within a circular
>>> boundary?
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>>
>>> Ian
>> Hi Ian.
>>
>> Try KCDlabel. It does the job very nicely.
>> Keep smiling.
>> Don.
>
>
> Can't find that with apt-get -is it in the ubuntu repositories??
>
> Cheers
>
> ian

Don't know if you're printing on CD/DVD after all this time, but I
just managed to print labels with my C5280 starting from a gratis OO
Word template from here -http://andrealazzarotto.com/

If your Italian is as bad as mine, the link to the template is hidden
under this heading:- Copertine cd con la Hp Photosmart C5280
(first line in 2nd paragraph under second smiley, - the link doesn't
work with Babel)


I made an OO drawing template from that original which anyone is
welcome to.



--
Bob
"I don't believe in evil, I believe in right and wrong, and very
often they are the same thing"-Paul Theroux, in Milroy the Magician.